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title: "Universal Health Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04eea7"
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# Universal Health Services

Buyer: NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04eea7

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## Summary

The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is overseeing the procurement process for the Universal Health Services contract, which falls under the Health Services industry category. Covering services within Suffolk (UKH14 region), this contract includes therapies for children with learning disabilities, coordination of health assessments for children in care, enuresis support, safeguarding through named nurses, and provision of continence products, as well as administrative elements. The contract has been awarded under the Provider Selection Regime as of 18th March 2025, with service delivery scheduled between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2026. The contract is valued at £1,555,500 excluding VAT.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in health services to engage in a high-value contract with the NHS. Suitable businesses would include those providing therapeutic services, nursing support, and medical logistics. Firms that have experience in delivering community-based health interventions, supporting vulnerable groups, and maintaining high compliance standards are particularly well-suited for this contract. The direct award process ensures that the selected provider has met key criteria related to service quality, value for money, integration and collaboration within the healthcare system, improving access and reducing health inequalities, and promoting social value.

## Notice

The Universal Health Services contract comprises of Learning Disability/Behavioural therapies for 0-18 yrs; coordination assessments for Children in Care (CiC) for 0-25 yrs; Enuresis support for 5-19 yrs; Named Nurses; Continence Products and a Corporate & Admin element.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

* Learning Disability/Behavioural therapies: 0-18 yrs. Individualised support programs to enable Children and Young People (CYP) to remain within community and attend education. Intensive behavioural support sessions can be with a named nurse and an additional set of sessions with a support worker. * Children in Care (CiC): 0-25 yrs. Co-ordination of Initial Health Assessments and Review Health Assessments provided through an integrated administration hub within recommended timeframes. Ensure statutory health needs of CIC are met. Specialist Looked After Children nurses. * Enuresis (involuntary urination): 5-19 yrs. Assessment, support, and the offer of therapeutic interventions to CYP and their families. Excludes daytime wetting and complicated nocturnal enuresis. * Named nurses: For safeguarding of children across services (covers supervision, compliance, policies/procedures). Support and monitor individual professionals working with vulnerable children, identifying children and families who would benefit from early help and assist and advise on assessment and analysis of risk to children and families. * Continence products and administrative costs are also included as part of this. * Contract is for 1 year with no option to extend. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 28th March 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Award decision-makers: Executive Committee on 14th October 2024. * No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes. The decision to award in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows: * Quality and Innovation - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. * Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider. * Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the service. * Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification. * Social Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012669-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender 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 | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Oct 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 | £1,555,500 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | IPSWICH |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode | IP1 2BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH62 Ipswich |
| Local authority | Ipswich |
| Electoral ward | Gipping |
| Westminster constituency | Ipswich |
| Delivery location | TLH14 Suffolk CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2025 at 08:13 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012669-2025
- 18 Mar 2025 at 16:09 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009986-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/Home
- https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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