NHS Cheshire & Merseyside interim referral model: proposed award to HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 17:41.

Opportunity overview

The scope is a provider-based Single Point of Access (SPoA), clinical triage, Advice and Guidance (A&G), referral navigation and Tier 2 assessment, treatment and follow-up for ENT, dermatology and gynaecology. Referrals will be received through e-RS. Existing commissioned Tier 2 and diagnostic capacity will be used first where clinically appropriate and available with the chosen provider supplying additional Tier 2 capacity where required. Patient choice and timely escalation into secondary care remain core requirements. The proposed contract is being procured as a call-off following a further competition under the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outsourced Clinical Services Framework (F/098/CS/25/IB).

Awarded to

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HealthHarmonie Limited

Matched by number

Contract value: £1.8m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 12 Oct 2026
Award ID: 096711-2026-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 4724733
Location: Birmingham, UKG31, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

The scope is a provider-based Single Point of Access (SPoA), clinical triage, Advice and Guidance (A&G), referral navigation and Tier 2 assessment, treatment and follow-up for ENT, dermatology and gynaecology. Referrals will be received through e-RS. Existing commissioned Tier 2 and diagnostic capacity will be used first where clinically appropriate and available with the chosen provider supplying additional Tier 2 capacity where required. Patient choice and timely escalation into secondary care remain core requirements. This notice is an intention to award a contract based on a framework agreement under the competitive process. The proposed contract is being procured as a call-off following a further competition under the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outsourced Clinical Services Framework (F/098/CS/25/IB). The proposed contract is a new service. The proposed provider is a new provider. Services are intended to be provided for a period of 6 months from 1 November 2026 (subject to conclusion of standstill) and may be extended for a further 6 months.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: ocds-h6vhtk-0786e3
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight at the end of 26 October 2026. Representations can only be made by providers party to the framework agreement. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85100000
Description: Health services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: The scope is a provider-based Single Point of Access (SPoA), clinical triage, Advice and Guidance (A&G), referral navigation and Tier 2 assessment, treatment and follow-up for ENT, dermatology and gynaecology. Referrals will be received through e-RS. Existing commissioned Tier 2 and diagnostic capacity will be used first where clinically appropriate and available with the chosen provider supplying additional Tier 2 capacity where required. Patient choice and timely escalation into secondary care remain core requirements. This notice is an intention to award a contract based on a framework agreement under the competitive process. The proposed contract is being procured as a call-off following a further competition under the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outsourced Clinical Services Framework (F/098/CS/25/IB). The proposed contract is a new service. The proposed provider is a new provider. Services are intended to be provided for a period of 6 months from 1 November 2026 (subject to conclusion of standstill) and may be extended for a further 6 months.
Has Options: Yes
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: The contract award criteria were specified in the procurement documents
Type: quality
Description: 75

Criterion 2

Name: Value
Type: cost
Description: 25

Options

Description: The proposed contract may be extended for six months to 31 October 2027, subject to confirmed funding and separate ICB approval.

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKD6

Entry 2

Region: UKD7

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Id: GB-NHS-QYG

Identifier

Legal Name: NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Id: QYG
Scheme: GB-NHS

Address

Locality: Warrington
Region: UKD61
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Email: coch.cps@nhs.net

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: BODY_PUBLIC
Description: Body governed by public law

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 07
Description: Health

Organisation 2

Name: HealthHarmonie Limited
Id: GB-COH-4724733

Identifier

Legal Name: HealthHarmonie Limited
Id: 4724733
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Locality: Birmingham
Region: UKG31
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme

Organisation 3

Name: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Id: GB-FTS-114442

Identifier

Legal Name: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Address

Locality: Warrington
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 096711-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-4724733
Name: HealthHarmonie Limited

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 096711-2026-1
Award ID: 096711-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 1,772,066
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Warrington · UKD61 · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKD6
Delivery location · UKD7

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096711-2026award, contract · 13 Oct 2026, 16:21

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board published a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention-to-award notice for an interim integrated referral service covering ENT, dermatology and gynaecology. The notice names HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED as the proposed provider, but its narrative says the contract had not yet formally been awarded and remained subject to standstill.

Published outcome signals

Published notice13 October 2026Evidence: published_at: 2026-10-13T16:21:51+01:00.
Notice characterPSR intention to awardEvidence: Procurement rationale states: "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice."
StandstillRepresentations due by midnight on 26 October 2026Evidence: Procurement rationale states the standstill begins after publication and gives this deadline.

87% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096711-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0786e3
First published: 13 Oct 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 17:41
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Proposed award to HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED under a further competition on the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outsourced Clinical Services Framework. The published data contains conflicting lifecycle fields, so a concluded contract cannot be confirmed.

Market significance

This is a proposed six-month NHS call-off for referral access, triage, navigation and Tier 2 capacity across three specialties, with a possible further six-month extension.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED

96% confidence

Award 096711-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 1,772,066 GBP · Named proposed provider; formal award not confirmed

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The award record names HealthHarmonie Limited for lot 1. Verified company identity is HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED (company number 04724733). The contract record gives GBP 1,772,066, while the notice narrative says the contract had not yet formally been awarded.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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published_at: 2026-10-13T16:21:51+01:00.

Notice character

99% confidence

PSR intention to award

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Procurement rationale states: "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice."

Standstill

98% confidence

Representations due by midnight on 26 October 2026

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Procurement rationale states the standstill begins after publication and gives this deadline.

Formal award status

99% confidence

Not confirmed

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Narrative says: "This contract has not yet formally been awarded"; however, structured award and contract records are marked active and the contract record includes a dateSigned field.

Lot status

99% confidence

Cancelled in structured lot data

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Lot 1 status is "cancelled", conflicting with the active award and contract records.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published contract-record value

98% confidence

GBP 1,772,066

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contracts[0].value.amount is 1772066 GBP.

Lot value

99% confidence

Not published

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Lot 1 value is null.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Intended service start

96% confidence

1 November 2026, subject to conclusion of standstill

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Lot description states services are intended for six months from this date, subject to standstill.

Initial intended term

96% confidence

6 months

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Lot description states services are intended to be provided for six months.

Potential extension

98% confidence

Up to 6 months, to 31 October 2027

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Options description states extension may be granted subject to confirmed funding and separate ICB approval.

Contract signature field

90% confidence

13 October 2026

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Structured contract record has dateSigned 2026-10-13, but this conflicts with the narrative that no formal award had yet occurred.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service model

99% confidence

Provider-based Single Point of Access, clinical triage, Advice and Guidance, referral navigation, and Tier 2 assessment, treatment and follow-up.

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Tender and lot descriptions.

Clinical specialties

99% confidence

ENT, dermatology and gynaecology

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Title and scope description.

Referral route

99% confidence

e-RS

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Scope states referrals will be received through e-RS.

Capacity approach

98% confidence

Existing commissioned Tier 2 and diagnostic capacity to be used first where appropriate and available; provider to supply additional Tier 2 capacity where required.

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Scope description.

Delivery geography

90% confidence

UKD6 and UKD7 regions

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Delivery addresses in the item record.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Limited procedure / award without prior publication of a call for competition

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procurement_method and procurement_method_details.

Route to market

99% confidence

Further competition under Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outsourced Clinical Services Framework (F/098/CS/25/IB)

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Tender and lot descriptions.

Regulatory regime

99% confidence

Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023

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Procurement rationale.

Evaluation weighting

96% confidence

Quality 75%; value 25%

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Lot awardCriteria lists quality 75 and cost/value 25.

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of bids and bidder identities not published

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Extension condition

98% confidence

Potential extension is subject to confirmed funding and separate ICB approval.

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Lot options description.

Patient pathway requirements

98% confidence

Patient choice and timely escalation into secondary care are core requirements.

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Scope description.

Contract conclusion

99% confidence

Cannot be confirmed from this notice

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The stated intention-to-award and standstill wording conflicts with active award/contract fields and a populated dateSigned field.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

94% confidence

The service is positioned as an interim, new-service call-off combining access management and supplementary Tier 2 clinical capacity.

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Lot description calls it a new service and describes the capacity model.

Value interpretation

98% confidence

The GBP 1,772,066 figure is published only at contract-record level; no lot-level pricing or pricing breakdown is available.

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Contract value is populated; lot value is null.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

87%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0786e3
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

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Buyer party and buyer_name.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Warrington, United Kingdom

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Buyer party address.

Sector

98% confidence

Health

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Buyer classification is COFOG 07 Health.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED, company number 04724733

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Supplier verification matched the source supplier to company number 04724733 by company number.

Supplier classification

95% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details classify the supplier as SME.

Supplier location

97% confidence

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Supplier party address.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Extension outlook

98% confidence

A six-month extension is possible, but is conditional and not confirmed.

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Options description makes extension subject to funding and separate ICB approval.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Material lifecycle conflict

100% confidence

The notice narrative says there was no formal award yet, while structured award and contract records are active, a contract signature date is present, and the only lot is cancelled.

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Procurement rationale, awards[0].status, contracts[0].status/dateSigned, and lot status.

Publication safety

99% confidence

The proposed provider, value and lifecycle status are reported with qualification; no concluded or active contract is asserted.

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Analysis preserves conflicting source fields rather than selecting one.

Supplier verification

99% confidence

Supplier identity is verified by company number.

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supplierVerification status is verified; match method is company_number.

Missing information

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, evaluation scoring, award decision date, lot value, pricing breakdown and final contract end date.

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Relevant published fields are absent or null.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains unresolved lifecycle contradictions: it describes an intention to award and says no formal award had occurred, but separately marks the award and contract active, includes a signature date, and marks lot 1 cancelled.
The final legal status, concluded contract status and actual service commencement cannot be determined from the supplied notice.
No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, individual lot value or final contract end date is published.
The potential extension is conditional on funding and separate ICB approval; it is not a confirmed renewal or extension.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is the proposed provider?

HEALTHHARMONIE LIMITED is named for lot 1; its identity is verified by company number 04724733.

Has the contract been formally awarded?

This cannot be confirmed. The notice narrative says it had not yet formally been awarded, despite conflicting active award and contract fields.

What is the published value?

The contract record lists GBP 1,772,066. No lot-level value or pricing breakdown is published.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Interim Integrated Referral Model for ENT, dermatology and gynaecology

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

HealthHarmonie Limited

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Options

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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