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Children and Young People (CYP) Eating Disorder Pathology Service

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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06 Aug 2026 at 08:41

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24 Jul 2026 at 15:40

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Summary of the contracting process

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust commissioned a Children and Young People Eating Disorder Pathology Service. The service provides specialist pathology support for children and young people receiving eating-disorder care, integrated with the clinical pathway and associated clinical requesting, reporting and escalation arrangements. University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust delivers the service through the North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service. Delivery is based on established NHS pathology infrastructure, laboratory systems, professional advice arrangements and pathway links, serving the relevant NHS care pathway in England. The work is classified as hospital support services. It is a specialist healthcare service rather than a general laboratory supply contract, and is intended for providers able to operate within NHS clinical, governance and information-management arrangements.

The procurement has been formally awarded to University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust under Provider Selection Regime Direct Award C, without prior publication of a competition. The award was confirmed on 6 August 2026, following a decision approved on 1 July 2026; the contract was signed on 24 July 2026. The active contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 and is valued at £4,000. One bid was recorded. The award decision considered quality and innovation (30%), value (20%), integration, collaboration and service sustainability (25%), improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice (15%), and social value (10%). The lot record is marked cancelled, but the award and contract are active.

This procurement shows demand for a small, specialist NHS pathology service embedded in a Children and Young People Eating Disorder pathway. A credible future competitor would need specialist pathology expertise, established laboratory systems, secure electronic requesting and reporting, reliable clinical escalation, and professional advice arrangements. It would also need strong NHS pathway integration and the organisational capacity to support safe delivery across clinical, information, safeguarding, quality, financial and business-continuity requirements. The selected provider’s position as a statutory NHS Trust indicates that governance and infrastructure carry substantial weight alongside technical delivery. Competitors should be able to demonstrate satisfactory performance, dependable workforce and clinical capability, effective collaboration with NHS services, and evidence of improving access and supporting service sustainability.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children and Young People (CYP) Eating Disorder Pathology Service

Notice Description

The service was originally awarded under Direct Award A due to sole provider/pathway dependency. CWP is now continuing with the existing provider under Direct Award C as UHNM NMCPS has consistently delivered the CYP Eating Disorder Pathology Service to a satisfactory standard, with no quality concerns, and the service model is fully embedded within the clinical pathway.

Lot Information

Lot 1

UHNM, delivered via the North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service, is an established NHS provider with the appropriate organisational standing, governance, workforce, technical capability and clinical infrastructure to deliver the Children and Young People Eating Disorder Pathology Service. The provider has an identifiable NHS organisational code, a registered principal place of business, and existing arrangements for secure electronic requesting, reporting and clinical escalation. The provider is not an SME and is part of a statutory NHS Trust, with appropriate financial governance, clinical governance, information governance, safeguarding, quality assurance and business continuity arrangements in place. There is no evidence from the current contract term of exclusion grounds, material performance failure, quality concerns, conflicts of interest, or inability to meet the requirements of the proposed contract. The provider has demonstrated that it has the relevant experience, specialist pathology expertise, laboratory systems, professional advice arrangements and established NHS pathway links required to deliver the service safely and effectively. On this basis, the provider satisfies the basic selection criteria and is considered capable of continuing to deliver the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 5th August 2026 to cwp.contracts@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under Direct Award C. There has been no substantial change to the nature or cost of the service delivered. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard with the weighting 100 Approximate Lifetime Value of the Contract - PS4000 The Service is intended to be provided; 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 5th August 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. On the 1st July 2026, Head of Clinical Services approved this decision and there were no declarations of interest made by members that would materially or adversely impact on matters requiring discussion and decision. The decision to award was made in line with the conflict of interest policy. The following criteria informed the decision: Quality and innovation: 30% Value: 20% Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 25% Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 15% Social Value: 10% Representations by providers must be made to cwp.contracts@nhs.net by 5th August 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime (2023).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d38b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074447-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85112000 - Hospital support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CHESTER
Postcode
CH2 1BQ
Postcode Area
Chester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward
Upton
Westminster Constituency
Chester North and Neston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM)

Further Information

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