Urgent Award - Breast Cancer Screening support in South Essex

{
  "awards": [
    {
      "id": "047096-2025-1",
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-FTS-157393",
          "name": "InHealth Intelligence"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "bids": {
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "measure": "bids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-FTS-130973",
    "name": "NHS England"
  },
  "contracts": [
    {
      "awardID": "047096-2025-1",
      "dateSigned": "2025-07-10T00:00:00+01:00",
      "id": "047096-2025-1",
      "status": "active",
      "value": {
        "amount": 180000.0,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "date": "2025-08-08T08:25:08+01:00",
  "description": "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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThis contract has been awarded under Regulation 14 due to the existing provider being suddenly unable to provide the full scope of services under an existing contract and a new/secondary provider has been needed to be found to address urgent safety concerns arising from the increased risk to patient health through increased wait times and late diagnosis. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe contract is for 4 months with the option to extend for no more than 8 weeks.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe decision makers were:\u003cbr/\u003eDecision made at NHS England, East of Englands Public Health Oversight Group - consisting of:\u003cbr/\u003eRegional Director of Strategy and Commissioning of Public Health.\u003cbr/\u003eDeputy Director of Finance Oversight and Delivery.\u003cbr/\u003eHead of Public Health Commissioning - Cancer Screening.\u003cbr/\u003eHead of Public Health Commissioning - Strategy and Operations.\u003cbr/\u003eHead of Public Health Commissioning - Non-Cancer Screening and CHIS.\u003cbr/\u003eRegional Head of Health and Justice Commissioning.\u003cbr/\u003eDeputy Director of Healthcare Public Health.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eNo conflicts of interest were declared.",
  "id": "047096-2025",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0583d0",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SE1 8UG",
        "region": "UKJ1",
        "streetAddress": "Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "stacey.thrower@nhs.net",
        "name": "Stacey Thrower"
      },
      "details": {
        "buyerProfile": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/",
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Body governed by public law",
            "id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
          },
          {
            "description": "Health",
            "id": "07",
            "scheme": "COFOG"
          }
        ],
        "url": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/"
      },
      "id": "GB-FTS-130973",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "NHS England"
      },
      "name": "NHS England",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Windsor",
        "region": "UKH"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "large"
      },
      "id": "GB-FTS-157393",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "InHealth Intelligence"
      },
      "name": "InHealth Intelligence",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SE1 8UG",
        "streetAddress": "London"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/how-commissioning-is-changing/nhs-provider-selection-regime/independent-patient-choice-and-procurement-panel/"
      },
      "id": "GB-FTS-123151",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel"
      },
      "name": "NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel",
      "roles": [
        "reviewBody"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "classification": {
      "description": "Health services",
      "id": "85100000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    "description": "This is an Urgent Award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThis is a 4 month contract with the option to extend for no more than 8 weeks for Breast Cancer Screening providing support to an existing provider.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eUnforeseen circumstances with the Primary Provider of these services has resulted in a backlog of patients awaiting appointments.  Due to the scale of the patient backlog and to ensure that they are seen as quickly as possible, bringing a third party provider in to support the contractor see these patients and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible was in the best interests of the patients as it reduces the waiting list and may result in improved outcomes of earlier diagnosis.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe awarded provider, InHealth, already holds Breast Screening Contracts in the London region and has capacity to support our primary contractor within the urgent timeframes without impacting other services.",
    "id": "AG25521",
    "items": [
      {
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "region": "UKH"
          }
        ],
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "32014L0024",
      "scheme": "CELEX"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "description": "100",
              "name": "to address immediate risks to safety and quality of care",
              "type": "quality"
            },
            {
              "description": "0",
              "type": "price"
            }
          ]
        },
        "description": "This is an Urgent Award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThis is a 4 month contract with the option to extend for no more than 8 weeks for Breast Cancer Screening providing support to an existing provider.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eUnforeseen circumstances with the Primary Provider of these services has resulted in a backlog of patients awaiting appointments.  Due to the scale of the patient backlog and to ensure that they are seen as quickly as possible, bringing a third party provider in to support the contractor see these patients and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible was in the best interests of the patients as it reduces the waiting list and may result in improved outcomes of earlier diagnosis.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe awarded provider, InHealth, already holds Breast Screening Contracts in the London region and has capacity to support our primary contractor within the urgent timeframes without impacting other services. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe lifetime value of this contract is \u00a3180,000.00\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe contract will run for 4 months from 15th September to 16th January with the option to extend for no more than 8 weeks.",
        "hasOptions": false,
        "id": "1",
        "status": "cancelled"
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "procurementMethod": "limited",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "This is an urgent award under Regulation 14 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "description": "The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive",
        "id": "D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE",
        "scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL"
      }
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Urgent Award - Breast Cancer Screening support in South Essex"
  }
}