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Insourced Breast USC One-Stop Triple Assessment and Symptomatic Breast Radiology

HULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

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02 Oct 2026 at 16:18

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Hull University Hospitals NHS Trust, on behalf of the Humber Health Partnership, is seeking an independent healthcare provider to supply additional breast cancer diagnostic clinic capacity and symptomatic breast radiology support. The service covers one-stop triple assessment for new patients on the urgent suspected cancer pathway: clinical assessment, mammography and/or ultrasound, and fine needle aspiration or core biopsy. Each clinic requires a full clinical and support team. Separate radiology support includes breast and axilla ultrasound, imaging and biopsy as required, marker placement, and reporting mammograms, tomosynthesis and post-marker check mammograms. Delivery is planned at Castle Hill Hospital and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, with the symptomatic radiology clinics initially at Castle Hill.

The buyer invited offers through the Provider Selection Regime competitive procedure. This is a two-stage selection: stage one shortlists up to five providers, then shortlisted providers complete the remaining questions for final selection. The stated evaluation criterion is price; providers must meet suitability requirements set out in the tender documents. The bid deadline was 21 October 2026 at 12:00. The contract is planned to run from 2 January to 31 March 2027, with options to extend in four three-month periods. The stated contract value is £765,000. Bids must be in English and remain valid for 180 days; variants are not allowed.

This opportunity suits independent healthcare providers able to deliver safe, consultant-led breast diagnostics across multiple hospital sites and supply a complete multidisciplinary clinic team. The required capabilities span breast surgery, radiology, radiography, radiology assistance, breast healthcare assistance and registered nursing, alongside specialist reporting and image-guided procedures. Providers need appropriately qualified and experienced personnel, and the operational capacity to run full-day clinics for up to 25 patients, using morning and afternoon sessions. The radiology service also needs to support weekday symptomatic activity, including mammography and digital tomosynthesis reporting, breast and axilla ultrasound, biopsy and marker placement. Providers with the workforce, clinical governance and scheduling capacity to meet both urgent cancer pathway demand and symptomatic service requirements are best placed to compete.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Insourced Breast USC One-Stop Triple Assessment and Symptomatic Breast Radiology

Notice Description

Hull University Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) on behalf of the Humber Health Partnership (HHP) plan to work in partnership with an Independent Sector (IS) Provider to facilitate provision of additional "one-stop" outpatient clinic capacity within the Breast Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) pathway, to proactively manage capacity to maintain the delivery of the Cancer Faster Diagnostic Standard during periods where there is a demand vs capacity imbalance, and symptomatic breast radiology clinic support.<br/><br/>The "One-Stop Triple Assessment Clinic" is a new-patient outpatient clinic that delivers a triple diagnostic assessment in the form of:<br/>* Clinical assessment<br/>* Mammography and/or ultrasound imaging<br/>* Fine needle aspiration or core biopsy<br/><br/>The IS provider will provide a full team of appropriately qualified and experienced workforce for each Breast USC "one-stop" triple assessment outpatient clinic (1 at Castle Hill Hospital and 1 at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital), namely for each site:<br/>* 1 x Breast surgery clinician<br/>* 1 x Radiology clinician<br/>* 1 x Radiographer<br/>* 1 x Radiology Assistant (RDA)<br/>* 1 x Appropriate Breast Healthcare Assistant (HCA)<br/>* 1 x Registered Nurse (RN) Support<br/>Each clinic will be an all-day 25 patient session, utilising both AM and PM clinics. Clinics are expected to be delivered between 08:00 to 18:00 only. The sessions will be arranged initially over the weekends with options to be explored for weekday sessions in the future if required.<br/><br/>The "Symptomatic Breast Radiology Clinic Support" requires the provision of an appropriately qualified and experienced consultant radiologist to support weekday activity. This comprises the imaging component of triple assessment for symptomatic breast imaging and will include reporting mammograms / digital tomosynthesis, ultrasound of breast and axilla with biopsy as required and marker placement. Post marker check mammograms will also need reporting where appropriate. This will focus on patients that are referred into the breast symptomatic service on the Consultant led pathway. The requirement is initially for Wednesday & Thursday clinics at Castle Hill Hospital.<br/><br/>The contract is expected to run with an initial term from 2nd January to the end of March 2027, with options to extend for up to another 12 months subject to demand and internal approvals.<br/><br/>Please refer to the full service specifications and other ITT Documents for further details.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Using the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Competitive Process the Trust is seeking to appoint a Provider for the provision of Insourced Breast USC One-Stop Triple Assessment and Symptomatic Breast Radiology clinics to be operated at Humber Health Partnership sites.

This will be a 2 stage process. Stage 1 is designed to assess the providers to arrive at a shortlist of the top 5 scoring providers. Stage 2 is for the shortlisted providers to complete remaining questions for the final selection process.

CPV codes:
85111100-1 Surgical Hospital Services
85121200-5 Medical Specialist Services
85148000-8 Medical Analysis Services
85150000-5 Medical Imaging Services

Options: Option to extend up to 4 x 3 months.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078017
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093514-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85111100 - Surgical hospital services

85121200 - Medical specialist services

85148000 - Medical analysis services

85150000 - Medical imaging services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£765,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£765,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
21 Oct 20262 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Jan 2027 - 31 Mar 2027 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HULL
Postcode
HU3 2JZ
Postcode Area
Hull
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of
Delivery Location
TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Local Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

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