Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Urgent Award Community Endoscopy Services on behalf of NHS Mid and South Essex ICB
Authority: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThere is a need for an urgent award of contracts for direct access endoscopy and for a period of 12 months (01st April 2025- 31st March 2026) to ensure the MSEFT have sufficient time to procure the CDC capacity. Risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all direct access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity. An urgent award is required for continuity of service and safety of patients requiring direct access diagnostics.
A community based direct access endoscopy service for the population of Mid and South Essex. The service will include gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy. The service will include providing uncomplicated diagnostic/treatment and surveillance endoscopy for non-urgent patients presenting with the following conditions: Dyspepsia, Reflux, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhoea, Change in bowel habit, Rectal bleeding and Haemorrhoids.
The current contract with the incumbent (Eastwood Community Endoscopy Centre) expires on 31st March 2025 and as a consequence there is a requirement to award a 12 month contract from 01st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.
The value is a £0 value contract – paid at local prices – planning value for 2024-25 is £3,285,527 which is subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A community based direct access endoscopy service for the population of Mid and South…Awarded
A community based direct access endoscopy service for the population of Mid and South Essex. The service will include gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy. The service will include providing uncomplicated diagnostic/treatment and surveillance endoscopy for non-urgent patients presenting with the following conditions: Dyspepsia, Reflux, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhoea, Change in bowel habit, Rectal bleeding and Haemorrhoids.
There is a need for an urgent award of contracts for direct access endoscopy service and for a period of 12 months (01st April 2025- 31st March 2026) to ensure the MSEFT have sufficient time to procure the CDC capacity. Risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all direct access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity. An urgent award is required for continuity of service and safety of patients requiring direct access diagnostics.
The current contract with the incumbent (Eastwood Community Endoscopy Centre) expires on 31st March 2025 and as a consequence there is a requirement to award a 12 month contract from 01st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.
The value is a £0 value contract – paid at local prices – planning value for 2024-25 is £3,285,527 which is subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26.
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
- 11 Mar 2025, 09:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2025, 09:38 GMT
- Authority reference
ACE-0804-2025-MSE- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008643- 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
There is a need for an urgent award of contracts for Community Endoscopy Services and for a period of 12 months (01st April 2025- 31st March 2026) to ensure the MSEFT have sufficient time to procure the CDC capacity. Risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all direct access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity. An urgent award is required for continuity of service and safety of patients requiring direct access diagnostics.
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 in this award. There is a need for an urgent award of contracts for Community Endoscopy Services and for a period of 12 months (01st April 2025- 31st March 2026) to ensure the MSEFT have sufficient time to procure the CDC capacity. Risk to patient safety through increased (long) waiting times unless an arrangement is in place for 1 April 2025 as all direct access would then be referred into MSEFT who have confirmed they cannot absorb the activity within current capacity. An urgent award is required for continuity of service and safety of patients requiring direct access diagnostics. Decision makers are: NHS Mid and South Essex ICB Executive Team No conflicts of interest have been identified
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwood Community Endoscopy CentreProvision of Urgent Award for Community Endoscopy Services | £3,285,527 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Urgent Award for Community Endoscopy Services · Eastwood Community Endoscopy Centre
- Signed
- 14 Jan 2025
- Value
- £3,285,527
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Eastwood Community Endoscopy CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.