Official UK procurement notice
Adult Community Health Services-WE & ENH 25/27
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT), to continue to deliver Adult Community Health Services within West Essex and East & North Hertfordshire.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated…Awarded
This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, to continue to deliver Adult Community Services within West Essex and Hertfordshire.<br/>The contract which will commence on 1st April 2025 and will end on 31st March 2026, with the ability to extend for a further year. The full value of the contract should it be extended will be £86,000,000<br/>Services to be provided are likely to include:<br/>Bladder & Bowel<br/>Diabetes<br/>Cancer Information<br/>Care-Co-ordination Centre<br/>Cardiac Rehab<br/>Championing the Right Care<br/>Community Heart Failure<br/>Early Supported Discharge<br/>Independent Living Centre<br/>Falls Car<br/>MSK<br/>Integrated Nursing Team<br/>Intermediate Care Beds<br/>Patient Appliances<br/>Non-Emergency Patient Transport Bookings<br/>Podiatry<br/>Podiatric Surgery<br/>Prostrate<br/>Progressive Neurological Diseases<br/>Speech & Language Therapy<br/>Respiratory & PR<br/>Wheelchair Service & Special Seating<br/>Virtual Ward. Additional 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 7th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.’<br/><br/>Any formal written representations should be sent to: hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net<br/><br/>The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on the 31st January 2025 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.<br/><br/>The contract has been in place with the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust since April 2016 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2025 of £310,000,000<br/><br/>The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:<br/><br/>
- Quality and Innovation - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering.<br/>
- Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the Health & Care Partnership integrated care system. <br/>
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. <br/>
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract.<br/>
- Social Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the HWE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.<br/>
- Conflict of Interest - no conflict of interests were noted.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2025, 17:44 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008617- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e7e9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published 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 7th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Publisher note: 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 7th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.’<br/><br/>Any formal written representations should be sent to: hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net<br/><br/>The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on the 31st January 2025 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.<br/><br/>The contract has been in place with the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust since April 2016 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2025 of £310,000,000<br/><br/>The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:<br/><br/>• Quality and Innovation - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering.<br/>• Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the Health & Care Partnership integrated care system. <br/>• Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. <br/>• Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract.<br/>• Social Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the HWE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.<br/>• Conflict of Interest - no conflict of interests were noted.
Notice history
9 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (8)
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract award date i…
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract award date i…
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract award date i…
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract award date i…
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract award date i…
Routine re-releases (9)
- 2025-03: 5 releases · 10 Mar 2025, 10 Mar 2025
- 2025-02: 1 release · 25 Feb 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | £86,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007208-2025-1 · Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- £86,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.