---
title: "Integrated MSK Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-066355"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST"
published: "2026-03-20"
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# Integrated MSK Service

Buyer: THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-066355

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## Summary

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is undertaking a procurement process for the Integrated MSK Service, focusing on community health services in the West Essex area. The contract is valued at £23,743,285 and is intended to be awarded through a Direct Award Process under the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023, following a standstill period ending on 17th March 2026. This service encompasses triage, physiotherapy, advanced practitioners, and various other healthcare services to support community health efficiently. The procurement method is limited, falling outside the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and the service will run from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2031.

This tender offers substantial growth opportunities for businesses capable of delivering community health services across West Essex. With a focus on providing closer-to-home services, businesses specialising in physiotherapy, pain management, podiatric surgery, and other MSK-related treatments can benefit from this contract. The intent is to maintain consistency in service delivery while leveraging technological advancements to enhance patient experience. Companies with established expertise in community healthcare and innovative service models stand well-suited to compete and contribute to transforming local healthcare through this partnership with the NHS Trust.

## Notice

The provider currently delivers MSK community care across the West Essex area. This includes triage, physiotherapy, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners (APP), First Contact Practitioners, podiatric surgery, a pain management team, and podiatry services. The provider offers a high-quality service supported by highly experienced staff who deliver triage, assessment, diagnosis, diagnostics, and treatment to patients.

The intention is to award a contract to the existing provider through the Direct Award Process C.

Service dates: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2031

Contract value: PS23,743,285

The existing provider is successfully meeting the requirements of the original contract and is expected to continue delivering the proposed contract to a satisfactory standard 100%.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

k1. The contract is to remain the same and the provider will continue to provide triage, physiotherapy, APP, FCP, podiatric surgery, pain management and podiatry. Activity plans will remain the same, however the APP plan will have a seasonal variance. There is to be no change to capacity within the service. 

The service will be continually monitored but should remain achieving DNA and waiting time KPIs. It is expected that pathway review work will continue which in turn will improve the onward referral rate and support secondary care in increasing conversion to surgery rates. 

The provider will be required to regularly collect and submit patient satisfaction data, this is collected but not currently routinely reported.

The provider will continue to review services and new guidance to ensure quality standards are met. The partnership will review how more technology, can be incorporated into the pathway to improve patient experience and focus on prevention as per the 10 year plan. 

k2. The contract is not changing so will continue to provide value by providing community services closer to home. As part of the pathway reviews there will be opportunity to provide more in reach to secondary care for follow up outpatient appointments, further reducing the number of consultant appointments required as per Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) guidance. 

k3. The provider will continue to provide FCPs in primary care and offer education and peer review to primary care clinicians at GP shut down sessions. 

As part of the pathway reviews there is opportunity to have more APPs providing in-reach to consultant clinics to focus on follow up outpatient appointments, as per get it right first time (GIRFT) pathways. The pathway review will also improve referrals, conversion rates to surgery and discharge rates from clinic as we have seen in the shoulder sub-speciality. 

The spinal MDT is also expected to be expanded to discuss all patients not just complex patients. The provider is keen to support this and is reviewing capacity and referral rates to see how this can be achieved.

k4. Access to locations will remain unchanged and the current accessible locations will continue to be in place.

FCPs will continue to be in place across the West Essex patch offering MSK care at the beginning of the pathway.

Self referral will continue to be in place ensuring MSK care can be accessed without the need of a GP/primary care appointment

k5. The service will continue to be a provider in the community, at the current locations providing care closer to home, ensuring less travel costs for patients to attend appointments and reducing carbon emissions.

### 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 17th March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025546-2026 |
| 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 | 20 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST |
| Locality | HARLOW |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM20 1QX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH35 West Essex |
| Local authority | Harlow |
| Electoral ward | Little Parndon & Town Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Harlow |
| Delivery location | TLH East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 20 Mar 2026 at 09:16 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025546-2026
- 5 Mar 2026 at 15:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020040-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.pah.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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