AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
NHS Lanarkshire has awarded a shared arrangement for outsourced elective surgical activity to five providers. The published award value is £583,285 for the award as a whole; it is not allocated between suppliers. The source includes an active contract record, but provides no signature date or contract start date.
Published outcomeAwarded to BMI Ross Hall Hospital, Kings Park Hospital, Elanic Ltd, NUFFIELD HEALTH and SPIRE HEALTHCARE LIMITED under award awd-1.
Market significanceThe arrangement covers additional external surgical capacity across gynaecology, general surgery, ENT and OMFS, with published flexibility for activity volumes and further in-scope specialties.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
5 supplier records analysed
BMI Ross Hall Hospital
91% confidenceAward awd-1 · Not individually published; part of shared £583,285 award value GBP · Awarded; supplier identity unverified
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Listed as a supplier on award awd-1. Supplier verification completed with decision 'still_unmatched'.
Kings Park Hospital
91% confidenceAward awd-1 · Not individually published; part of shared £583,285 award value GBP · Awarded; supplier identity unverified
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Listed as a supplier on award awd-1. Supplier verification completed with decision 'still_unmatched'.
Elanic Ltd
91% confidenceAward awd-1 · Not individually published; part of shared £583,285 award value GBP · Awarded; supplier identity unverified
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Listed as a supplier on award awd-1. Supplier verification completed with decision 'still_unmatched'.
NUFFIELD HEALTH
97% confidenceAward awd-1 · Not individually published; part of shared £583,285 award value GBP · Awarded
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Listed as a supplier on award awd-1; verified company name is NUFFIELD HEALTH (company number 00576970).
SPIRE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
97% confidenceAward awd-1 · Not individually published; part of shared £583,285 award value GBP · Awarded
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Listed as a supplier on award awd-1; verified company name is SPIRE HEALTHCARE LIMITED (company number 01522532).
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded
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Process display_status is 'awarded'; notice_type is 'award'.
Contract record status
95% confidenceActive
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Contract awd-1, linked to award awd-1, has status 'active'.
Contract conclusion/signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract signature or conclusion date is supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
98% confidence£583,285
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Award awd-1 value is 583285 GBP.
Supplier-level allocation
99% confidenceUnknown
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The award lists five suppliers but supplies no allocation of value, volumes or lots between them.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender period start
98% confidence9 February 2026
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Tender period startDate is 2026-02-09T00:00:00Z.
Award notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Process published_at and release date are 2026-10-15T12:31:38Z.
Contract start
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Primary service
98% confidenceOutsourced elective surgical activity / surgical hospital services
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Title and CPV 85111100, Surgical hospital services.
Core specialties
98% confidenceGynaecology, general surgery, ENT and OMFS
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Tender description identifies these specialties.
Potential additional activity
92% confidenceActivity may vary above or below originally awarded volumes; additional in-scope specialties and procedure types may be requested.
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Award description permits scope and volume changes within the DPS and procurement documents.
Examples of potential additional procedures
90% confidenceCataracts, hip or knee procedures, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, septoplasty, surgical tooth extraction, osteotomy and TMJ procedures.
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Examples are stated in the award description; they are not confirmed commissioned volumes.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceUnknown
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No procurement method or method detail is supplied.
DPS reference
88% confidenceAward scope changes must remain within the scope of the DPS and procurement documents.
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Award description refers to a DPS but does not identify it further.
Competition data
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bidder count, evaluation results or scoring information is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Extension provision
96% confidenceThe Health Board may extend the contract period, at its discretion, until no later than 31 March 2028, either incrementally or as a single extension.
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Award description.
Activity uplift cap
94% confidenceTotal additional activity purchased from a provider must not exceed 250% of that provider's originally awarded initial-period procedure volume.
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Award description.
Initial contract period
99% confidenceUnknown
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No initial start date, end date or duration is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Flexible demand model
92% confidenceProcedure volumes may move above or below those detailed at award, so published value and initial activity may not represent final provider-level utilisation.
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Award description permits volume variation.
Multi-provider arrangement
98% confidenceFive providers share one award, with no published division of work, value, procedure volumes or specialties.
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Award awd-1 lists five suppliers and one aggregate value; no lots are supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Shared-value attribution
99% confidenceThe £583,285 figure is an aggregate award value and is not attributed to any individual supplier.
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One award value is published for an award listing five suppliers.
Unverified supplier identities
99% confidenceBMI Ross Hall Hospital, Kings Park Hospital and Elanic Ltd were checked but no safe company match was found; these are source names, not Companies House-verified legal identities.
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Supplier identity status is 'checked_unmatched' for each.
Missing contract dates
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: contract signature date, contract start date, initial end date and initial duration.
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Relevant process fields are null and no such dates appear in the award or contract records.
Missing allocation and competition information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: supplier-level values, awarded volumes, lot allocation, bid count, evaluation scores and pricing detail.
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No lots are provided and no allocation, bidder or evaluation data is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published £583,285 value is shared across five named suppliers; supplier-level contract values, volumes and allocations are not available.
- BMI Ross Hall Hospital, Kings Park Hospital and Elanic Ltd are unverified source names: the completed Companies House matching workflow found no safe company match.
- No contract signature date, contract start date, initial end date, duration, award decision date or individual lot information is supplied.
- No bidding, scoring, evaluation, pricing or rationale-for-award information is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
NHS Lanarkshireoutsourced elective activitysurgical hospital serviceselective surgeryNUFFIELD HEALTHSPIRE HEALTHCARE LIMITEDScotland public contracts
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the NHS Lanarkshire outsourced elective activity award?
The award names BMI Ross Hall Hospital, Kings Park Hospital, Elanic Ltd, NUFFIELD HEALTH and SPIRE HEALTHCARE LIMITED.
What is the value of the award?
The published aggregate award value is £583,285. No value split between the five suppliers was published.
When could the arrangement be extended to?
The buyer may extend the contract period at its discretion until no later than 31 March 2028.
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