Contract

Provision of Elective Inpatient, Daycase & Outpatient services across Cheshire and Merseyside

  • NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-018186

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050abf

Published 30 April 2025, 5:36pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Contact

Mervyn Kennedy

Email

mervyn.kennedy@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD61 - Warrington

NHS Organisation Data Service

QYG

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://cheshireandmerseyside.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

Provision of Elective Inpatient, Daycase & Outpatient services across Cheshire and Merseyside

Reference number

25-26-QYG-01X-NT4-Con

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of elective inpatient, daycase and outpatient services for a range of specialties including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, Vascular, ENT and Neurophysiology.

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: £12,673,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD3 - Greater Manchester
  • UKD4 - Lancashire
  • UKD6 - Cheshire
  • UKD7 - Merseyside
Main site or place of performance

The services will be provided from Fairfield Independent Hospital and will cover patients registered with a GP Practice in the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB and Greater Manchester ICB areas.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

THIS IS A CONTRACT MODIFICATION

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has approved a modification to a contract that was awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The existing contract to deliver elective inpatient, daycase and outpatients services started on 1st April 2023 and expired on 31st March 2025 with an option to extend for 12 months. From 1st April 2025, the incumbent provider, Fairfield Independent Hospital was acquired by Circle Health Group Ltd and the existing contract was novated. This modification confirms the novation of the Fairfield Independent Hospital contract to Circle Health Group and enacts the 12 month extension to the contract term. As a result the modified expiry date is 31st March 2026.

The original contract value was £19,900,000 and the modification value is £12,673,000.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Contract Modification / Weighting: 99

Price - Weighting: 1

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The original contract contained an option to extend for 12 months - there are no further options available.


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:

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

25-26-QYG-01X-NT4-Con

Title

Provision of Elective Inpatient, Daycase & Outpatient services across Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 November 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Circle Health Group Ltd

30 Cannon Street

London

EC4M 6YN

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

02164270

Internet address

https://www.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/

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: £12,673,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £12,673,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, 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. This contract has now been formally modified.

On the 19th November 2024 the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Finance, Investment & Resources Committee approved this decision and one conflict of interest was declared. This was managed in accordance with the ICB Management of Conflicts of Interest Policy.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Cheshire &Merseyside Integrated Care Board

1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/