Official UK procurement notice
Primary Medical Care Acute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team
Authority: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board have re-awarded a contract for provision of Acute Home Visiting Service (AHVS) and Proactive Early Response Team to the existing provider BB Healthcare Solutions Ltd, under Regulation 14 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR 23).
This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance and delaying the award of the contract was considered as having been likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety.
The contract is awarded from 1st October 2024 - 31st September 2025. The estimated contract value is £924,000 for the 9-month duration.
CPV: Home medical treatment services · Medical practice and related services · Medical practice services · Services provided by medical personnel
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The AHVS service has been developed to support the sustainability of transformation of…Awarded
The AHVS service has been developed to support the sustainability of transformation of primary care in Basildon and Brentwood. It provides support to member GP practices in managing increasing levels of need and demand among their registered population; facilitates rapid access to home visiting services to house bound patients requiring urgent consultation; and informs analysis of current patterns and drivers of home visiting, in order to support future appropriate reductions in visit rates.
The provision of support in this area is in-line with the relevant GMS/PMS clauses relating to Home Visiting requirements. Additionally, the PCN will deliver additional same day access appointments, proactive management of high frequency users of primary, community and secondary care, co-located for multiple health and social care providers.
Previous funding for the Acute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team includes:
1st Jan 2019 – 31st Dec 2024 – estimated £1,667,000.
1st January 2024 until 30th September 2024 - £695,384.
The aggregate (lifetime) contract value with the provider for this service, including the urgent award that is the subject of this Transparency Notice is therefore estimated at £2,362,384.
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
- 10 Feb 2025, 16:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2025, 16:36 GMT
- Authority reference
ACE-0776-2024-MSE- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004435- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dd6dFind a Tender
- 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 Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
In accordance with the instructions to Relevant Authorities titled PRN00853-Find-A-Tender-Service-supplementary-guide-January-2024 that was published by NHSE, the Authority has provided its justification as to why this award was made under an urgent circumstance (i.e. why Regulation 14 was applied) within Section Additional information VI.3 of this Notice, please refer to this section.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the 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 Authority made an urgent award due to multiple factors including: -The impact of GP Collective Action (commenced 1st August 2024 and is ongoing) – on ICB capacity and work with GP Providers - Delays to the initial timetable for Integrated Neighbourhood Team expansion whilst it is redesigned to ensure fit with Financial Recovery Programme - Impact of personnel changes on the Integrated Care Board capacity at Alliance Level to mobilise service changes, including the Clinical Leads review - The ICB priorities have been changing and are awaiting upcoming planning guidance and formation of local integrated neighbourhood teams. There is a data sharing agreement already in place with the incumbent provider which allows the model to be more flexible and quicker response as already working in tandem with member practices and PCN. No conflicts of interest have been identified by the Authority.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB Healthcare Solutions LtdSMEAcute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team | £2,362,384 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Acute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team · BB Healthcare Solutions LtdSME
- Signed
- 31 Aug 2024
- Value
- £2,362,384
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BB Healthcare Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.