NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) has awarded three contracts to deliver Level 1 Sedation Services for children and adults in Mid and South Essex, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Level 1 conscious sedation services provide basic, safe sedation, mainly inhalation sedation and single‑drug intravenous sedation, to help patients undergo routine dental treatment. These services follow nationally recognised IACSD Standards, which set requirements for trained staff, appropriate clinical environments, monitoring, and safe recovery.
In applying the Process, the Authority has assessed the five Key Criteria and updated its provider landscape knowledge through an expression of interest data gathering process, to confirm provider capability and local connections. Based on this, the Authority was able to identify the MSP without a competitive process.
Further details are available in sections II.2.4), II.2.14), and VI.3).
The ICB Commissioners in NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (formerly NHS Mid and South Essex ICB) wish to provide their patients with a choice of providers who can deliver high quality Adult ADHD services and care in accordance with the terms of this agreement and in particular all relevant Guidance.
The service provided under this notice will be for Adult ADHD Services under patient choice provision.
The contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply.
These contracts have been awarded with no guarantee of activity. The actual contract value will vary dependent on the activity delivered. Therefore, this notice outlines a total contract value of £0.00. )
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) intend to award a contract for provision of Primary Enhanced Services to the existing provider (GP Primary Choice Ltd (GPPC)) following a direct award process C under the Provider Selection Regime 23.
Pursuant to the statutory changes effective from 1 April 2026, the commissioning responsibility for this service transferred from NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board to NHS Essex Integrated Care Board. Accordingly, the service constitutes an inherited commissioning arrangement arising directly from the organisational transition.
Primary Enhanced Services are commissioned in addition to the Core and Mandatory requirements set out within the NHS Standard Contract. These services build on the essential primary medical services that all providers are contractually required to deliver, offering additional, specified activities aimed at improving access, quality, and patient outcomes. Providers must continue to meet all Core and Mandatory obligations while delivering any Enhanced Service provision.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract including any extension if enacted is £6,017,452 (excluding VAT). The contract commences 1 October 2026 - 30 September 2027 with an option to extend for a further period of 12 months from 1 October 2027 - 30 September 2028.