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ADHD Shared Care (All Age) - Urgent Award

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 04:14.

Opportunity overview

The ICB has experienced a number of practices serving notice on the prescribing of Adult ADHD medication (and are following suit on paediatric ADHD medication prescribing). The intention was that these patients would return to the specialist service that prescribed the medication originally in order to get their ongoing care. However, in the medium term it is apparent that those service providers will not be able to scale up at pace to meet the increased demand. As an interim solution we will commission ADHD Shared Care Prescribing Service to Thrive Health Hubs Trading as Thurrock Health Hubs to deliver the service from 15th June 2025 to 31st March 2026. The indicative value of the contract is £20,000 for the period. The award is being made urgently in order to provide continuity of care. There is significant risk that if this award was not made there would be an impact on this cohort of patients to their health. The reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the relevant authority and delaying the award to conduct a full application of the PSR would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety. The urgent provision is to an existing provider who holds contracts on behalf of the ICB and has been recently assessed for other contracts which provides assurance to the capability and capacity to deliver the services required over the next ten months whilst a longer terms solution is developed.

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.

Classification

  • CPV85149000 — Pharmacy services

Lots

  • The ICB has experienced a number of practices serving notice on the prescribing of Adult ADHD medication (and are following suit on paediatric ADHD medication prescribing). The intention was that these patients would return to the specialist service that prescribed the medication originally in order to get their ongoing care. However, in the medium term it is apparent that those service providers will not be able to scale up at pace to meet the increased demand. As an interim solution we will commission ADHD Shared Care Prescribing Service to Thrive Health Hubs Trading as Thurrock Health Hubs to deliver the service from 15th June 2025 to 31st March 2026. The indicative value of the contract is £20,000 for the period. The award is being made urgently in order to provide continuity of care. There is significant risk that if this award was not made there would be an impact on this cohort of patients to their health. The reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the relevant authority and delaying the award to conduct a full application of the PSR would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety. The urgent provision is to an existing provider who holds contracts on behalf of the ICB and has been recently assessed for other contracts which provides assurance to the capability and capacity to deliver the services required over the next ten months whilst a longer terms solution is developed.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ACE-0831-2025-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 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 to this award. The ICB has experienced a number of practices serving notice on the prescribing of Adult ADHD medication (and are following suit on paediatric ADHD medication prescribing). The intention was that these patients would return to the specialist service that prescribed the medication originally in order to get their ongoing care. However, in the medium term it is apparent that those service providers will not be able to scale up at pace to meet the increased demand. As an interim solution we will commission ADHD Shared Care Prescribing Service to Thrive Health Hubs Trading as Thurrock Health Hubs to deliver the service from 15th June 2025 to 31st March 2026. The indicative value of the contract is £20,000 for the period. The award is being made urgently in order to provide continuity of care. There is significant risk that if this award was not made there would be an impact on this cohort of patients to their health. The reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the relevant authority and delaying the award to conduct a full application of the PSR would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety. The urgent provision is to an existing provider who holds contracts on behalf of the ICB and has been recently assessed for other contracts which provides assurance to the capability and capacity to deliver the services required over the next ten months whilst a longer terms solution is developed. The Decision Makers for this process was William Guy - Director of Primary Care following overarching commissioning business case approved by the IOG and the Executive Committee in both January 25 and March 25. No conflicts of interest have been identified or declared

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85149000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Pharmacy 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 ICB has experienced a number of practices serving notice on the prescribing of Adult ADHD medication (and are following suit on paediatric ADHD medication prescribing). The intention was that these patients would return to the specialist service that prescribed the medication originally in order to get their ongoing care. However, in the medium term it is apparent that those service providers will not be able to scale up at pace to meet the increased demand. As an interim solution we will commission ADHD Shared Care Prescribing Service to Thrive Health Hubs Trading as Thurrock Health Hubs to deliver the service from 15th June 2025 to 31st March 2026. The indicative value of the contract is £20,000 for the period. The award is being made urgently in order to provide continuity of care. There is significant risk that if this award was not made there would be an impact on this cohort of patients to their health. The reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the relevant authority and delaying the award to conduct a full application of the PSR would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety. The urgent provision is to an existing provider who holds contracts on behalf of the ICB and has been recently assessed for other contracts which provides assurance to the capability and capacity to deliver the services required over the next ten months whilst a longer terms solution is developed.

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
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Mid and South Essex

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-QH8
Name
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Basildon
Postal Code
SS14 3HG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Phoenix House, 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

Id
QH8
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Contact

Name
Kevin Edwards
Telephone
+44 2034356590
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-09003284
Name
Thrive Health Hubs Limited (trading as Thurrock Health Hubs)

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Upminster
Postal Code
RM14 2SJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Suite 17, Essex House, Station Road

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
09003284
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Thrive Health Hubs Limited (trading as Thurrock Health Hubs)
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-65401
Name
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Roles

reviewBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
Basildon
Postal Code
SS14 3HG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

Additional Contact Points

Entry 1
Telephone
+44 2034356590

Award information

Award 1
Id
031634-2025-1
Title
ADHD Shared Care (All Age) - Urgent Award
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-09003284
Name
Thrive Health Hubs Limited (trading as Thurrock Health Hubs)

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
031634-2025-1
Title
ADHD Shared Care (All Age) - Urgent Award
Status
active
Award ID
031634-2025-1
Date Signed
9 Jun 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
20,000
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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