Awarded· 5 Nov 2024
Provision of Urgent Award MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology 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 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Connect Health
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 16:28
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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 Connect Health. It was awarded on 5 November 2024. The contract value is £3,320,718.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 11 June 2025. The notice number is 031693-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-054717.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a contract for the provision of urgent MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology Services, focusing on the regions of Basildon, Brentwood, and Thurrock. This procurement falls under the Health Care Services category and is being delivered by Connect Health Limited.
Awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime, the contract ensures continued service provision for 12 months starting 1 April 2025, with a planning value of £3,320,718 for the 2025-26 period. The process bypassed the standard public contracts procedure due to urgency, and the need for continuity of patient care has led to this limited procurement method without prior call for competition.
SMEs like Connect Health Limited are well-positioned to compete, given the contract's emphasis on maintaining patient care standards while offering flexibility in response to local health service demands.
The notice in full
This is an updated notice and replaces Notice Number 2025/S 000-008527 and Notice Reference 2025-041034 due to these services being impacted by the community MSK and pain service procurement. This is a change to the original notification. The Contract Term is to reduce uncertainty for the Providers and to ensure continuity of service.
Originally the award was approved by Executive Committee in November 2024 as an award for 7 months with an option to extend for 5 months. The Contract Term shall now be for 12 months, with a 3 months' notice period. The current procurement timeline is indicating a new service may start on 1st February 2026, but this is subject to change.
The Urgent Award to the existing provider is to ensure that there is continued provision of MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology Services to the registered population of NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (Basildon and Brentwood and Thurrock) to ensure sufficient time for the procurement and that there is no risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity.
The current contract with the incumbent (Connect Health) expires on 31st March 2025 and as a consequence there is a requirement to award this contract. The value is a PS0 value contract - paid at local prices - planning value for 2025-26 is PS3,320,718
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Connect Health
- 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
- £3,320,718
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
- 031693-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054717
- CPV code
- 85100000 - 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
- Contact
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
- Phone
- +44 2034356590
- Address
- Basildon, SS14 3HG · East · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Connect Health
- 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 MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology on behalf of NHS… contract?
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Connect Health on 5 November 2024.
How much is the Provision of Urgent Award MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology on behalf of NHS… contract worth?
The contract value is £3,320,718.
Who is the buyer for Provision of Urgent Award MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology on behalf of NHS…?
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Basildon, East. The named contact is NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, on +44 2034356590.
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