Buyer Name: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Buyer Address: Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, UKH23, AL8 6JL, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Procurement Team
Contact Email: hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net
Buyer Name: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Buyer Address: Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, UKH23, AL8 6JL, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Procurement Team
Contact Email: hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net
Marie Curie is an incumbent provider in Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and delivers a overnight sitting service to East and North Herfordshire residing cancer and non-cancer palliative care patients. The contract award will ensure continuity of the service for the benefit of patients and their families, in the East and North Herfordshire region. As per the PSR direct award process C requirements, the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and HWE ICB are satisfied that the incumbent Provider is likely to satisfy the new contract. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract provision.
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Lot Description: The provider delivers an overnight sitting service in the East and North Herfordshire region.<br/>HWE ICB intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. <br/>The contract will be a one year plus an optional one year extension. The value of the contract is £133,996 for 2025-26 and if the contract extension is enacted the value will also be £133,996 for 2026-27. These values may be subject to change as detailed in section VI.3.
Lot 1 Status: cancelled
Lot 1 Has Options: Yes
Lot 1 Options: The contract will be a one year plus an optional one year extension.
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Price
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"description": "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 21st April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eWritten representations should be sent to:\u003cbr/\u003ehweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net\u003cbr/\u003e \u003cbr/\u003eThe business case was approved by the HWE ICB Strategic Finance \u0026 Commissioning Committee in April 2025.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThere were no conflicts or potential conflicts declared.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eHWEICB reviewed the key criteria and was assured against five key areas- quality and innovation; value; integration, collaboration, and service sustainability; improving access, reducing access and facilitating choice; social value.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eValues for this contract have been modelled on actual activity and spend based on month 10, 2024-25 to provide an indicative number of visits undertaken by staff and associated spend to calculate the contract value. \u003cbr/\u003eAnnual value of the service will be \u00a3133,996 per annum.. These services may be subject to uplift during the total term of the contract, with payments made to providers in line with local tariff. \u003cbr/\u003eUptake of this service is driven solely by local population demand. Usage and value of the service is subject to change, dependent on local population needs, which can decrease as well as increase in any given year of the term of the contract.",
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