---
title: "The NHS secondary health care provider for children's emergency, secondary care,"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-048bb5"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2024-08-16"
---

# The NHS secondary health care provider for children's emergency, secondary care,

Buyer: NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-048bb5

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## Summary

The NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract to Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust for the provision of extensive health services, including children's emergency and secondary care (both physical and mental health), acute, and community services in Sheffield. This contract, valued at approximately £78 million for the year 2024/25, will span a five-year period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2029. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, based on the rationale that no other providers could feasibly deliver the required services at the same scale and quality due to their established infrastructure and expertise. The procurement stage is at the "Award" phase, and all regulatory procedures and confirmations have been completed as per the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for suppliers in the healthcare sector, particularly those with capabilities in delivering comprehensive healthcare services for children. Businesses that can provide integrated healthcare solutions, including emergency, mental health, and community services, will find this contract particularly relevant. Additionally, the contract's reliance on established and efficient service delivery infrastructure suggests a favourable environment for businesses that can propose innovative, scalable solutions to maintain and enhance health service delivery. The contract's focus on leveraging economies of scale and flexible staffing to meet varied healthcare demands underscores the need for businesses that can deliver both high-quality care and operational efficiencies.

## Notice

The NHS secondary health care provider for children's emergency, secondary care, acute, mental health and community services in Sheffield.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The expected annual contract value for 2024/25 is PS78,068,242. The lifetime value of the contract, is unknown as prices payable under the contract will be adjusted on an annual basis in line with the methodology outlined in the national NHS Payment Guidance. In addition actual payment received for 2024/25 and future years may be determined in line with actual activity delivered, where the national NHS Payment Guidance mandates the use of variable contracting arrangements. The prices which will apply to any variable arrangements will be as outlined in the NHS Payment Guidance.

This contract as a whole is considered to fall within the scope of direct award process A on the basis that the NHS provider delivers our primary NHS contract for children's emergency and secondary care (both physical and mental health) services. The Statutory Guidance support us to take a realistic view of whether any other providers could actually deliver the contract. Realistically there are no other providers with the established infrastructure (both staffing, estates and NHS experience) to deliver the combination of services under these contracts to the scale which our local NHS providers deliver. This contract is based on all services being delivered under them considered as a package, as any attempt to split services off to commission differently would risk destabilisation of the rest of contract and the amount of resource required to undertake this task would be disproportionate the benefits received for our population. In addition, breaking these services down would risk losing the benefits of interdependence between the services (including services commissioned from these NHS providers which fall within the scope of specialised commissioning) which enables staffing resource to be flexed to meet pressures (e.g. treat complex long waiters), supports patient experience as flows between services are more fluid and issues can be easily resolved, encourages value for money by maximising economies of scale across services (e.g. when buying goods and services, using estates) and maximises innovation by encouraging service collaboration to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and other strategic requirements. 

The contract will be awarded for a period of 5 years. The contract will start 01/04/2024 and expire 31/03/2029.

### Procurement Information

This contract as a whole is considered to fall within the scope of direct award process A on the basis that the NHS provider delivers our primary NHS contract for children's emergency and secondary care (both physical and mental health) services. The Statutory Guidance support us take a realistic view of whether any other providers could actually deliver the contract. Realistically there are no other providers with the established infrastructure (both staffing, estates and NHS experience) to deliver the combination of services under these contracts to the scale which our local NHS providers deliver. This contract is based on all services being delivered under them considered as a package, as any attempt to split services off to commission differently would risk destabilisation of the rest of contract and the amount of resource required to undertake this task would be disproportionate the benefits received for our population. In addition, breaking these services down would risk losing the benefits of interdependence between the services (including services commissioned from these NHS providers which fall within the scope of specialised commissioning) which enables staffing resource to be flexed to meet pressures (e.g. treat complex long waiters), supports patient experience as flows between services are more fluid and issues can be easily resolved, encourages value for money by maximising economies of scale across services (e.g. when buying goods and services, using estates) and maximises innovation by encouraging service collaboration to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and other strategic requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026179-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £390,341,210 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 3FG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | TLE3 South Yorkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 16 Aug 2024 at 14:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026179-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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