Provision of Elective Inpatient, Day Case & Outpatient services for Cheshire and Merseyside, Lancashire & South Cumbria and Greater Manchester

Location

The services will be provided from various Circle Health Group hospital sites - Fairfield Independent Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and Highfield Hospital for patients registered with a GP Practice in the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB and Greater Manchester ICB areas

Description

Provision of elective inpatient, day case and outpatient services for a range of specialties including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, Vascular, ENT and Neurophysiology.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award B to Circle Health Group Ltd to deliver elective inpatient, day case and outpatients services across a number of specialties. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2026, expire on 31st March 2027 and has an indicative annual contract value of £11,415,000. This is a existing service being provided by a existing provider.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85110000 - Hospital and related services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. On the 18th of November 2025 the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee approved this decision and there were no declarations of interest made by members that would materially or adversely impact on matters requiring discussion and decision. The decision to award was made in line with the conflict of interest policy.