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Published 11 Feb 2025, 14:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Broomwell Healthwatch 24 Hour ECG

Official notice

Authority: NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£296,456published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Feb 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Broomwell Healthwatch Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Broomwell provide a 24hr Electrocardiogram (ECG) Analysis and Reporting Service for Ipswich & East Suffolk only.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Broomwell provide a 24hr Electrocardiogram (ECG) Analysis and Reporting Service for…Awarded

Broomwell provide a 24hr Electrocardiogram (ECG) Analysis and Reporting Service for Ipswich & East Suffolk only. This service enables the referring clinician (GP) to electronically upload a 24hr ECG recording to the Provider and receive a specialist interpretation of the 24hr ECG recording and a clinical outcome for patients with suspected cardiac arrhythmia.

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider.

The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Additional information: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.

Delivery: East of England · Ipswich and East Suffolk only.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Feb 2025, 14:01 GMT
Last source update
3 Jul 2025, 13:33 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037103
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ddb9 Find 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 decision makers by midnight on 21st February 2025. They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk.

This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Award decision-makers: SNEE ICB Executive Committee.

  • No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes.

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:

  • Quality and Innovation - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment.
  • Value - Part Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider.
  • Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE 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.
  • Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE 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. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment.
  • Social Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextTotal value of the procurement · II.1.7296456889368

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 Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. Contract award date: 11…

Total award value was incorrectly entered as annual award value. Original value £296,456 should read £889,368 (2yrs + 1)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £296,4561 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Broomwell Healthwatch Limited£296,456 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QJG Endeavour House, Ipswich, East of England, IP1 2BXContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care BoardReview body Ipswich

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.