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title: "Admission Prevention & Early Discharge Service"
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# Admission Prevention & Early Discharge Service

Buyer: ATTAIN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-eaf00473-5466-48f1-bd2e-5cd960f486ee

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## Summary

The NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board is intending to award a contract for the provision of Admission Prevention & Early Discharge Service. The contract spans 12 months, from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025, with an estimated value of £256,000. The procurement method is direct, using a single tender action. The tender deadline for this opportunity is 20th December 2023. The service falls under the Health services category and is located in the East of England.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, especially those in the health services sector, to provide Admission Prevention & Early Discharge Services to patients within the Mid and South Essex geographical footprint. The contract period offers stability for the selected provider from April 2024 to March 2025. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to compete for this contract, ensuring clinical governance and service delivery quality under NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions.

## Notice

This is a contract award notice and is intended to provide notice of NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein "the Authority")'s intention to award a contract to deliver the provision of Admission Prevention & Early Discharge Service (APED) service for Mid and South Essex to the patients within Mid and South Essex's geographical footprint. The contract will be for 12 months from 01st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 . The aggregate contract value is forecasted at PS256,000.00 As of July 2022, the Integrated Care Board (ICB) superseded the previous 5 CCGs within Mid and South Essex. NHS Mid and South Essex ICB is currently undergoing an organisational restructure and have taken the decision to extend the current contract to the incumbent provider for 12 months whilst commissioning decisions and strategies can be made for the future of this service. The Authority considers this provider for this service as technically capable of providing the most economically advantageous solution to the Authority whilst the ICB undergoes restructure, review and alignment of contracts. The Authority is applying the NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions to ensure appropriate clinical governance and service delivery quality as well as consistency of service to patients. This notice is being published to reflect the date by which the Authority has satisfied it's internal governance process and the Authority's signatures have been ascertained, not at the time of the proposed start-date of this contract. This replaces VEAT Notice Reference 2023-043670. and Notice Number 2023/S 000-0375 which was published in error.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cdcd1647-3bb6-4107-906a-2ab2fa1719c1 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £256,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £256,000 |
| 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 | ATTAIN |
| Locality | BASILDON |
| Post town | Southend-on-Sea |
| Postcode | SS14 3HG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH37 Essex Thames Gateway |
| Local authority | Basildon |
| Electoral ward | Fryerns |
| Westminster constituency | Basildon and Billericay |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THURROCK AND BRENTWOOD MIND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 22 Dec 2023 at 11:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cdcd1647-3bb6-4107-906a-2ab2fa1719c1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cdcd1647-3bb6-4107-906a-2ab2fa1719c1
  22nd December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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