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Awarded· 14 Jan 2025

Provision of Urgent Award of Diagnostic Healthcare Limited Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Service 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

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Diagnostic Healthcare

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 10:56

    View notice
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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 Diagnostic Healthcare. It was awarded on 14 January 2025. The contract value is £244,802.

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 008667-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04eb5e.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board is making an urgent award of a contract for Diagnostic Healthcare Limited to provide community ultrasound services for non-obstetric diagnostics. This service, aimed at aiding early diagnostics within primary care settings, will be in effect from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.

The process has moved to the award stage, with the contract valued at £244,802 for the period of 2024-25, subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26. The primary location for service delivery is Basildon, Essex (UKH3 region).

This procurement is classified under community health services (CPV code 85323000) and has been initiated due to the NHS Mid and South Essex ICB's need for continuity in patient care and urgent diagnostic services. Additionally, the limited procurement method used indicates a direct award without the call for competition, paving the way for swift contract initiation and execution.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of delivering community health services, especially those with expertise in ultrasound diagnostics, can leverage this opportunity to expand their market presence and contribute to essential healthcare services in the Essex region.

The notice in full

A direct access non-obstetric ultrasound provision for adults and 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 (Diagnostic Healthcare 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 PS244,802 which is subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Diagnostic Healthcare
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
£244,802

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
008667-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb5e
CPV code
85323000 - Community health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board is based in Basildon. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
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
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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
Diagnostic Healthcare
Awardee scale
SME
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about this tender

Who won the Provision of Urgent Award of Diagnostic Healthcare Limited Community Ultrasound… contract?

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Diagnostic Healthcare on 14 January 2025.

How much is the Provision of Urgent Award of Diagnostic Healthcare Limited Community Ultrasound… contract worth?

The contract value is £244,802.

Who is the buyer for Provision of Urgent Award of Diagnostic Healthcare Limited Community Ultrasound…?

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Basildon, East.

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