Awarded· 16 Sept 2025
Assisted Conception Services
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb · Stafford, West Midlands
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb 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
Circle Health Group
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:49
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 15:15
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About this tender
In brief
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb has awarded Assisted Conception Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. The contract went to Circle Health Group. It was awarded on 16 September 2025. The contract value is £3,000.
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 068631-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059d01.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process described concerns the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board's (ICB) contract for "Assisted Conception Services" in the health services sector, particularly focusing on in vitro fertilisation services. The buyer, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB, located at Stafford Education & Enterprise Park, awarded this contract under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 with a direct award process.
No competitive bidding was involved, and instead, the contract was awarded to the existing provider, Circle Health Group Limited. The contract spans from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2026, with the total contract value set at £684,630.00. This announcement follows an intention to award notice released on 18th September 2025, clarifying that procurement laws under PCR 2015 do not apply.
The direct award process highlights potential for strategic engagements rather than traditional competitive tenders, offering a stable pathway for expansion within the healthcare sector.
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 (SSOTICB) 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 Circle Health Group Limited is PS3,000.00. 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 PS3,000.00
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Circle Health Group
- 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
- £3,000
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
- 068631-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059d01
- 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
- Stoke-on-Trent, TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Gabriela Bussoli
- Address
- Stafford, ST18 0BF · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Circle Health Group
- 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?
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb awarded the contract to Circle Health Group on 16 September 2025.
How much is the Assisted Conception Services contract worth?
The contract value is £3,000.
Who is the buyer for Assisted Conception Services?
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Icb, based in Stafford, West Midlands. The named contact is Gabriela Bussoli.
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