Awarded· 6 Feb 2024
Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) for children with congenital abnormalities of the auditory nerves or cochleae
NHS England · Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
NHS England has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leeds.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:48
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 14:32
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS England has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leeds. It was awarded on 6 February 2024. The contract value is £5,201,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 December 2025. The notice number is 078974-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04d584.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS England has awarded contracts under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) services aimed at children with congenital abnormalities of the auditory nerves or cochleae. This procurement falls within the health services category and involves highly specialised services for children, including surgical implantation and multidisciplinary rehabilitation.
The contracts have been awarded to Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, effective from 1 March 2025 to 28 October 2029, with an option to extend for up to 24 months. The total value of these contracts amounts to £5,201,000, split between the two trusts.
The procurement stage is complete, and the method utilised was 'limited', bypassing traditional competitive tendering due to its specialised nature. The contract specifically addresses the needs of children who cannot benefit from conventional hearing aids or cochlear implants, highlighting the scope for multidisciplinary teams and innovative approaches in healthcare service provision.
This procurement is ideal for large-scale healthcare providers with established capabilities in complex paediatric cases, providing both the financial impetus and societal impact of improving children's health outcomes.
The notice in full
This is a Contract Award Notice to award contracts using the Most Suitable Provider Process to a providers for Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) for children with congenital abnormalities of the auditory nerves or cochleae.
The auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) service is for highly complex children (interested organisations should note the scope includes children under the age of 5) with profound deafness who have no functional hearing as a result of congenital abnormalities affecting the auditory nerve or the cochlea, meaning that they are unable to use conventional hearing aids or cochlear implants.
These children require highly specialist service input to include multidisciplinary assessment, surgical implantation and rehabilitation (including maintenance of the implant). The provider must already have a contract with NHS England for specialist ear, nose and throat services for children.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) service is for highly complex children (interested organisations should note the scope includes children under the age of 5) with profound deafness who have no functional hearing as a result of congenital abnormalities affecting the auditory nerve or the cochlea, meaning that they are unable to use conventional hearing aids or cochlear implants.
These children require highly specialist service input to include multidisciplinary assessment, surgical implantation and rehabilitation (including maintenance of the implant). The provider must already have a contract with NHS England for specialist ear, nose and throat services for children.
In addition to the core MDT (healthcare scientist (audiology), speech & language therapist, consultant ENT surgeons who specialise in both cochlear implantation and skull base surgery, consultant neurosurgeons who specialise in skull base surgery and administrator), the service must have additional named specialists with whom they work:
- Consultant neuroradiologist
- Paediatric clinical psychologist (with experience of working with hearing impaired children and/or complex needs)
- Consultant paediatric neuro-anaesthetist
- Rehabilitation therapist
- Teacher of the Deaf
- Paediatric ophthalmologist
- Paediatric cardiologist
- Paediatric neurologist
All team members should be suitably qualified and registered with accredited professional bodies and be highly experienced in their clinical specialty.
This is for an existing service with existing providers.
Contract are intended to be awarded to:
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Contracts are schedule to start on the 1 March 2025 to the 28 of October 2029 with the option to extend for a further 24 months.
Total combined value of the contracts will be PS5,201,000 these will split under the following Contracts:
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: PS2,450,000
Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust: PS2,751,000
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Number of suppliers
- 2
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
- £5,201,000
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
- 078974-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d584
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Electoral ward
- Hunslet & Riverside
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Leeds
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS England
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Surinder Kahlon
- Address
- Leeds, LS1 4AP · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
Who won the Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) for children with congenital abnormalities of… contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
How much is the Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) for children with congenital abnormalities of… contract worth?
The contract value is £5,201,000.
Who is the buyer for Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) for children with congenital abnormalities of…?
NHS England, based in Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber. The named contact is Surinder Kahlon.
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