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Primary Medical Care Acute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board · compiled

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Opportunity overview

NHS 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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£2.4m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Aug 2024
Award ID
004435-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Basildon, UKH3, SS14 3Q, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85121000 — Medical practice services
  • CPV85120000 — Medical practice and related services
  • CPV85141000 — Services provided by medical personnel
  • CPV85141210 — Home medical treatment services

Lots

  • 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.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ACE-0776-2024-MSE
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
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.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85121000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Medical practice services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
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.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
To address immediate risks to safety and quality of care
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85120000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Medical practice and related services
Entry 2
Id
85141000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Services provided by medical personnel
Entry 3
Id
85141210
Scheme
CPV
Description
Home medical treatment services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-99647
Name
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer
reviewBody

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Basildon
Postal Code
SS14 3HG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Unit 10 Phoenix Court, Christopher Martin Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-137482
Name
BB Healthcare Solutions Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Basildon
Postal Code
SS14 3Q
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Fryerns Medical Centre, Peterborough Way

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
BB Healthcare Solutions Ltd

Award information

Award 1
Id
004435-2025-1
Title
Acute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-137482
Name
BB Healthcare Solutions Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
004435-2025-1
Title
Acute Home Visiting Service and Proactive Early Response Team
Status
active
Award ID
004435-2025-1
Date Signed
31 Aug 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount
2,362,384
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Basildon · UKH3 · SS14 3HG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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