Awarded· 30 Apr 2024
Specialist Fertility Services to Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board · Wiltshire, South West
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Wiltshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Bath Fertility Centre
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 11:05
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Wiltshire. The contract went to Bath Fertility Centre. It was awarded on 30 April 2024.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 May 2025. The notice number is 020419-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0510bf.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board has completed the procurement process for specialist fertility services, with the contract awarded to Bath Fertility Centre Limited. This procurement is categorised under the health services industry, specifically focusing on in vitro fertilisation services for the UKK12 region, which includes Bath.
The contract is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and not by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, following a direct award procedure without prior competitive tendering. The decision to award was approved on 1st May 2024, with the contract commencing on 1st April 2024 and lasting until 31st March 2027.
The procurement utilised a limited method due to its specific regulatory framework, with the awarded contract being of minimal monetary value. SMEs with expertise in procedures such as IVF, IUI, and other assisted reproductive technologies are well-suited to explore similar procurement opportunities.
The involvement of Bath Fertility Centre Limited, an SME, demonstrates that smaller entities can successfully compete and secure contracts in specialised health services, potentially inspiring other SMEs to pursue opportunities under the PSR framework.
The notice in full
Provision of specialist fertility services including storage of sperm samples by Care Fertility Bath Limited
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board have awarded a contract for the provision of existing specialist fertility services including storage of sperm samples by the existing provider Care Fertility Bath Limited including:
- ovarian stimulation;
- oocyte collection;
- sperm retrieval (if necessary)
- sperm preparation;
- in vitro fertilisation (IVF)
- intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- donor insemination
- intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
- zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)
- pronucleate stage tubal transfer (PROST)
- cryopreservation A contract has been awarded following a direct award process B in accordance with Regulation 8 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Contract start date: 1 April 2024 Duration: 3 years (Expiry Date: 31 March 2027) Lifetime value of the contract: PS0.01 This notice has been published by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Bath Fertility Centre
- 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
- 020419-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0510bf
- CPV code
- 85111310 - In vitro fertilisation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Town
- Swindon
- Postcode
- SN15 1GG
- Electoral ward
- Chippenham Monkton
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Delivery area
- Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Wiltshire
- Area
- Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Chippenham, SN15 1GG · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Bath Fertility Centre
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
Who won the Specialist Fertility Services to Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and… contract?
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Bath Fertility Centre on 30 April 2024.
Who is the buyer for Specialist Fertility Services to Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and…?
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board, based in Wiltshire, South West.
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