--- title: "ADHD Annual Review /prescribing and monitoring" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-052be5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-052be5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052be5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052be5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2025-06-03" --- # ADHD Annual Review /prescribing and monitoring Buyer: NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052be5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-052be5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052be5.json) ## Summary The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) has awarded a contract for the ADHD Annual Review, encompassing prescribing and monitoring services, in response to an urgent localised demand as per the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This contract, valued at £711,580, seeks to provide specialised care to adult patients in Suffolk and North East Essex who are registered with SNEE ICB GP practices. The procurement falls under the service category of health services and was conducted through a limited procedure without prior publication. Initiated on 9th June 2025, the contract is set for twelve months with the possibility of an extension to 8th June 2027, contingent upon further service requirements and regulations. The awarded contract can foster business growth opportunities largely for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the health services sector, especially those capable of providing specialist care and prescriptive services for ADHD treatment. The partnership with The Centre for ADHD Research and Excellence, as the supplier, underscores the value placed on expertise in ADHD management. Businesses with a knowledgeable workforce in healthcare provision, particularly those familiar with the NICE NG87 guidance and electronic prescribing services, are well-suited to engage with this opportunity. The contract not only solidifies specialised service delivery within the region but also underscores the potential for future service enhancement through contract modifications, making it an attractive prospect for businesses aiming to expand their footprint in the healthcare domain. ## Notice The ICB is commissioning a service to support the GP Practices transferring lists of patients to an Independent Sector Provider (ISP) who will adhere to the NICE NG87 guidance https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87 and provide the overdue annual review, recommend adjustment to medication where required as the specialist provider and where necessary the primary care element of ADHD patient's Shared Care Arrangement using Electronic Prescribing Service (EPS). This is only applicable to specific cohorts of adult patients across Suffolk and North East Essex ICB (SNEE ICB) area and registered with a SNEE ICB GP practice. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICB is urgently awarding a service to support ADHD annual reviews for adult patients who in some cases require a prescribing and monitoring service for ADHD medications. This service will take on specialist provider and/or the primary care responsibilities as defined by the shared care agreements for these medications. This service is being set up in response to receiving formal notice from the Suffolk Local Medical Council (LMC) and North & South Essex LMC that they have advised GP practices in SNEE to decline from participating in shared care agreements for ADHD medications for this cohorts of patients. This includes withdrawing from existing shared care agreements. To enable this to take place safely, a specialist provider oversight is required and will include any backlog of overdue annual reviews, or other monitoring review of patient medication. The objectives of the service are to: * Provide patients with appropriate and safe care within a specialist provider service setting. * Allow continued patient access to ongoing medication services. The service shall be available to all patients within SNEE who are registered with a GP practice within West Suffolk, Ipswich and East Suffolk, or North East Essex who have been identified as being without a specialist provider to oversee their ADHD prescribing and management. Access to the service is by transfer of patient information from GPs, ESNEFT, NSFT or EPUT. The provider will accept patients who have previously been diagnosed with ADHD, have completed a minimum of 12 weeks of titration and have been stabilised on treatment and may or may not require an immediate annual review. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice due to an urgent circumstance which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This contract will start on the 9th June 2025 for 12 months (1 year). There will be an option to extend by a further 12 months (1 year) from 9th June 2026 - 8th June 2027. Dates / extensions will depend on inclusion of ongoing meds for the 'stranded' cohorts identified. The value of this contract is maximum estimation based upon all patient data available at the time, therefore there is the potential for variation once the entirety of the circumstances and the number of shared care arrangements are understood with greater detail. 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 Award 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. Options: There will be an option to extend by a further 12 months (1 year) from 9th June 2026 - 8th June 2027. ### Procurement Information This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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. This award is being made urgently and the reason for the urgency was not foreseen by the ICB for the reasons outlined within this notice. This award is being made in order to prevent risk to patient and public safety, and the ICB is not able to satisfy the requirements of regulations 6 - 13 for the reasons outlined below. In order to mobilise the interim service within the timeframe given by the notice of GP practices in Suffolk and NE Essex and to prevent harm to the identified cohorts, it is imperative that the provider has the capability, capacity and clinical processes required within a short turnaround time. Insert Award decision-makers: Executive Committee 7th April 2025. No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029652-2025 | | 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 | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Jun 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 1 Jun 2025 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £711,580 | ## 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, TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | THE CENTRE FOR ADHD RESEARCH AND EXCELLENCE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 3 Jun 2025 at 16:44 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029652-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/ - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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