Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
UK
E-mail: procurement@noecpc.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Insourced Services for the Northern Care Alliance
Reference number: C386533
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) are seeking a sole supplier to deliver digestive diseases related insourcing services. The services will include Endoscopy Insourcing Services, Gastroenterology Outpatient Services, and Colorectal and General Surgery Outpatient Services across multiple Trust sites. The contract is expected to run from 01/04/2026 until 31/03/2029.<br/><br/>The mini competition will be ran via NHS Workforce Alliance RM6276 - Insourced Services to support the Provision of Healthcare Services.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
9 600 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) are seeking a sole supplier to deliver digestive diseases related insourcing services. The services will include Endoscopy Insourcing Services, Gastroenterology Outpatient Services, and Colorectal and General Surgery Outpatient Services across multiple Trust sites. The contract is expected to run from 01/04/2026 until 31/03/2029.<br/><br/>The mini competition will be ran via NHS Workforce Alliance RM6276 - Insourced Services to support the Provision of Healthcare Services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2026
End:
31/03/2029
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
N/A - call off against RM6276 Insourced Services Framework therefore not required under PSR
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/11/2025
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
13/10/2025
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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.<br/><br/>This is a further competition under NHS Workforce Alliance RM6276 - Insourced Services to support the Provision of Healthcare Services. Providers on the framework will be invited to participate via the Atamis Health Family Single eCommercial System (https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome).<br/><br/>The award criteria is outline as: Technical & Quality (60%), Social Value (10%), Price (30%). Bidder responses will be assessed by use of relevant qualified evaluators and will not include any further pre-qualification at the evaluation stage.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, trading as North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative ("NOE CPC")
Don Valley House, Savile Street East
Sheffield
S4 7UQ
UK
E-mail: procurement@noecpc.nhs.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.noecpc.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/10/2025