Awarded· 14 Jan 2025
Provision of Urgent Award Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services on behalf of NHS Mid and South Essex ICB
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board · Basildon, East
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Basildon.
Source: Find a Tender, published 11 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:55
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Basildon. The contract went to Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services. It was awarded on 14 January 2025. The contract value is £1,935,198.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 11 March 2025. The notice number is 008651-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04eb56.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board has completed the award of a contract for the provision of urgent non-obstetric community ultrasound services. This service, which falls under the category of community health services (CPV 85323000), aims to support early diagnostics in a primary care setting and reduce referrals to secondary care.
The procurement process was conducted under urgent circumstances, necessitated for continuity of patient safety and quality care. The contract, valued at £1,935,198 for the period from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, has been awarded to Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services Limited. The service location is in the UKH3 region covering Basildon, Essex, with the contract executed to address immediate risks to patient safety due to long waiting times.
The notice in full
A direct access non-obstetric ultrasound provision for adults. The service is intended to aid early diagnostics and avoid the need for unnecessary referral to secondary care for conditions that can be appropriately managed within a Primary Care setting or to support the shift of activity into a primary care setting.
There is a need for an urgent award of contracts for direct access ultrasound and for a period of 12 months (01st April 2025- 31st March 2026) to ensure the MSEFT have sufficient time to procure the CDC capacity.
Risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all direct access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity. An urgent award is required for continuity of service and safety of patients requiring direct access diagnostics.
The current contract with the incumbent (Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services Limited ) expires on 31st March 2025 and as a consequence there is a requirement to award a 12 month contract from 01st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. The value is a PS0 value contract - paid at local prices - planning value for 2024-25 is PS1,935,198 which is subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
A direct access non-obstetric ultrasound provision for adults. The service is intended to aid early diagnostics and avoid the need for unnecessary referral to secondary care for conditions that can be appropriately managed within a Primary Care setting or to support the shift of activity into a primary care setting.
There is a need for an urgent award of contracts for direct access ultrasound and for a period of 12 months (01st April 2025- 31st March 2026) to ensure the MSEFT have sufficient time to procure the CDC capacity.
Risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all direct access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity. An urgent award is required for continuity of service and safety of patients requiring direct access diagnostics.
The current contract with the incumbent (Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services Limited) expires on 31st March 2025 and as a consequence there is a requirement to award a 12 month contract from 01st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. The value is a PS0 value contract - paid at local prices - planning value for 2024-25 is PS1,935,198 which is subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £1,935,198
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 008651-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04eb56
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Basildon
- Town
- Southend-on-Sea
- Postcode
- SS14 3HG
- Electoral ward
- Fryerns
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Delivery area
- Essex
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Essex Thames Gateway
- Area
- Essex
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Basildon, Essex, SS14 3HG · East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
Who won the Provision of Urgent Award Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services on… contract?
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services on 14 January 2025.
How much is the Provision of Urgent Award Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services on… contract worth?
The contract value is £1,935,198.
Who is the buyer for Provision of Urgent Award Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services on…?
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Basildon, East.
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