AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board published a Provider Selection Regime direct-award notice for elective secondary-care services. The supplied contract record is active and records a signature date of 1 April 2026; the verified legal supplier name is NUFFIELD PROACTIVE HEALTH GROUP LTD. However, the linked lot is marked cancelled, creating an unresolved status conflict.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract record are linked to lot 1. The notice states that services are activity-based with no guaranteed value.
Market significanceThe notice concerns patient-choice elective hospital pathways in the Bristol area, including orthopaedics, spinal services where the ICB is commissioner, and general surgery.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
NUFFIELD PROACTIVE HEALTH GROUP LTD
94% confidenceAward 095524-2026-BNSSG_C424795_2026-2027_Nuffield Health-1 · Lots 1 · No guaranteed value; activity-based contract GBP · Verified legal supplier identity; linked award is active
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Supplier verification identifies company number 05322913 as NUFFIELD PROACTIVE HEALTH GROUP LTD. The lot description states the arrangement is activity-based with no guaranteed value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Release history records an award/contract notice published at 2026-10-09T10:44:16+01:00.
Award record
95% confidenceActive
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Award 095524-2026-BNSSG_C424795_2026-2027_Nuffield Health-1 has status active.
Contract record
95% confidenceActive; signature date recorded as 1 April 2026
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The linked contract has status active and dateSigned 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Linked lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 is marked cancelled despite the linked award and contract records being active.
VALUES
Published values explained
Commercial value
99% confidenceNo guaranteed value stated
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Lot 1 states: 'This is an activity-based contract with no guaranteed value.'
Recorded contract value field
99% confidenceGBP 0.01
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The contract JSON contains value amount 0.01 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Recorded signature date
99% confidence1 April 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract period
99% confidence1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Lot 1 description states the contract was awarded for this period.
Notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Release history records publication on 2026-10-09.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service scope
98% confidenceRoutine elective secondary care, outpatient, diagnostic and treatment services under patient-choice arrangements
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Tender and lot descriptions.
Commissioned specialties
98% confidenceOrthopaedics, spinal services where the ICB is commissioner, and general surgery
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Tender and lot descriptions.
Care pathway
97% confidenceReferral management, triage, diagnostics, consultation, pre-treatment assessment, treatment, discharge and follow-up where appropriate
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Tender description.
Delivery location
93% confidenceUKK11; Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital is named as an agreed additional premises
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Item delivery address is UKK11 and the tender description names the hospital.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route
99% confidenceProvider Selection Regime direct award process B
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Procurement rationale and lot description state the contract was formally awarded using direct award process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Competition
99% confidenceNo prior call for competition
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Procurement method details state 'Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition'.
Evaluation criteria
97% confidencePatient Choice: quality 100; price 0
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Lot award criteria list Patient Choice as quality 100 and price 0.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Lot 1 description.
Extension
99% confidenceNo extension provision stated
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Lot 1 says there is 'no provision for extension included'.
Premises approval
97% confidenceFurther premises require prior commissioner approval
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Tender description.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Demand and payment exposure
98% confidenceActivity-based delivery means the notice does not guarantee supplier revenue or volume
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Lot 1 explicitly states there is no guaranteed value.
Route implication
90% confidenceThe direct-award route and 100% Patient Choice quality criterion indicate the notice does not describe a price-led competitive tender
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Procedure rationale and published award criteria.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Status conflict
99% confidenceThe only linked lot is cancelled, while its linked award and contract records are active
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Lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract statuses are active.
Supplier-name mismatch handled
99% confidenceThe source supplier name differs from the verified legal company name; this analysis uses the supplied verified legal identity
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Verification matched company number 05322913 but flagged nameMismatch true.
Value ambiguity
99% confidenceThe contract data contains GBP 0.01, but the lot says the contract is activity-based with no guaranteed value; GBP 0.01 is not treated as a commercial contract value
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Contract value field and lot description.
Publication timing anomaly
99% confidenceThe recorded signature date and stated term start precede publication of the award/contract notice
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Contract dateSigned is 1 April 2026; notice publication is 9 October 2026.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The linked lot is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are active; the source does not resolve this conflict.
- The published information provides no guaranteed value, individual pricing, volume, activity forecast, or bid count.
- The GBP 0.01 contract value field conflicts with the statement that the contract has no guaranteed value.
- The source supplier name differs from the verified legal company name, although both are linked to company number 05322913.
- Information on service volumes, performance measures, award decision date and detailed evaluation evidence was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
BNSSG ICBNUFFIELD PROACTIVE HEALTH GROUP LTDelective secondary careProvider Selection Regimedirect awardNuffield Health Bristol Hospital
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is the verified supplier?
The supplied verification identifies NUFFIELD PROACTIVE HEALTH GROUP LTD, company number 05322913.
What is the contract value?
The notice says the activity-based contract has no guaranteed value. A GBP 0.01 value also appears in the contract data and is not presented as the commercial value.
Is the record fully consistent?
No. The award and contract are active, but the linked lot is marked cancelled.
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