Official UK procurement notice
Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services in Devon
Authority: NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContinuing healthcare services (including continuing care for children). This service is to supply assessment support services across CHC and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards service areas. This includes reviews of patients, assessments of patients and support to appeals.
CPV: Health services · Services provided by nurses
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Devon intends to award a contract for Continuing healthcare services (including…Awarded
NHS Devon intends to award a contract for Continuing healthcare services (including continuing care for children). This service is to supply assessment support services across CHC and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards service areas. This includes reviews of patients, assessments of patients and support to appeals. NHS Devon intends to award the contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The anticipated maximum lifetime value of the contract is £1.14m (inc VAT) and intended contract dates are 1 July 2025 until 30 June 2025 with an optional 6 month extension until 31 December 2026.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jun 2025, 10:50 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Dec 2025, 11:59 GMT
- Authority reference
PAR__DAC_CHS_May25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081436- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054431Find 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 Midnight on 18th June 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). 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 midnight on 18th June 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Written representations should be sent to d-icb.contracting@nhs.net The NHS Devon ICB Procurement Oversight Group are the award decision makers. There were no relevant conflicts of interest identified. The direct award C process was used with weightings totalling 100 applied across the 5 key criteria. The decision to award was based on the following key criteria: Quality and Innovation 45% Value 45% Integration, collaboration and service sustainability Pass/Fail Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice Pass/Fail Social value 10% The assessment of the provider was based on evidence available through their existing contract with the ICB and supplementary information.
Notice history
3 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (2)
The contract end date was recorded incorrectly in the original published notice, sections II.2.4 and VI.3. The start and extension end dates were correct but end date given as 30/06/2025 instead of 2026. As the correct start and extension end dates should have made it clear this was a typo the ICB do not anticipate extending the standstill period for this award as a result of this amendment.
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 is con…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carehome Selection Ltd. (Trading as Xyla) | £949,999 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030486-2025-1 · Carehome Selection Ltd. (Trading as Xyla)
- Signed
- 30 May 2025
- Value
- £949,999
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Devon ICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Carehome Selection Ltd (Trading as Xyla)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.