Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road
Gloucester
GL53 7AN
Contact
Kelly Attwood
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Nuffield Health Breast Screening Support
Reference number
C407185
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85148000 - Medical analysis services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Provision of routine breast screening mammograms
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £27,500
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK13 - Gloucestershire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Nuffield Health will provide urgent routine breast screening by providing mammograms to GHFT patients. This activity forms part of the national breast screening programme.
The indicative contract value for this contract is £27,600
Due to urgent circumstances, this contract was awarded under an urgent award via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) 2023.
This contract commences on the 19th January 2026 for 14 weeks, ending on 20th April 2026
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
Due to the urgent need for support, this contract was awarded under a urgent award of the PSR
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26 January 2026
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NUFFIELD HEALTH
Epsom Gateway Epsom Surrey
Taunton
KT18 5AL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
205533 (Charity) and 576970 (Ltd)
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £27,600
Lowest offer: £27,559 / Highest offer: £276,021 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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.
In not awarding this contract on an urgent basis would have have posed a risk to patient safety, as patients would not of had timely access to breast screening which is there to ensure timely access to breast services should there be a need too.
There were no conflicts of interests identified.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road
Gloucester
GL53 7AN
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road
Gloucester
GL53 7AN
Country
United Kingdom