Eating Disorders Service (Adults) - Hull

Location

East Riding of Yorkshire

Description

This service will support adults with eating disorders delivered through a structured clinical pathway, compliant with NICE guidance. The service will ensure individuals are triaged, assessed and treated by appropriately trained clinicians. The service will provide psychological interventions which will form an integral part of the delivery model and will be supported by multi-disciplinary team approach to care.

Total Quantity or Scope

This service will support adults with eating disorders delivered through a structured clinical pathway, compliant with NICE guidance. The service will ensure individuals are triaged, assessed and treated by appropriately trained clinicians. The service will provide psychological interventions which will form an integral part of the delivery model and will be supported by multi-disciplinary team approach to care. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £6,083,000. Contract term - 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2031 (contract term may be extended by two (2) years.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Contract contains an option to extend by two (2) years.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 23:59hrs 27 March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded. This notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23:59hrs 27 March 2026. Provider representations in relation to this intention to award notice should be submitted in writing to hnyicb.procurement@nhs.net This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The contract award was approved by Chief Operating Officer (Acting) and Deputy Director of Finance and Investment. No conflicts of interest have been declared in relation to the contract award. The criteria applied to this intention to award was: Basic Selection Criteria - Mandatory and Discretionary Grounds - Suitability to pursue activity - Technical and Professional Ability Key Criteria Quality and Innovation - 30% Quality and innovation are key deliverables for this provision. The quality of the service as this is a patient facing with specific guidelines in terms of delivery is significantly important. The provider must be able to demonstrate they meet current requirements for clinical delivery of services, in line with NICE and NMC guidance along with any Allied Health Professional standards. The service is very unique in terms of the mental health and physical health interrelated aspects of the conditions they will cover and innovative approaches along with constant updating and challenging their own practice in order to have continuous improvement and positive patient outcomes. Value - 20% Value weighting reflects its importance but does not outweigh quality. The value cannot exceed the costs related to inpatient provision. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - 20% Weighting reflects the integration with other services which is key. The service must have seamless pathways and transition with children and young people eating disorder pathways. The service will need to adhere to the MEED pathway (Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders) which is an integrated approach with secondary healthcare and support transition into and out of secondary care health beds. Collaborating with other services will maintain the seamless approach and enable positive recovery for individuals. Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - 20% Improving access and inequalities is weighted to reflect equitable access, addressing local health inequalities, and ensures positive recovery and outcome for those in need of the service Social Value - 10% Social Value is weighted at the required minimum standard and ensuring providers contribute to local economic, social and environmental wellbeing, while maintaining focus on core service outcomes NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has conducted an assessment of the Provider against the stated Basic Selection Criteria and Key Criteria and considers that the existing provider is satisfying its current existing contract, will likely satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably.