Official UK procurement notice
Diabetes Structured Education · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract award made by the Contracting Authority; Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) in compliance with their local standing financial instructions (SFIs).
On 29th December 2023, the Authority published a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (Reference: 2023/S 000-038034) to inform the market of its intention to award the contract. The Authority applied a voluntary 10-day standstill period prior to conclusion of the contract. The contract award is made to Spirit Healthcare Limited for the provision of Diabetes Structured Education services across Hertfordshire and West Essex.
The new proposed contract will start on 1st February 2024 and will expire on 31st March 2025.
The contract was originally awarded via a competitive tender process and has been in place since 1st February 2019. The total cumulative value of the service to end January 2024 is £634,410.19 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of the proposed new contract).
The value of this new contract is £108,579 (excl. VAT).
This short-term contract will allow a full review of the current service provision across the wider Integrated Care Board area to inform the future commissioning of the structured education service.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Dec 2023, 16:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Feb 2024, 14:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003376- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042a26Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board was formed on 1st July 2022 and incorporated the previous Clinical Commissioning Groups which covered the Herts and West Essex footprint. Since its incorporation, the ICB has been reviewing its services and contracts to ensure equity of services for patients.
This short-term contract will allow the ICB to undertake a robust review of the service and consider appropriate procurement options in line with relevant legislation.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Healthcare LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £108,579 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Spirit Healthcare LtdSMESubcontracting: declared | £108,579 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Diabetes Structured Education · Spirit Healthcare LtdSME
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2023
- Value
- £108,579
- Status
- active
Diabetes Structured Education · Spirit Healthcare LtdSME
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2023
- Value
- £108,579
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body
- High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICBReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Spirit Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Spirit healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.