Award of Corporate IT Service Management (ITSM) Contract to NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

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Attain awarded a contract to NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit for the provision of Corporate IT Service Management across Mid and South Essex.

The contract has a 12-month term, with an option to extend for up to an additional 12 months, and is valued at £938,980.

The award follows a Voluntary Ex Ante notice published by NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), which identified the incumbent provider as the only technically capable provider to deliver the services within the required timescale and budget.

The ICB determined that a change in service provision during the system's significant transition would pose unacceptable risks, including workforce and data/system transfer risks estimated to require 12+ months for robust mobilisation.

The national moratorium protecting core Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) services during the transition from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to ICBs was also a factor.