Initial Health Assessments for Children and Young People in Care and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children - York and North Yorkshire

CPV: Services provided by medical personnel

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

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

13 Nov 2026, 11:25 GMT

Last source update

13 Nov 2026, 11:25 GMT

Authority reference

C467779

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-107914

Classification (CPV)

Services provided by medical personnel

Delivery area

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE21)

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 is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 23:59hrs, 26/11/2026.

This contract has not yet formally been awarded. This notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23:59hrs, 26/11/2026. Provider representations in relation to this intention to award notice should be submitted in writing to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The contract award was approved by Executive Director Insights and Commissioning & Deputy Executive Director of Finance. No conflicts of interest have been declared in relation to the contract award. The criteria applied to this intention to award was: Basic Selection Criteria Mandatory and Discretionary Grounds - Suitability to pursue activity - Technical and professional ability Key Criteria • Quality - 45% Quality is weighted highest because it reflects the primary aim of the service: delivering safe, effective and person-centred care. This weighting ensures that providers demonstrating strong clinical governance, continuous improvement and positive outcomes are appropriately prioritised in the assessment process. • Innovation - 5% Innovation is weighted lower to recognise the value of service improvement and new approaches while ensuring that quality, safety and statutory requirements remain the primary focus. • Value - 10% Value is weighted moderately to reflect the importance of efficient and cost-effective service delivery, while ensuring decisions are not driven by cost alone and continue to prioritise quality outcomes. • Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - 15% Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability weighting reflects the service requirements for effective partnership working across health, social care and wider system partners in service delivery. • Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - 15% Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice weighting acknowledges the importance of equitable access and addressing population health needs, while maintaining focus on the core service requirements. • Social Value - 10% Social Value is weighted at the required minimum standard and ensure providers contribute to local economic, social and environmental wellbeing, while maintaining focus on core service outcomes. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB have conducted an assessment of the Provider against the stated Basic Selection Criteria and Key Criteria and considers that the existing provider is satisfying its current existing contract, will likely satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably. • Quality - The ICB is assured the Provider has demonstrated and evidenced robust organisational clinical governance processes in safety and effectiveness. Quality and safety will continue to be monitored to support safe, effective and person-centred care. • Innovation - The ICB is assured that the service supports proportionate innovation through established quality improvement and learning processes. Standardised assessments, personalised health planning, peer review, patient safety learning and regular analysis of activity and performance enable the Provider to identify and adopt improvements in care delivery. The Provider has demonstrated innovative developments through the creation of a video on what to expect when attending the service. • Value - In providing the service, the Provider supports identifying health needs early in vulnerable children and young people, enabling timely intervention and reducing the risk of unmet need escalating into more complex or costly health issues. The service operates on an 'activity x tariff' model basis, which ensures only activity undertaken incurs costs to Commissioners. • Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - The ICB is assured that the service supports integrated and sustainable care through established working relationships across health, social care and education. Initial Health Assessments, personalised health plans, appropriate referrals and timely information sharing enable identified needs to be addressed through coordinated multi-agency support. The Provider ensures the service is delivered through established pathways, specialist knowledge and safeguarding arrangements, avoiding unnecessary disruption or fragmentation. Workforce sustainability is supported through training, supervision, appraisal, competency assessment and peer review. • Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - The Provider demonstrates they offer equitable, needs-led access for children looked after, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and refugee or asylum-seeking children across North Yorkshire and York. Timely assessments, personalised health plans, safeguarding arrangements and onward referrals help identify and address physical, mental health and wider wellbeing needs at an early stage. This is a statutory service provision, with the Provider ensuring care is personalised around each child or young person's needs and circumstances. The service is not subject to 'right to choose'. • Social Value - The Provider is delivering the requirements of the contract in respect of social value which are relevant and proportionate to the service provision. The service sustains specialist local skills and employment through workforce development, supervision and appraisal.

• Nimbuscare CICAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09604277 York, Yorkshire & Humber

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