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Community Health Services (Collaborative)

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Community services in Mid and South Essex are delivered by three organisations – EPUT, Provide CIC and NELFT. The three sovereign organisations have been working as a provider collaborative for 3 years under a contractual joint venture. The provider collaborative is known as the Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative (MSECC). All three community contracts are coterminous. EPUT are hosting the single contract for community services across the ICS with Provide CIC and NELFT as subcontractors. Please refer to the notice by MSEICB reference 010435-2024.

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.

Provide CIC

Match pending…
Contract value
£83.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
7 Jan 2025
Award ID
000535-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
07320006
Location
Colchester, UKH3, CO4 9YQ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85323000 — Community health services

Lots

  • Description of the services to be provided: Community health services.<br/>We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.<br/>The approximate lifetime value of the contract is: £83,160,204<br/>Start date: 01/04/2024<br/>Expiry date: 31/03/2027Value 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
C305423
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 is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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 to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 20/01/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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 to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. Start date: 01/04/2024Expiry Date: 31/03/2027Lifetime value of the contract: £83,160,204

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85323000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Community health 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
Description of the services to be provided: Community health services.<br/>We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.<br/>The approximate lifetime value of the contract is: £83,160,204<br/>Start date: 01/04/2024<br/>Expiry date: 31/03/2027

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type
cost
Description
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-61942
Name
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Wickford
Postal Code
SS11 7XX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Lodge, Lodge Approach

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
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Contact

Name
Richard Whiteside
Telephone
+44 1375364470
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-134389
Name
Provide CIC

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Colchester
Postal Code
CO4 9YQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
900 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park,Colchester

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
07320006
Legal Name
Provide CIC
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-118033
Name
NHS England

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

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
000535-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-134389
Name
Provide CIC

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
000535-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
000535-2025-1
Date Signed
7 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
83,160,204
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wickford · UKH3 · SS11 7XX · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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