Official UK procurement notice
Acute Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ICB Commissioners in NHS Mid and South Essex wish to provide their patients with a choice of providers who can deliver high quality Acute services and care in accordance with the terms of this agreement and in particular all relevant Guidance.
The service provided under this notice will be for Acute Services under patient choice provision.
In adherence with Patient Choice and PSR requirements, following a ‘Self Declaration’ Accreditation process contracts are awarded for a three-year term to the existing ISPs under PSR DAP B.
This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply.
The contract is awarded noting that the values published are purely indicative based on past activity.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service provided under this notice will be for Acute Services under patient choice…Awarded
The service provided under this notice will be for Acute Services under patient choice provision.
This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply.
The services will be delivered between the 01st April 2025 and the 31st March 2028. The providers are an existing provider of Acute Services to the NHS MSE ICB.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Oct 2025, 14:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 14:13 GMT
- Authority reference
ACE-0852-2025-MSE- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069004- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d55aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. As per the Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 guidance, the number of tenders are reflected as 8 for each of the following existing providers of the Acute Services. The contract is awarded noting that the values published are purely indicative based on past activity. The authorising committee for this contract award is Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board Main Board. Conflicts of Interest have been carefully managed in line with the Authority's Conflict of Interest Policy and Governance Handbook along with NHSE COI guidance and the PSR reg 21 and guidance.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay Springfield | £75,403,211 † | — | Awarded |
| Nuffield Health – The Holly | £5,735,436 † | — | Awarded |
| Ramsay Oaks | £4,722,028 † | — | Awarded |
| Nuffield Brentwood | £6,871,233 † | — | Awarded |
| Circle Southend Private Hospital | £3,480,472 † | — | Awarded |
| Spire Hartswood Hospital | £20,246,866 † | — | Awarded |
| SpaMedica | £40,105,761 † | — | Awarded |
| Circle London | £697,176 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Acute Services · Ramsay Springfield
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £75,403,211
- Status
- active
Acute Services · Nuffield Health – The Holly
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £5,735,436
- Status
- active
Acute Services · Ramsay Oaks
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £4,722,028
- Status
- active
Acute Services · Nuffield Brentwood
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £6,871,233
- Status
- active
Acute Services · Circle Southend Private Hospital
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £3,480,472
- Status
- active
Acute Services · Spire Hartswood Hospital
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £20,246,866
- Status
- active
Acute Services · SpaMedica
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £40,105,761
- Status
- active
Acute Services · Circle London
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £697,176
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB)Review contact point
- The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
8 commercial parties on the notice- Circle LondonAwarded supplier
- Circle Southend Private HospitalAwarded supplier
- Nuffield BrentwoodAwarded supplier
- Nuffield Health – The HollyAwarded supplier
- Ramsay OaksAwarded supplier
- Ramsay SpringfieldAwarded supplier
- SpaMedica LimitedAwarded supplier
- Spire Hartswood HospitalAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.