UHL Stroke Services 2026–28: PSR Direct Award to University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Tru

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 17:56.

Opportunity overview

Specialist Stroke Rehabilitation in designated Community Stroke Units

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

No match

Contract value: £291.1k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 30 Mar 2026
Award ID: 097198-2026-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-NHS RWE
Location: Leicester, UKF2, LE1 6WW, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85110000 — Hospital and related services

Lots

Stroke Consultants to attend 2 sessions per site per week for 52 weeks, during periods of leave one session per site per week can be delivered by a suitably trained registrar. Maximum total sessions = 208. Contract awarded under PSR - Direct Award .A. Two year contract 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2028 Additional 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using the direct award process A. There is an existing service in place. There is no realistic alternative to the existing provider due to the nature of the health care services. Direct Award B would not apply, as patients do not have a choice of provider. The contract was awarded 1st April 2026- Contract end date 31st March 2028Value 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: UHL_A_Stroke Services_2628.V.0.1
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) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85110000
Description: Hospital and related 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: Stroke Consultants to attend 2 sessions per site per week for 52 weeks, during periods of leave one session per site per week can be delivered by a suitably trained registrar. Maximum total sessions = 208. Contract awarded under PSR - Direct Award .A. Two year contract 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2028 Additional 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using the direct award process A. There is an existing service in place. There is no realistic alternative to the existing provider due to the nature of the health care services. Direct Award B would not apply, as patients do not have a choice of provider. The contract was awarded 1st April 2026- Contract end date 31st March 2028
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: No realistic alternative provider/Patient Choice
Type: cost
Description: 100

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Delivery Location

Description: Ward 1 - St Luke's (Market Harborough) Community Hospital Ward 2 - Coalville Community Hospital

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST
Id: GB-NHS-RT5

Identifier

Legal Name: LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST
Id: RT5
Scheme: GB-NHS

Address

Street Address: 100/110 Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall, Glenfield
Locality: Leicester
Region: UKF22
Postal Code: LE3 8RA
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Tracy Bryan
Telephone: +44 7825923660
Email: tracy.bryan3@nhs.net

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.leicspart.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: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Id: GB-NHS-RWE

Identifier

Legal Name: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Id: RWE
Scheme: GB-NHS

Address

Street Address: Leicester Royal Infirmary
Locality: Leicester
Region: UKF2
Postal Code: LE1 6WW
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Id: GB-FTS-152454

Identifier

Legal Name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Locality: Leicestershire
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 097198-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-NHS-RWE
Name: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 097198-2026-1
Award ID: 097198-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 31 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 291,120
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Leicester · UKF22 · LE3 8RA · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKF

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

097198-2026award, contract · 14 Oct 2026, 16:38

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

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust reports a direct award to University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust for specialist stroke rehabilitation support in two community stroke units. The source records a GBP 291,120 contract signed on 31 March 2026, with stated delivery from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028. However, the sole lot is marked cancelled while the associated award and contract are marked active.

Published outcome signals

Notice publication14 October 2026Evidence: Process published_at: 2026-10-14T16:38:07+01:00; notice type: award, contract.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 097198-2026-1 has status active.
Contract signature31 March 2026Evidence: Contract 097198-2026-1 dateSigned: 2026-03-31T00:00:00+01:00.

86% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 097198-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0787f4
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 17:56
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: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Reported awardee: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust under Provider Selection Regime Direct Award A.

Market significance

This is a two-year incumbent-service continuation stated to have no realistic alternative provider, rather than an openly competed opportunity.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

95% confidence

Award 097198-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 291120 GBP · Active award and contract reported

View supporting evidence

Award 097198-2026-1 names University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust as supplier and relates to lot 1. Linked contract value is GBP 291,120 and status is active.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice publication

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Process published_at: 2026-10-14T16:38:07+01:00; notice type: award, contract.

Award status

93% confidence

Active

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Award 097198-2026-1 has status active.

Contract signature

98% confidence

31 March 2026

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Contract 097198-2026-1 dateSigned: 2026-03-31T00:00:00+01:00.

Reported service period

88% confidence

1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028

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Lot description states a two-year contract and gives these start and end dates.

Lot status

99% confidence

Cancelled

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Lot 1 status is cancelled, despite the linked award and contract being active.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value

99% confidence

GBP 291,120

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Contract 097198-2026-1 value: amount 291120, currency GBP.

Value attribution

92% confidence

Attributed to the single linked award and supplier

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The sole contract is linked to award 097198-2026-1, which names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

98% confidence

31 March 2026

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Contract dateSigned is 2026-03-31.

Stated contract start

88% confidence

1 April 2026

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Lot description states: contract awarded 1st April 2026.

Stated contract end

88% confidence

31 March 2028

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Lot description states: Contract end date 31st March 2028.

Award and contract notice published

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Process published_at is 2026-10-14T16:38:07+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

98% confidence

Specialist stroke rehabilitation in designated Community Stroke Units

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Process description.

Clinical input

92% confidence

Stroke consultants to attend two sessions per site per week for 52 weeks; during leave, one session per site per week may be delivered by a suitably trained registrar

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Lot 1 description.

Maximum activity

96% confidence

208 total sessions

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Lot 1 description states: Maximum total sessions = 208.

Delivery sites

98% confidence

Ward 1, St Luke's (Market Harborough) Community Hospital; Ward 2, Coalville Community Hospital

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Tender item deliveryLocation description.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 85110000 — Hospital and related services

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Primary classification.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

96% confidence

Provider Selection Regime Direct Award A

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Lot description states that the contract was formally awarded using Direct Award A under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Published procurement method

98% confidence

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

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Process procurement_method and procurement_method_details.

Stated rationale

90% confidence

Existing service; no realistic alternative provider due to the nature of the healthcare services

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Lot description.

Patient choice

90% confidence

The notice states Direct Award B did not apply because patients do not have a choice of provider

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Lot description.

Competition information

99% confidence

Bidder count and evaluation scoring not supplied

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No bid count, tender responses, scores or comparative evaluation results are included in the supplied notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

90% confidence

Two years (stated)

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Lot description states: Two year contract 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2028.

Options

98% confidence

No options reported

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Tender lot hasOptions: false.

Extension and renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

No extension or renewal provisions are supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Incumbency

91% confidence

The notice states an existing service was in place

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Lot description: There is an existing service in place.

Route-to-market implication

84% confidence

The stated Direct Award A rationale indicates limited immediate contestability for this requirement

View supporting evidence

The notice states there was no realistic alternative provider and identifies PSR Direct Award A.

Service intensity

94% confidence

The specified maximum is 208 sessions across the stated service arrangement

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 description.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

86%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0787f4
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Process buyer_name and buyer party record.

Buyer type

96% confidence

Body governed by public law; health function

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Buyer party classifications: TED_CA_TYPE BODY_PUBLIC and COFOG 07 Health.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

View supporting evidence

Supplier party legalName and award supplier name are University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; GB-NHS identifier RWE.

Supplier verification context

96% confidence

NHS supplier; Companies House verification not applicable

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Supplier identity status is not_applicable and identifier scheme is GB-NHS.

Reported supplier scale

85% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details scale: large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement or renewal point

78% confidence

Around 31 March 2028

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This is an estimate based only on the explicitly stated contract end date of 31 March 2028; no renewal plan is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting lot and contract statuses

99% confidence

The sole lot is marked cancelled, while the linked award and contract are marked active

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 status: cancelled; award 097198-2026-1 status: active; contract 097198-2026-1 status: active.

Date sequence anomaly

99% confidence

The notice was published after the reported signature and stated service start dates

View supporting evidence

Published 14 October 2026; contract signed 31 March 2026; stated start 1 April 2026.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

No bid count, pricing breakdown, individual lot value, award decision date, or detailed evaluation record

View supporting evidence

These fields are absent from the supplied structured data and notice text.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains an unresolved status contradiction: lot 1 is cancelled while its linked award and contract are active.
The notice publication date follows the reported contract signature and stated start date.
No bid count, evaluation scores, comparative assessment, award decision date, pricing breakdown, or individual lot value is supplied.
The stated start and end dates appear in the lot narrative rather than dedicated contract start/end fields.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was named as the supplier?

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust was named on the active award record.

What is the reported contract value?

The linked contract records a value of GBP 291,120.

When does the stated term end?

The lot description states an end date of 31 March 2028.

Was this openly competed?

The notice describes a PSR Direct Award A and an award without prior publication of a call for competition.

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PSR (Direct Award .A.) UHL Stroke Services 26-28

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Delivery Location

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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