Official UK procurement notice
S12 Solutions digital app
Authority: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionS 12 Solutions App to assist Doctors and Approved Mental Health Professionals to convene a team to undertake a detention assessment under the Mental Health Act.
The S12 Solutions App, developed by an existing Adult Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP), is designed to streamline the assessment process, making it easier for AMHPs to find doctors to
certified to deliver Mental Health Act assessments.
It also provides a route for doctors to claim a fee for work undertaking a Mental Health assessment.
The S12 Solutions app maintains a log of all assessment activity with the supporting detention papers is of great importance.
This is a fixed fee contract. The contract is below threshold and this notice is signaling our intention to direct award a contract to this provider for 3 years. The contract is below threshold for the ICB as a sub-central body.
The mandatory standstill period ends at midnight on 25th June.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 13 Jun 2025, 14:08 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2025, 16:31 BST
- Authority reference
25-28/QK1/S12software- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032396- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054888Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The provider is the only provider that is capable of delivering the end-to-end services being commissioned.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published13 Jun 2025, 14:08 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 Jun 2025, 16:31 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VitalHub (UK) LimitedS12 solutions1 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 | £159,876 inc. VAT | 29 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNITProcuring entityPublish notice
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VITALHUB UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender