Official UK procurement notice
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of healthcare services including acute urgent and emergency services, critical care, elective inpatient and outpatient services, maternity, paediatric services in the community and acute settings; diagnostic and screening procedures.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1HWE ICB has awarded a one year contract by Direct Award Process A to East and North…Awarded
HWE ICB has awarded a one year contract by Direct Award Process A to East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire 31st March 2026, with an annual contract value of £423,139,537.
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
- 10 Sept 2024, 14:21 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jan 2026, 15:49 GMT
- Authority reference
QM7ENH-ENHT-ACUTE-2025-26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001574- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0499aaFind 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 the only provider in the area capable of delivering all healthcare services including acute urgent and emergency services, critical care, elective inpatient and outpatient services, maternity, paediatric services in the community and acute settings; diagnostic and screening procedures. This is an existing provider delivering the services detailed above.
Publisher note: 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. <br/><br/>The recommendation to award the contract to the named provider was approved at the ICB's Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee, on the 8th May 2025 and ratified at the ICB Board on 27th June 2025.<br/> <br/>There were 3 conflicts of interest identified at the ICB Board meeting dated 27th June 2025, and during the 2025/26 ENHT contract development process.<br/><br/>The non-conflicted members have assessed the nature and risk of the conflicts, and decided to take the following steps: <br/>- The conflicts identified at the ICB board meeting were mitigated by the conflicted members leaving the meeting to ratify the ICB’s Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee approval to award the contract. <br/>- Mitigating actions were put in place for the one conflict identified on the ENHT 2025/26 contract development process which included the conflicted member not being part of any decision making.
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated8 Aug 2025, 17:06 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextVI.3.0.1 | 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. The recommendation to award the contract to the named provider was approved at the ICB's Strategic … | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Corrigendum Notice to published Contract Award Notice reference FTS-047436, on behalf of associate commissioners to the 25/26 ENHTT contract. To add the agreed annual commitment for each respective associate commissioner, to the ENHTT contract.This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For th… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | £369,234,106 † | — | Awarded |
| East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | £423,139,537 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 047436-2025-1 · East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2025
- Value
- £423,139,537
- Status
- active
Contract 028969-2024-1 · East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Signed
- 5 Sept 2024
- Value
- £369,234,106
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- East and North Hertfordshire NHS TrustAwarded supplier
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.