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Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust opens mental health framework to new providers
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- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Sector
- Health & NHS
- Published
- 2026-08-16
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16 results for “COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST” across news and guides (acronyms like PIN, DPS, ITT are expanded automatically)
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£19.5m estimated
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust opens £19.5m falls prevention framework
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- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Sector
- News
- Published
- 2026-08-14
£49m estimated
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust opens £49m framework for remote skin and infection services
- Buyer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Sector
- Health & NHS
- Published
- 2026-08-12
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Framework Watch: week of 2026-07-27
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- 2026-08-02
£49m estimated
Countess of Chester Hospital seeks £49m food and beverage framework
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- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Sector
- News
- Published
- 2026-07-18
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Framework Watch: week of 2026-07-13
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- 2026-07-18
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- Guide How NHS Contracts Are Awarded: The Provider Selection Regime Explained Since 1 January 2024, most NHS health care contracts are awarded under the Provider Selection Regime, not the Procurement Act 2023. This guide explains what the PSR covers, its three selection processes, how it differs from the rules for goods and non-clinical services, and where suppliers find live opportunities.
- Guide Getting started: selling to the public sector The UK public sector buys almost everything, from catering to software, and publishes its contract opportunities on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. This guide explains who buys, where tenders appear, what the value thresholds mean in practice, and the first three steps a small firm should take.
- Guide How frameworks and call-offs work A framework is a pre-approved supplier list; a call-off is a contract awarded under it, either directly or through a further competition. This guide explains how suppliers get onto frameworks, how work actually flows through them, what open frameworks and dynamic markets change, and the traps to avoid.
- Guide Social value: what buyers actually want Social value questions ask what your contract will contribute beyond the specification: jobs, skills, environmental improvement, community benefit. They routinely carry ten per cent or more of the marks. This guide explains where the requirement comes from, what scores well, and the generic promises that score nothing.
- Guide How to read a contract award notice: contract value, award criteria and CPV codes explained A contract award notice is the public record of who won a contract, at what value, and how it was classified, published on Find a Tender under the Procurement Act 2023 before the contract is even signed. This guide explains what 'contract value' means, how CPV codes work, where notices are published, and how suppliers use awards for market intelligence.
- Guide Debarment and the debarment list: what suppliers need to know Under the Procurement Act 2023, exclusion is a buyer keeping a supplier out of one procurement; debarment is a central listing that applies across all of them. This guide explains the mandatory and discretionary grounds, who maintains the published debarment list, how self-cleaning works, and how to reduce your exclusion risk.
- Guide Dynamic markets and DPS, explained A dynamic market is an open list of qualified suppliers that buyers run competitions through, introduced by the Procurement Act 2023 to replace the older Dynamic Purchasing System. Suppliers can apply to join at any time, unlike a closed framework. This guide explains how they work and how to get on them.
- Guide How bids are scored: award criteria and MAT Public buyers score bids against published award criteria, usually splitting the marks between quality and price. This guide explains weightings, scoring scales, how price is scored on a relative model, the Most Advantageous Tender test that replaced MEAT, where social value fits, and how moderation reaches a final mark.
- Guide How to read a tender pack A tender pack is the bundle of documents a buyer issues to run a competition: the contract notice, invitation to tender, specification, selection questionnaire, pricing schedule, conditions of contract and the award criteria. This guide explains what each document does, the order to read them in, and how to decide quickly whether to bid.
- Guide Selling technology to government: G-Cloud and the technology frameworks G-Cloud is the UK government's framework for buying cloud hosting, software and support, with approved suppliers listed in an online catalogue that public buyers search. This guide explains how technology firms get listed, how buyers make direct awards, the other Government Commercial Agency technology frameworks, and where the Procurement Act 2023 changes the process.