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Awarded· 17 Jan 2025

Provision of Gastroenterology Services

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb · Warrington, North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb has awarded Provision of Gastroenterology Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.

Source: Find a Tender, published 6 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Endocare Diagnostics

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 12:44

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb has awarded Provision of Gastroenterology Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. The contract went to Endocare Diagnostics. It was awarded on 17 January 2025.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 6 February 2025. The notice number is 003955-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04dc2f.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a contract for the provision of gastroenterology services under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract, titled "Provision of Gastroenterology Services," falls under the health services industry category (CPV code 85100000) and is intended to serve patients registered with GP Practices across the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB area.

The procurement was conducted via a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition and was formalised with the service provider, EndoCare Diagnostics Ltd. The decision was approved on 17th January 2025, with the contract taking effect on 1st March 2025 and expiring on 28th February 2026.

Notably, this contract is innovative for the region, with no guaranteed contract value, and payment will be activity-based as per NHS Payment Scheme prices. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in the health sector, particularly those offering diagnostic and specialist care, are well-positioned to compete for similar contracts in the future, leveraging the importance of patient choice and quality of service as decisive award criteria.

The notice in full

Under patient right to choice, the provision of gastroenterology services to patients across Cheshire & Merseyside ICB area.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Cheshire East Place has awarded a contract via Direct Award B, following a patient choice accreditation process, to deliver gastroenterology services across the Cheshire & Merseyside area. This is a new contract with a new service provider to the Cheshire & Merseyside area. The anticipated contract start date is 1st March 2025 and will expire 28th February 2026.

    Given this is a new contract, there is no guaranteed contract value and payment will be made on activity undertaken at NHS Payment Scheme prices.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Endocare Diagnostics
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
SME

Values

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

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
003955-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc2f
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb is based in Warrington. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Warrington
Town
Warrington
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Electoral ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Constituency
Warrington South
Delivery area
Cheshire, TLD7 Merseyside
Region
North West
Sub-region
Warrington
Area
Cheshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb
Category
Services
Contact
Mervyn Kennedy
Address
Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Endocare Diagnostics
Awardee scale
SME
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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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 Provision of Gastroenterology Services

Who won the Provision of Gastroenterology Services contract?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb awarded the contract to Endocare Diagnostics on 17 January 2025.

Who is the buyer for Provision of Gastroenterology Services?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Icb, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Mervyn Kennedy.

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