Awarded· 10 Jul 2025
Pathology Services
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington, North West
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Pathology Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 15 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:30
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About this tender
In brief
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Pathology Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. The contract went to Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. It was awarded on 10 July 2025. The contract value is £75,000,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 15 July 2025. The notice number is 039877-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055f30.
Summary of the contracting process
The Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is in the process of awarding a contract for pathology services, specifically the East Hub Pathology Service. This is under the Provider Selection Regime as per the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. The intention to award notice was issued on 15th July 2025, with a standstill period allowing representations until midnight on 28th July 2025.
The contract's location spans Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington & Halton, Cheshire West, and the Wirral. The procurement category is services under the CPV code 85111800. The procurement method is a limited procedure without prior competition, and the current stage is in the award process, with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust identified as the supplier for a contract valued at £75 million.
This is a targeted service meant to integrate into a pathology network by April 2025. Offering an established infrastructure and being adept at integrating services across multiple sites will be advantageous.
The notice in full
Provision of Pathology Services
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
In 2019 the NHS Long Term Plan set out the key ambition that all pathology services in England would be part of a pathology network by 2023 (now April 2025).
In response to this the Cheshire & Merseyside Pathology Network developed an Outline Business Case which detailed an ambitious Target Operating Model which consists of developing 3 pathology hubs which would work together to make the best use of the assets and capabilities available, and to deliver on the benefits to patient care that are available by working more closely together.
These three hubs cover the following geographical areas: North Hub - Liverpool East Hub - Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington & Halton South Hub - Cheshire West and the Wirral To meet the National and Local ambitions Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts are seeking a provider to deliver the East Hub Pathology Service.
This provider must be able to offer a single pathology service for the geographical area of the East hub (see table above) delivered through a hub and spoke model. The provider must be able to deliver a single pathology service which consists of a Central Hub, situated in the geographic area, and Essential Service Laboratories at Ormskirk Southport, St Helens, Warrington, and Halton hospitals.
The provider must be able to deliver all aspects of: Cellular Pathology (Histopathology and Cytology), Mortuary Services, Blood Science (Chemistry, Haematology, and blood transfusion), Immunology and Microbiology pathology services within the Central Hub. The provider must be able to deliver Blood science (Chemistry, Haematology and blood transfusion) and a small number of Microbiology Screening (Blood Cultures and Cerebral Spinal Fluid) tests on site at the Essential Services Laboratories.
To provide the service, all hospital sites will retain their current equipment from their current suppliers and so the provider will not be required to provide any equipment as part of this service. It is the intention to award under the Most Suitable Provider Process. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS75m.
This a new service.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £75,000,000
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
- 039877-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055f30
- CPV code
- 85111800 - Pathology services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Town
- Warrington
- Postcode
- WA5 1QG
- Electoral ward
- Bewsey and Whitecross
- Constituency
- Warrington 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
- North West
- Sub-region
- Warrington
- Area
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Alison Parker
- Address
- Warrington, WA5 1QG · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Pathology Services
Who won the Pathology Services contract?
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on 10 July 2025.
How much is the Pathology Services contract worth?
The contract value is £75,000,000.
Who is the buyer for Pathology Services?
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Alison Parker.
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