Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and Glossop Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Service

  • NHS England North West (Greater Manchester)

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-022250

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04ee22

Published 16 May 2025, 2:10pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS England North West (Greater Manchester)

3 Piccadilly Place, London Road

Manchester

M1 3BN

Email

necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD - North West (England)

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and Glossop Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Service

Reference number

NHSE1016

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

INTENTION TO AWARD

The aim of the NHS AAA Screening Programme is to reduce AAA-related mortality in service users who are eligible by detecting aneurysms at an early stage, ensuring appropriate surveillance and referral if required, and improving outcomes. This is through the provision of a systematic population-based screening programme for men and individuals assigned male gender at birth during the year, 1st April to 31st March, in which they turn 65 and, on request, for men over 65 years.

The Relevant Authority intends to award contracts for the above Lots to existing providers under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The Relevant Authority are undertaking a DAP C to award Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and Glossop Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Services to the existing provider. The services will commence on 01 April 2025 with the contract concluding on 31 March 2028. The lifetime value of the contract is £2,376,360.

This contract is divided into lots: No


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2025/S 000-009761


Section seven. Changes

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

Section number

II.1.4

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Short Description

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INTENTION TO AWARD

The aim of the NHS AAA Screening Programme is to reduce AAA-related mortality in service users who are eligible by detecting aneurysms at an early stage, ensuring appropriate surveillance and referral if required, and improving outcomes. This is through the provision of a systematic population-based screening programme for men and individuals assigned male gender at birth during the year, 1st April to 31st March, in which they turn 65 and, on request, for men over 65 years.

The Relevant Authority intends to award contracts for the above Lots to existing providers under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The Relevant Authority are undertaking a DAP C to award Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and Glossop Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Services to the existing provider. The services will commence on 01 April 2025 with the contract concluding on 31 March 2028. The lifetime value of the contract is £2,376,360.

This contract is divided into lots: No

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The aim of the NHS AAA Screening Programme is to reduce AAA-related mortality in service users who are eligible by detecting aneurysms at an early stage, ensuring appropriate surveillance and referral if required, and improving outcomes. This is through the provision of a systematic population-based screening programme for men and individuals assigned male gender at birth during the year, 1st April to 31st March, in which they turn 65 and, on request, for men over 65 years.

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V.2

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Award of contract

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Date

13 March 1990

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13 March 2025

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VI.3

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Additional information

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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 publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 8 days following the publication of this transparency notice/ commencement of the standstill period - midnight on Thursday 27 March 2025 . This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

The decision maker in this instance was Greater Manchester Screening Immunisation Contracting Commissioning and Finance Group for and on behalf of NHS England (Greater Manchester)

Written representation should be sent to:

Necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net

The key criteria was considered within the award criteria which was laid out in the procurement documents. The existing providers are satisfying the existing contracts and will likely satisfy the proposed new contracts. The providers have been assessed and passed against the relevant 5 key criteria and mandatory requirements.

There have been no conflicts of interest identified, and the COI process has complied with NHSE Policy in line with regulation 21.

The AAA service annual value after all 24-25 uplifts is £792,120.

The three year contract value would therefore be £2,376,360.

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This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract 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.

This contract has been awarded.

The decision maker in this instance was Greater Manchester Screening Immunisation Contracting Commissioning and Finance Group for and on behalf of NHS England (Greater Manchester)

The key criteria was considered within the award criteria which was laid out in the procurement documents. The existing providers are satisfying the existing contracts and will likely satisfy the proposed new contracts. The providers have been assessed and passed against the relevant 5 key criteria and mandatory requirements.

There have been no conflicts of interest identified, and the COI process has complied with NHSE Policy in line with regulation 21.

The AAA service annual value after all 24-25 uplifts is £792,120.

The three year contract value would therefore be £2,376,360.