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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,097,870
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 031683-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Nov 2024
- Published11 Jun 2025Published 218 days after the contract date
Description
This is an updated notice and replaces Notice Number 2025/S 000-008493 and Notice Reference 2025-041020 due to these services being impacted by the community MSK and pain service procurement. This is a change to the original notification. The Contract Term is to reduce uncertainty for the Providers and to ensure continuity of service. Originally the award was approved by Executive Committee in November 2024 as an award for 7 months with an option to extend for 5 months. The Contract Term shall now be for 12 months, with a 3 months’ notice period. The current procurement timeline is indicating a new service may start on 1st February 2026, but this is subject to change. The Urgent Award to the existing provider is to ensure that there is continued provision of MSK Pain Management and Rheumatology Services to the registered population of NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (Basildon and Brentwood and Thurrock) to ensure sufficient time for the procurement and that there is no r…
About the supplier
Thrive Health Hubs Limited (trading as Thurrock Health Hubs): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09003284).