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Coming up· published 16 Sept 2025

Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Mid Sussex, South East

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is planning Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity. It is a contract for other health and social care in Mid Sussex.

Source: Find a Tender, published 16 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Pipeline notice published

    Planning Notice · 20:26

    View notice
  2. 2025

    Tender notice expected

    Date given in the buyer's earlier notice

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About this tender

In brief

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is planning Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity. It is a contract for other health and social care in Mid Sussex. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £520,000.

Find a Tender published it on 16 September 2025. The notice number is 057143-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059bd6. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.

Summary of the contracting process

The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is in the planning stage of a public procurement process titled "Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance Activity" in the services category. The procurement is aimed at hospital services, specifically dermatology services and skin cancer SLNB procedures.

This process, located in East Grinstead (UKJ2 region), intends to award a contract to The McIndoe Centre through a direct award process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The value of this contract stands at £520,000 for a 12-month period. The notice indicates that representations must be made by 26 September 2025, with a future notice anticipated on 30 September 2025.

The trust’s decision to proceed with The McIndoe Centre is based on quality, innovation, value, integration, and social value criteria.

The notice in full

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. Provision of additional outsourced capacity to deliver RTT performance targets - support additional demand for Skin and SLNB cancer procedures.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Planned

    Content of notice of intention to award to the existing provider under Direct Award Process C

    1. A statement that the relevant authority is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C.

    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 Procurement Act 2023 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 26/09/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR

    2.The contract title and reference.

    Title: Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity

    3.The name and address of the registered office or principal place of business of the provider to whom an award is to be made.

    The McIndoe Centre (Horder Healthcare)

    Holtye Rd, East Grinstead RH19 3EB

    4.A description of the relevant health care services to which the contract relates, including the most relevant CPV code

    Description - Dermatology services

    CPV Code - 85111000-0 - Hospital Services

    5.The approximate lifetime value of the contract.

    PS520,000 (12 months)

    6.Details of the award decision-makers.

    Key Individuals - Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    General Manager Plastics

    Associate Director Business Development

    7.A statement explaining the award decision-makers' reasons for selecting the chosen provider, with reference to the key criteria.

    Key Criteria:

    1. Quality and Innovation - The Provider has demonstrated alignment with the Trust's Annual Objective: "Quality Priority/Health Inequalities: Ensure that patient outcomes are positive and consistent, and that they meet both clinical expectations and the expectations of people themselves including communication, advice and data as evidenced by oversight meeting.

    2. Value - They have consistently over a period of time delivered a valuable service within the available budget allocation.

    3. Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - The Provider works within the local estate using local staff. Therefore, there is close collaboration between the Trust and the provider.

    4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - The McIndoe Centre offers the Trust an existing established pathway for additional capacity for skin and cancer SLNB patients. The continuation of the contract ensures continuation of additional capacity requirements that cannot be accommodated through main theatres to maintain current performance levels.

    5. Social Value - The Provider uses local workforce to add to their social value to provide support to reducing NHS waiting lists and support to patients on a cancer pathway

    8.Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest.

    None declared

    9.Information as to how any conflicts or potential conflicts of interest were managed.

    None

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1

Procedure

Notice type
Planning Notice
Current stage
Planning
Stages so far
Planning
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Buyer's portal
Atamis

Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.

Values

Tender value
£520,000

Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Planned
Lots
Planned

Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
057143-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059bd6
CPV code
85111000 - Hospital services; 85121282 - Dermatology services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is based in Mid Sussex. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Mid Sussex
Town
Redhill
Postcode
RH19 3DZ
Electoral ward
East Grinstead Ashplats
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield
Delivery area
Surrey, East and West Sussex
Region
South East
Sub-region
West Sussex (North East)
Area
Surrey, East and West Sussex
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Category
Services
Contact
charles.kirabo
Address
East Grinstead, RH19 3DZ · South East · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity

When will the Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity tender open?

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.

How much is the Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity contract worth?

The estimated value is £520,000.

Who is the buyer for Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity?

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, based in Mid Sussex, South East. The named contact is charles.kirabo.

How do I bid for Outsourcing of Plastics Daycase and Pre-attendance activity?

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