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Awarded· 11 Nov 2024

Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Ipswich, East

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich.

Source: Find a Tender, published 20 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

    Essex Partnership University Trust (eput

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 11:00

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 13:53

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich. The contract went to Essex Partnership University Trust (eput. It was awarded on 11 November 2024. The contract value is £1,207,174.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 20 March 2025. The notice number is 010408-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e93a.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded the "Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract" in the health services category. This procurement, made under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, is an effort to balance patient rights with the safety of healthcare personnel and patients on site.

The contract, with a duration from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2031, holds a value excluding VAT of £1,207,174. The contract award was confirmed on 4 March 2025, and services will be provided in Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board localities. It is awarded to Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT), a large existing provider, ensuring substantial continuity in the quality of services delivered.

The procurement method involved a direct award process, ensuring streamlined integration and reduced administrative burden, appealing especially to established entities aiming to expand their footprint in the healthcare sector.

The notice in full

The Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) is a Directed Enhanced Service (DES) with an identified budget. Provision for SAS is set out in the NHS General Medical Services Contracts Regulations 2015 and is mandatory for the ICB to commission.

The SAS allows Commissioners to balance the rights of patients to receive services from GPs with the need to ensure that specified persons, including GPs, their staff, patients, and others on the premises, deliver and receive those services without actual or threatened violence or other reasonable fear for their safety.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Primary medical care services - Special Allocation Scheme Start date 01 April 2025 End date 31 March 2029 Contract term - 4 + 2 years. This contract term has been identified as the maximum allowable due to the original contract term being 5 years.

    NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

    The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice.

    The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time.

    Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

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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
Essex Partnership University Trust (eput
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Tender Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Tender, Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large
Buyer's portal
In-Tend

Values

Contracts value
£1,207,174

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
010408-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e93a
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is based in Ipswich. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Ipswich
Town
Ipswich
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Electoral ward
Gipping
Constituency
Ipswich
Delivery area
Suffolk CC, TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway
Region
East
Sub-region
Ipswich
Area
Suffolk
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Caryn Akers
Address
Ipswich, IP1 2BX · East · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Essex Partnership University Trust (eput
Awardee scale
Large
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 Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract

Who won the Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract contract?

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Essex Partnership University Trust (eput on 11 November 2024.

How much is the Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract contract worth?

The contract value is £1,207,174.

Who is the buyer for Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract?

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Ipswich, East. The named contact is Caryn Akers.

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