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Awarded· 13 Oct 2024

Universal Health Services

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

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Universal Health Services. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Ipswich.

Source: Find a Tender, published 3 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

    Suffolk County Council

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 16:09

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 08:13

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Universal Health Services. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Ipswich. The contract went to Suffolk County Council. It was awarded on 13 October 2024. The contract value is £1,555,500.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 3 April 2025. The notice number is 012669-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04eea7.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is overseeing the procurement process for the Universal Health Services contract, which falls under the Health Services industry category. Covering services within Suffolk (UKH14 region), this contract includes therapies for children with learning disabilities, coordination of health assessments for children in care, enuresis support, safeguarding through named nurses, and provision of continence products, as well as administrative elements.

The contract has been awarded under the Provider Selection Regime as of 18th March 2025, with service delivery scheduled between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2026. The contract is valued at £1,555,500 excluding VAT.

The direct award process ensures that the selected provider has met key criteria related to service quality, value for money, integration and collaboration within the healthcare system, improving access and reducing health inequalities, and promoting social value.

The notice in full

The Universal Health Services contract comprises of Learning Disability/Behavioural therapies for 0-18 yrs; coordination assessments for Children in Care (CiC) for 0-25 yrs; Enuresis support for 5-19 yrs; Named Nurses; Continence Products and a Corporate & Admin element.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    • Learning Disability/Behavioural therapies: 0-18 yrs. Individualised support programs to enable Children and Young People (CYP) to remain within community and attend education. Intensive behavioural support sessions can be with a named nurse and an additional set of sessions with a support worker.
    • Children in Care (CiC): 0-25 yrs. Co-ordination of Initial Health Assessments and Review Health Assessments provided through an integrated administration hub within recommended timeframes. Ensure statutory health needs of CIC are met. Specialist Looked After Children nurses.
    • Enuresis (involuntary urination): 5-19 yrs. Assessment, support, and the offer of therapeutic interventions to CYP and their families. Excludes daytime wetting and complicated nocturnal enuresis.
    • Named nurses: For safeguarding of children across services (covers supervision, compliance, policies/procedures). Support and monitor individual professionals working with vulnerable children, identifying children and families who would benefit from early help and assist and advise on assessment and analysis of risk to children and families.
    • Continence products and administrative costs are also included as part of this.
    • Contract is for 1 year with no option to extend.

    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
Learning Disability and Autism Support
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Suffolk County Council
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
£1,555,500

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
012669-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eea7
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
Region
East of England
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 of England · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Suffolk County Council
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 Universal Health Services

Who won the Universal Health Services contract?

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Suffolk County Council on 13 October 2024.

How much is the Universal Health Services contract worth?

The contract value is £1,555,500.

Who is the buyer for Universal Health Services?

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

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