Official UK procurement notice
Adult ADHD Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ICB Commissioners in NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (formerly NHS Mid and South Essex ICB) wish to provide their patients with a choice of providers who can deliver high quality Adult ADHD 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 Adult ADHD Services under patient choice provision.
The 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.
These contracts have been awarded with no guarantee of activity. The actual contract value will vary dependent on the activity delivered. Therefore, this notice outlines a total contract value of £0.00.
CPV: Health services · Psychiatrist or psychologist services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service provided under this notice will be for Adult ADHD Services under patient…Awarded
The service provided under this notice will be for Adult ADHD 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 contracts are awarded with no guarantee of activity. The value will vary dependent upon the activity delivered. Therefore, this notice outlines a total contract value of £0.00.
The services will be delivered between the 17th August 2026 and the 16th August 2027.
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
- 19 Aug 2026, 11:20 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 11:20 BST
- Authority reference
ACE-0040-2026-ESX- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078878- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e750Find 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 5 for each of the following existing providers of the sevice: Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States. To meet the requirements of this form, a figure of 1 has been represented against each. It is noted that the true value for each of the above is in fact 0. The authorising committee for this contract award was NHS Essex Integrated Care Board Main Board at the time of the decision, now NHS Essex Integrated Care Board from the 1st April 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arete Health LimitedSME | £1 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Adult ADHD Services · Arete Health LimitedSME
- Signed
- 16 Aug 2024
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Arete Health LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.