Official UK procurement notice
Urgent Award - Breast Cancer Screening support in South Essex
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is an Urgent Award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. <br/><br/>This 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.<br/><br/>Unforeseen 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.<br/><br/>The 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.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Aug 2025, 08:25 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Aug 2025, 08:25 BST
- Authority reference
AG25521- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047096- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is an urgent award under Regulation 14 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
Publisher note: 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.<br/><br/>This 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. <br/><br/>The contract is for 4 months with the option to extend for no more than 8 weeks.<br/><br/>The decision makers were:<br/>Decision made at NHS England, East of Englands Public Health Oversight Group - consisting of:<br/>Regional Director of Strategy and Commissioning of Public Health.<br/>Deputy Director of Finance Oversight and Delivery.<br/>Head of Public Health Commissioning - Cancer Screening.<br/>Head of Public Health Commissioning - Strategy and Operations.<br/>Head of Public Health Commissioning - Non-Cancer Screening and CHIS.<br/>Regional Head of Health and Justice Commissioning.<br/>Deputy Director of Healthcare Public Health.<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were declared.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| InHealth Intelligence Limited | £180,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 047096-2025-1 · InHealth Intelligence Limited
- Signed
- 10 Jul 2025
- Value
- £180,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- InHealth IntelligenceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.