Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
91Q
2nd floor Gail House Lower Stone Street
Maidstone
ME156NB
UK
E-mail: Kmicb.contracts@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ45
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Adult Mental Health Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Adult Mental Health Service
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
232 337 078.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ45
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Description of the service - All Age Mental Health Services
The contract has been awarded under Direct Award A.
Contract Period 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026
This is an existing service and this is an existing provider.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: no realistic alternative Provider
/ Weighting: 100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The ICB Board must apply Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations to this contract arrangements. Under Regulation 6 (3) where:
(a) there is an existing provider of the relevant health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate,
(b) the relevant authority is satisfied that the relevant health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate are capable of being provided only by the existing provider due to the nature of the relevant health care services, and
(c) the procurement is not to conclude a framework agreement,
the relevant authority must follow PSR Direct Award Process A.
The decision has been made at the Executive Management Committee including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Delivery Officer to award to KMPT as the existing Adult Mental Health Acute Provider of the Adult Mental Health Service in Kent and Medway.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/05/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)
RXY
Priority House, Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9PH
UK
NUTS: UKJ45
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 232 337 078.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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.
The decision to award has been made at the Executive Management Committee including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Delivery Officer.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Kent and Medway ICB
2nd floor Gail House Lower Stone Street Maidstone
Maidstone Kent
ME15 6NB
UK
E-mail: Kmicb.contracts@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/07/2025