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title: "Community Direct Access Diagnostics Service on behalf of NHS Central London CCG"
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# Community Direct Access Diagnostics Service on behalf of NHS Central London CCG

Buyer: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8f9ec181-1e18-4070-b3c9-a5dbc0e28eb9

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## Summary

The NHS Shared Business Services is awarding a contract for the "Community Direct Access Diagnostics Service" on behalf of NHS Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). This award is part of an interim contract spanning 5 months, aimed at ensuring the ongoing provision of essential diagnostic services in London. This decision follows a review intended to enhance future healthcare service pathways across North West London and is expected to yield a new collaborative strategy by April 2019. The contract, valued at £308,410, commenced on 26 October 2018 and will conclude on 31 March 2019. The procurement method used for this award was a direct award, categorised under health and social work services.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in health and social services, particularly those capable of delivering diagnostic services in a collaborative healthcare environment. As NHS Central London CCG considers additional capacity and services to procure from the market, both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) stand to benefit from future engagements. Companies with the expertise to integrate new healthcare pathways and meet the demands of evolving diagnostic services should prepare to compete effectively in upcoming tenders following the strategic review.

## Notice

An interim contract for 5 months only, is being awarded directly to the incumbent provider of Community Direct Access Diagnostic Services to ensure continuation of essential service provision to enable NHS Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to complete its review of how future diagnostic services can best support new integrated pathways of healthcare services across the wider footprint of North West London with neighbouring CCGs. This review is expected to result in a new collaborative strategy being implemented from April 2019. The review includes assessment of current and future demand and will inform the commissioning intentions for NW London CCGs and the capacity requirements for diagnostic services from 2019 - including whether there will be a need for additionality to be procured from the market. NHS Central London CCG has assessed that the award of this interim contract to the incumbent as most capable provider at this time, offering the least risk to the continuity of essential services to local patients and being a proportionate strategy to enable the CCG to complete its review to inform the new integrated strategy for 2019 and beyond.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3ad996f-d207-4ac2-b36b-fb1221ef8a34 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Direct Award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Nov 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Oct 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Oct 2018 |
| Contract period | 25 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £308,410 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £308,410 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1T 3EY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INHEALTH GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 14 Nov 2018 at 15:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3ad996f-d207-4ac2-b36b-fb1221ef8a34

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3ad996f-d207-4ac2-b36b-fb1221ef8a34
  14th November 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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