Awarded· 11 Sept 2025
Assisted Conception Services
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board · Stafford, West Midlands
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded Assisted Conception Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 27 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Manchester Fertility Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:42
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 15:13
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded Assisted Conception Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. The contract went to Manchester Fertility Services. It was awarded on 11 September 2025. The contract value is £7,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 27 October 2025. The notice number is 068629-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059cfb.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for Assisted Conception Services, under contract ID CMT-1204, was initiated by the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board with implementation support from NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit. The contract involves the provision of in vitro fertilisation services, classified under CPV code 85111310, across regions UKG22 and UKG23, specifically Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The procurement process followed a Direct Award C method under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023, bypassing the need for a competitive tender. The contract was awarded on 1st October 2025, with services intended to be delivered from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2026, having a total contract value of £684,630.00.
The chosen contractor, Manchester Fertility Services Limited, will continue to supply these services under a zero-based activity contract paid at a pre-agreed local rate.
The notice in full
Intention to Award Notice for Direct Award C Process for the Provision of Assisted Conception Services for Staffordshire and Stoke - on - Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) are acting on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB).
The ICB intends to follow the Direct Award C process in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for the Provision of Assisted Conception services with CPV code 85111310- Fertility treatment services.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Intention to Award Notice for Direct Award C Process for the Provision of Assisted Conception Services for Staffordshire and Stoke - on - Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) are acting on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB).
The ICB intends to follow the Direct Award C process in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for the Provision of Assisted Conception Services with CPV code 85111310- Fertility treatment services.
The Direct Award C process involves awarding a contract to provider(s) without running a competitive process, because the relevant authority (SSOT ICB) confirms that the existing providers are satisfying the existing contracts and are likely to satisfy the new contracts, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contracts. The total value for Assisted Conception Services is PS684,630.00.
The new contracts will run from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2026, and the estimated lifetime value of the new contract for Manchester Fertility Services Limited is PS7,000.00. This is a zero-based activity contract, paid at a locally agreed price per activity. The unit price remains unchanged from the previous contract.
Activity during 2024/25 was valued at c.PS7,000.00
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Manchester Fertility Services
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £7,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 068629-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059cfb
- CPV code
- 85111310 - In vitro fertilisation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stafford
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST18 0BF
- Electoral ward
- Milwich
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Delivery area
- Shropshire, TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Emma Hardman
- Address
- Stafford, ST18 0BF · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Manchester Fertility Services
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Assisted Conception Services
Who won the Assisted Conception Services contract?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Manchester Fertility Services on 11 September 2025.
How much is the Assisted Conception Services contract worth?
The contract value is £7,000.
Who is the buyer for Assisted Conception Services?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board, based in Stafford, West Midlands. The named contact is Emma Hardman.
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