Official UK procurement notice
Community services - Hertfordshire & West Essex
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis 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. <br/><br/>This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. <br/><br/>The contract award date is 9th April 2025, and the standstill period took place between 13th March 2025 and 25th March 2025. 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 9/1/25 and one potential conflict of interest was noted and mitigated. The contract will be for one year from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with an optional one year extension until 31st March 2027. The maximum value of the new contract is £97,400,000 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 2-year period is £194,800,000.
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, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, to continue to deliver Community Services within Hertfordshire and West Essex. <br/>The contract which will commence on 1st April 2025 and will end on 31st March 2026 with the option to extend for a further year to 31st March 2027.<br/>Elements to be provided by the service are likely to include:<br/>Adult Speech and Language<br/>Adult Occupational Therapy<br/>Adult Bladder and Bowel<br/>Dental<br/>Diabetes<br/>Discharge Home to Assess<br/>Virtual Ward<br/>Early Supported Discharge<br/>Neuro<br/>Frailty Services<br/>Integrated Care Teams<br/>Intermediate Care Beds<br/>Looked After Children<br/>Leg Ulcer<br/>Lymphoedema<br/>Nutrition and Dietetics<br/>MSK<br/>Pain Management<br/>Podiatry<br/>Pulmonary Rehab<br/>Respiratory<br/>Anti-coagulation<br/>Skin health<br/>Phlebotomy<br/>Minor Injury Unit<br/>Chronic Fatigue<br/>Children's Audiology<br/>Children's Eye Service<br/>Children's Physiotherapy<br/>Community Paediatrics<br/>Children's Occupational Therapy
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
- 13 Mar 2025, 17:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2025, 16:23 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014085- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ed07Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in 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 25th 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 25th 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 HWE ICB Board on 31st January 2025 where one conflict of interest was recorded and mitigated. <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/>• Quality and Innovation - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective Community Health Service as required by the contract.<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 across services<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 <br/>• Social Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is supporting the wider health and wellbeing of the population.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextVI.3.0.1 | 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 mu… | 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… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009326-2025-1 · Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | £194,800,000 – £194,800,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hertfordshire Community NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.