Outsourcing ENT Procedures HDDA-DCO-59614

Concepts

• ent or audiologist
• cardiff
• outsourcing solutions
• ent procedures
• hdda
• outsourced
• ent
• dco-59614
• outsourcing
• waiting list initiatives

Location

South West Wales:

Description

Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) intend to award a contract to deliver an Outsourced solution for ENT procedures.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Health Board has been allocated funds this year to deliver the upon Welsh Government (WG) targets with regards to referral to treatment times (RTT) and reducing waiting list initiatives (WLI). A prime concern for the Health Board is to treat patients as close to home as possible and therefore deliver outsourcing solutions as close to the Health Board’s boundaries as possible. Also, experience of assessing patient willingness to travel has strongly indicated that closer locations will likely have a higher uptake. The Health Board require an outsourced package for an estimated volume of up to 85 cases for ENT procedures. Full packages of care are expected to be delivered, to include pre-assessment, treatment, and follow-up, as necessary. The procurement was initiated utilising NHS Wales’s Framework Agreement for Outsourcing/Insourcing of Clinical, Surgical & Diagnostic Services (OJEU ref PRO-OJEULT-50776) under Lot 1b Outsourcing via a direct award following receipt of expressions of interest which had been cascaded through the ranked providers on the framework. The estimated contract value is GBP 158 959.35 ex VAT, with the contract to being in August 2025, and to expire 31st March 2027.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121240 - ENT or audiologist services

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/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 the relevant authority by 31st July 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Wales.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/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 31st July 2025 to sian.john4@wales.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Wales. The procurement was initiated utilising NHS Wales’s Framework Agreement for Outsourcing/Insourcing of Clinical, Surgical & Diagnostic Services (OJEU ref PRO-OJEULT-50776) under Lot 1b Outsourcing via a direct award following receipt of expressions of interest which had been cascaded through the ranked providers on the framework. (WA Ref:153197)