Provision of Urgent Award Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services on behalf of NHS Mid and South Essex ICB

Official notice

Authority: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Awarded value£580,657published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 14 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Lakeside Medical Diagnostics Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A direct access non-obstetric ultrasound provision for adults. The service is intended to aid early diagnostics and avoid the need for unnecessary referral to secondary care for conditions that can be appropriately managed within a Primary Care setting or to support the shift of activity into a primary care setting.

There is a need for an urgent award of contracts for direct access ultrasound 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 (Lakeside Medical Diagnostics Limited ) 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 £580,657 which is subject to any uplift applied to 2025-26.

CPV: Community health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

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, 09:52 GMT
Last source update: 11 Mar 2025, 09:52 GMT
Authority reference: ACE-0804-2025-MSE
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-008648
Classification (CPV): Community health services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04eb55 Find a Tender

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 direct access ultrasound 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 direct access ultrasound 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

Awards 1

Awarded value £580,6571 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Lakeside Medical Diagnostics LtdSMEProvision of Urgent Award for Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services	£580,657 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Urgent Award for Community Ultrasound (Non-Obstetric) Services · Lakeside Medical Diagnostics LtdSME
Signed
14 Jan 2025
Value
£580,657
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth QH8 Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex, East of England, SS14 3HGContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Lakeside Medical Diagnostics LimitedAwarded supplier c/o Purfleet Care Centre Tank Hill Road, Purfleet Essex, East of England, RM19 1SX

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.