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Community MSK Service in BLMK

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · compiled

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Opportunity overview

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board are seeking a suitable organisation for the provision of Community MSK Service including support for chronic pain in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The key objective is to enable patients with MSK conditions and those living with chronic pain to live a full and healthy life.<br/><br/>The Service provider will offer a standardised, transparent, and coordinated patient pathway for MSK patients in a responsible and environmentally <br/>sustainable way across all relevant healthcare settings in BLMK. The Service provider will ensure patients receive a consistent experience, feel supported, informed and empowered throughout the whole pathway and receive the optimal treatment at the right time. The contract will be for a period of 10 years commencing on 01st December 2025.

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.

Connect Health Ltd

2 award entriesMatch pending…
Contract value
£120.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
1 May 2025
Status
active
Location
Newcastle, UKC, United Kingdom
View 2 award IDs

019213-2025-1, 019214-2025-1

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board are seeking a suitable organisation for the provision of Community MSK Service including support for chronic pain in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The key objective is to enable patients with MSK conditions and those living with chronic pain to live a full and healthy life.<br/><br/>The Service provider will offer a standardised, transparent, and coordinated patient pathway for MSK patients in a responsible and environmentally sustainable way across all relevant healthcare settings in BLMK. The Service provider will ensure patients receive a consistent experience, feel supported, informed and empowered throughout the whole pathway and receive the optimal treatment at the right time.<br/><br/>The Service provider will need to provide a high-quality experience, ensuring patients are triaged and treated as early as possible in their pathway to prevent worsening of symptoms, improve outcomes, reduce unnecessary secondary care activity, and avoidable repeat referrals.<br/><br/>The Service will reduce health inequalities across the BLMK geographical area by engaging and working with local community services and groups, to improve access and up-take of MSK services across the BLMK footprint. This will include some focused activity within targeted areas of BLMK, as highlighted by the Health Needs assessment and Health Inequalities studies.<br/><br/>The Service provider will work collaboratively with ICS partners, including the Social Prescribing Link Workers, Community Hubs and the VCSE sector to support residents to lead economically active lives.<br/><br/>The Service provider will consider its impact on the environment, designing and delivering services in a way which minimises its carbon footprint.<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process and the contract for the new service will be for a period of 10 years commencing on 01st December 2025. It is anticipated that the service provision resultant of this procurement will have a maximum value of £120,197,800 (excluding VAT) over the term of the contract.£127.9m

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04af46
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
11 Dec 2024, 12:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
11 Dec 2024, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
11 Dec 2024, 12:00

Communication

Classification

Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
270

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board are seeking a suitable organisation for the provision of Community MSK Service including support for chronic pain in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The key objective is to enable patients with MSK conditions and those living with chronic pain to live a full and healthy life.<br/><br/>The Service provider will offer a standardised, transparent, and coordinated patient pathway for MSK patients in a responsible and environmentally sustainable way across all relevant healthcare settings in BLMK. The Service provider will ensure patients receive a consistent experience, feel supported, informed and empowered throughout the whole pathway and receive the optimal treatment at the right time.<br/><br/>The Service provider will need to provide a high-quality experience, ensuring patients are triaged and treated as early as possible in their pathway to prevent worsening of symptoms, improve outcomes, reduce unnecessary secondary care activity, and avoidable repeat referrals.<br/><br/>The Service will reduce health inequalities across the BLMK geographical area by engaging and working with local community services and groups, to improve access and up-take of MSK services across the BLMK footprint. This will include some focused activity within targeted areas of BLMK, as highlighted by the Health Needs assessment and Health Inequalities studies.<br/><br/>The Service provider will work collaboratively with ICS partners, including the Social Prescribing Link Workers, Community Hubs and the VCSE sector to support residents to lead economically active lives.<br/><br/>The Service provider will consider its impact on the environment, designing and delivering services in a way which minimises its carbon footprint.<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process and the contract for the new service will be for a period of 10 years commencing on 01st December 2025. It is anticipated that the service provision resultant of this procurement will have a maximum value of £120,197,800 (excluding VAT) over the term of the contract.

Value

Amount
127,870,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
80
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
20

Contract period

Ends
31 Oct 2035, 23:59
Starts
1 Nov 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH21
Entry 2
Region
UKH21
Entry 3
Region
UKH21
Entry 4
Region
UKH21

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-68524
Name
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH21
Locality
Luton
Postal Code
LU1 2LJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall

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 Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-95447
Name
NHS Arden and GEM CSU

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE1 6NB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
St John's House, East Street

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Arden and GEM CSU
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-107961
Name
NHS England

Roles

mediationBody

Address

Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 4AP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
7-8 Wellington Place

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS England
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-47840
Name
Connect Health Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKC
Locality
Newcastle
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Connect Health Ltd
Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-141301
Name
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Derby
Postal Code
DE1 3QT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Organisation 6
Id
GB-FTS-118033
Name
NHS England

Roles

mediationBody

Address

Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 4AP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
7&8 Wellington Place

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS England

Award information

Award 1
Id
019213-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-47840
Name
Connect Health Ltd

Related lots

1
Award 2
Id
019214-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-47840
Name
Connect Health Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
019213-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
019213-2025-1
Date Signed
2 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
120,197,800
Currency
GBP
Entry 2
Id
019214-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
019214-2025-1
Date Signed
2 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
120,197,800
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Luton · UKH21 · LU1 2LJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH21

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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