Contract award · 2 Jun 2025

ADHD Annual Review /prescribing and monitoring

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board awarded “ADHD Annual Review…” to The Centre for ADHD research and excellence for £712k.

No competitionHealth & social careEast of England

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Value
£711,580
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date2 Jun 2025
  2. Published3 Jun 2025Published 1 day after the contract date

Description

Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICB is urgently awarding a service to support ADHD annual reviews for adult patients who in some cases require a prescribing and monitoring service for ADHD medications. This service will take on specialist provider and/or the primary care responsibilities as defined by the shared care agreements for these medications. This service is being set up in response to receiving formal notice from the Suffolk Local Medical Council (LMC) and North & South Essex LMC that they have advised GP practices in SNEE to decline from participating in shared care agreements for ADHD medications for this cohorts of patients. This includes withdrawing from existing shared care agreements. To enable this to take place safely, a specialist provider oversight is required and will include any backlog of overdue annual reviews, or other monitoring review of patient medication. The objectives of the service are to: • Provide patients with appropriate and safe care within a sp…

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