Official UK procurement notice
CYP ADHD/ASD Service – Wait List Initiative (WLI) Urgent Award
Authority: NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn January of this year, regional colleagues contacted Mid and South Essex ICB (now NHS Essex ICB) to advise of a non-recurrent funding for community schemes to tackle long waiting times. Commissioning leads for BCYP, Community services and Adult Mental Health (MH) were asked to consider how best to utilise the 25/26 funding before Q2 2026/27 after which funding would not be available.
Commissioning leads identified a number priority pathways.
- Community Paediatrics (Neuro) across MSE – ASD/ADHD assessments
- ASD/ADHD assessment Adults
Children and Adults awaiting assessment for ASD and ADHD are subject to significant waiting times for assessment and treatment where applicable.
While 52-week waits are significant, commissioning leads wish to transfer the longest waiters on the pathways to accredited providers on the CYP and Adult frameworks who would be better placed to mobilise the additional capacity required on a temporary basis and hold the funding into the new financial year.Independent and NHS providers are aware of this opportunity and are scoping activity to facilitate transfer.
Based on local risks relating to a national issue, and the short notice given to commissioners regarding the release of funding, Mid and South Essex ICB can demonstrate that delaying the award or modification of the contract would adversely impact or pose a risk to patients or the public, or that a new service needs to be mobilised rapidly to meet local or national requirements. In these circumstances, the ICB can rely on Regulations 14(1), 14(2) and 14(3) to enact an urgent award or urgent contract modifications.
For an urgent award to be valid, all the following conditions must be met:
- the award or modification must be made urgently.
- the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by, and is not attributable to, the ICB.
- delaying the award to undertake a full application of the regime would likely pose a risk to patient or public safety.
The situation described above meets the criteria for an Urgent Award.
The contract as a limited terms of 2 months & 16 days Commencing 23rd March 2026 ending 30th June 2026. The budget allocation is £132,274 and expected number of transfers are 62.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 25 Jun 2026, 11:24 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2026, 11:24 BST
- Authority reference
ACE-0006-2026-ESX- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059765- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.'
Based on local risks relating to a national issue, and the short notice given to commissioners regarding the release of funding, Mid and South Essex ICB can demonstrate that delaying the award or modification of the contract would adversely impact or pose a risk to patients or the public, or that a new service needs to be mobilised rapidly to meet local or national requirements. In these circumstances, the ICB can rely on Regulations 14(1), 14(2) and 14(3) to enact an urgent award or urgent contract modifications.
For an urgent award to be valid, all the following conditions must be met:
- the award or modification must be made urgently.
- the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by, and is not attributable to, the ICB.
- delaying the award to undertake a full application of the regime would likely pose a risk to patient or public safety.
The situation described iat II.2.4 meets the criteria for an Urgent Award. The contract term is less than 12 months.
The authorising committee for this contract award was NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board Executive Committee at the time of the decision on 3rd March 2026, now NHS Essex Integrated Care Board from the 1st April.. 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.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.' Based on local risks relating to a national issue, and the short notice given to commissioners regarding the release of funding, Mid and South Essex ICB can demonstrate that delaying the award or modification of the contract would adversely impact or pose a risk to patients or the public, or that a new service needs to be mobilised rapidly to meet local or national requirements. In these circumstances, the ICB can rely on Regulations 14(1), 14(2) and 14(3) to enact an urgent award or urgent contract modifications. For an urgent award to be valid, all the following conditions must be met: • the award or modification must be made urgently. • the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by, and is not attributable to, the ICB. • delaying the award to undertake a full application of the regime would likely pose a risk to patient or public safety. The situation described iat II.2.4 meets the criteria for an Urgent Award. The contract term is less than 12 months. The authorising committee for this contract award was NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board Executive Committee at the time of the decision on 3rd March 2026, now NHS Essex Integrated Care Board from the 1st April.. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire Autism Service LtdSME | £132,274 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
CYP ADHD/ASD Service – Wait List Initiative (WLI) Urgent Award · Shropshire Autism Service LtdSME
- Signed
- 29 May 2026
- Value
- £132,274
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
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- Shropshire Autism Service Ltd T/A The Autism ServiceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.