AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded a cardiology insourcing contract to ELECTIVE SERVICES LTD. The notice states an approximate six-month lifetime value of £123,776 and services scheduled from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Published outcomeAward 095339-2026-1 names ELECTIVE SERVICES LTD for lot 1. The contract record is active and gives a signature date of 1 October 2026; however, the associated lot is marked cancelled, creating a material status conflict.
Market significanceThis is a modest-value NHS cardiology capacity contract intended to provide surgical and/or diagnostic services and reduce local waiting times, awarded through the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ELECTIVE SERVICES LTD
98% confidenceAward 095339-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Shared or supplier-specific award value not published GBP · Verified supplier; linked to active award
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Award 095339-2026-1 lists Elective Services Ltd; supplier verification identifies verified legal name ELECTIVE SERVICES LTD (company number 11208789) by exact-name match.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-08T15:37:35+01:00.
Award status
92% confidenceActive award recorded
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Award 095339-2026-1 has status 'active' and names one supplier.
Contract status
92% confidenceActive contract recorded
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Contract 095339-2026-1 has status 'active'.
Contract signature date
97% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract record gives dateSigned as 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 is marked 'cancelled' despite the linked active award and contract records.
VALUES
Published values explained
Approximate lifetime contract value
91% confidence£123,776
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Lot 1 description states: 'The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £123,776.'
Award-level value
98% confidenceNot published
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The award record has no value amount or currency. The £123,776 figure appears only in the lot description.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Scheduled service commencement
92% confidence1 October 2026
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Lot 1 description states that service is scheduled to commence on 1 October 2026.
Scheduled service conclusion
92% confidence31 March 2027
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Lot 1 description states that service is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2027.
Stated duration
92% confidence6 months
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Lot 1 description states: 'It is a 6 month contract.'
Standstill commencement
95% confidence9 October 2026
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Procurement rationale states: 'The standstill period begins on 9th October 2026.'
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceCardiology insourcing
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Process title and description are 'Cardiology Insourcing'.
Service scope
91% confidenceSurgical and/or diagnostic service for patients
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Lot 1 description states the provider is to deliver a surgical and/or diagnostic service.
Intended outcome
93% confidenceReduce patient waiting times for the local population
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Lot 1 description explicitly states this objective.
Classification
99% confidenceHealth services (CPV 85100000); cardiology services (CPV 85121231)
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Published classifications list these CPV codes and descriptions.
Delivery region
90% confidenceUKC22
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Item delivery address identifies region UKC22.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award without prior publication of a call for competition
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Process procurement method is 'limited' and method details state 'Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition'.
Regime and route
98% confidenceProvider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C
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Lot description and procurement rationale identify PSR Direct Award Process C.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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The supplied notice contains no bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or comparative assessment.
Procurement Act position
97% confidenceNotice states the Procurement Act 2023 does not apply
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Procurement rationale says the award is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and that Procurement Act provisions do not apply.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Options
98% confidenceNo options stated
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Lot 1 field 'hasOptions' is false.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied.
Pricing detail
98% confidenceNot published
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The notice provides only an approximate lifetime value in the lot description, with no rate card or pricing breakdown.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Capacity-management signal
91% confidenceThe stated aim is to reduce waiting times through outsourced cardiology surgical and/or diagnostic capacity.
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Lot 1 description links the service to surgical and/or diagnostic provision and reducing local waiting times.
Value interpretation
96% confidenceThe published £123,776 is described as an approximate lifetime contract value, not a confirmed supplier-specific award value.
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The amount is contained in the lot narrative; the award itself has no value field.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Material status conflict
99% confidenceActive award and active contract records conflict with a cancelled status for the sole linked lot.
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Award and contract 095339-2026-1 are active, while lot 1 is cancelled.
Chronology conflict
99% confidenceThe supplied contract signature date and scheduled commencement date (1 October 2026) precede the stated standstill start (9 October 2026) and notice publication (8 October 2026).
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Contract dateSigned and scheduled start are 1 October 2026; publication is 8 October 2026; rationale says standstill begins 9 October 2026.
Value allocation
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: an award-level or supplier-specific value.
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No award value is populated; the approximate £123,776 appears in the cancelled lot's narrative.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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Exact-name supplier verification matched ELECTIVE SERVICES LTD to company number 11208789.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The sole linked lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are marked active; the published source does not resolve this conflict.
- The 1 October 2026 signature and scheduled start dates precede the 8 October publication date and 9 October standstill start stated in the notice.
- No award date, award-level value, supplier-specific value, pricing breakdown, bid count, evaluation results or bidder comparison is published.
- No extension, renewal or detailed performance terms are published.
- The approximate £123,776 value is stated only in the lot narrative, so it is not treated as a confirmed award-level or supplier-specific amount.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Cardiology InsourcingELECTIVE SERVICES LTDNewcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPSR Direct Award Process Ccardiology servicesNHS insourcing
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier for the cardiology insourcing award?
The active award record names ELECTIVE SERVICES LTD, verified under company number 11208789.
What is the published contract value?
The lot description cites an approximate lifetime value of £123,776. No award-level or supplier-specific value is published.
Is the contract confirmed as active?
The contract record is marked active and includes a 1 October 2026 signature date, but the sole linked lot is marked cancelled. The source therefore contains an unresolved status conflict.
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