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Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract

Ipswich
ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY TRUST (EPUT
Published 20 Mar, 2025
Contract Value
Not specified
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Overview

Summary, notice description and lot information

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. This contract presents substantial business growth opportunities for service providers specialising in health services. It is awarded to Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT), a large existing provider, ensuring substantial continuity in the quality of services delivered.

Given the focus on safety, innovation, and quality, companies with expertise in integrated health systems, collaborative projects, and sustainable practices would be well-suited to compete. 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.

Notice Description

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.

Lot Information1 Lot
1Untitled Lot
Cancelled

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.

Procurement Classification

Notice type, method, and CPV codes

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e93a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Awardee Scale
Large
Current Stage
Award

Contract Values

Financial information and value estimates

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,207,174

Contract duration information not available.

Key Dates

Publication, submission, and award timeline

Notice Status

Current status of tender, lots, awards, and contracts

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority

Buyer organisation and contact details

NSA
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Services
Contact Name
Caryn Akers
IPSWICH
IP1 2BX
East
England
TLH6 Suffolk

Awarded Supplier

Supplier who was awarded this contract

EP
ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY TRUST (EPUTAwarded
Large
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Number of Suppliers
1
Awards Value
Not specified

Documents & Links

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Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
OCDS RecordID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e93a

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