Official UK procurement notice
Direct Access X-Ray Service
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 000-038036) 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 Alliance Medical Limited for the provision of Direct Access X-Ray services.
The proposed new contract will start on 1st April 2024 and will end on 31st March 2025 with the option to extend for a further 12 months to 31st March 2026. The annual value of the contract is £282,463. The value reflected in this notice is the maximum value should the extension period be utilised. Please note that these are expected values and may be amended post contract finalisation with the provider.
The contract has been in place since 11th June 2018 and has a total cumulative value of £1,098,430 (excluding VAT and exclusive of the value of the new proposed contract).
This short-term contract will allow the HWE ICB to undertake a robust review of the services with a view of alignment across the ICB to inform future service provision.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Dec 2023, 16:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Feb 2024, 14:23 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003385- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042a28Find 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 (HWE ICB) was incorporated on 1st July 2022 and replaced the three clinical commissioning groups which were operating across the HWE area. Since the incorporation of the HWE ICB, there has been a significant level of work to understand services available within each 'place' and how they should be provided across the broader system to ensure equity of services for patients.
This new short-term contract will enable the HWE ICB work to understand how best to align these services across the ICB which will inform future commissioning intentions for this service which ensuring continuity of care for our patients. To procure services at this stage may risk implementing a service which doesn't adequately meet health needs of patients and may not deliver the best value for money service.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Medical LtdSubcontracting: declared | £564,926 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Alliance Medical LtdDirect Access X-RaySubcontracting: declared | £564,926 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Direct Access X-Ray Service · Alliance Medical Ltd
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2023
- Value
- £564,926
- Status
- active
Direct Access X-Ray · Alliance Medical Ltd
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2023
- Value
- £564,926
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care BoardReview contact point
- 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
1 commercial party on the notice- Alliance Medical LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.