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Published 5 Nov 2024, 11:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Enhanced Health in Care Homes

Official notice

Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Published estimate£2,466,000exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Jan 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Stort Valley Healthcare Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board intend to award a contract to Stort Valley Healthcare Ltd for the Provision of Enhanced Health in Care Homes following a robust Most Suitable Provider Process.

CPV: General-practitioner services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: East of England · Care homes (residential and nursing), as registered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), supported by East and North Practices, and which are covered under the PCN DES/DES plus.
Extensions: This contract is a 2 year pilot with an option to extend for a further 1 year at the discretion of the commissioner.

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
5 Nov 2024, 11:01 GMT
Last source update
23 Jan 2025, 15:11 GMT
Authority reference
AG24512
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002409
Classification (CPV)
General-practitioner services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b3f6 Find 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 05th February 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 05th February 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations need to be sent via the Atamis e-tendering portal, Project Reference: C317141 - MSP: Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) for NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB.<br/><br/>The award decision makers are NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB, the Most Suitable Provider process was approved by Primary Care Commissioning Committee of the NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB.<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were flagged as part of this process.<br/><br/>The Key Criteria are listed below in order of priority;<br/>• (1) Quality & Innovation<br/>• (2) Value*<br/>• (2) Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability*<br/>• (3) Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice<br/>• (4) Social Value<br/>*Value and Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability are of equal importance in this MSP process.<br/><br/>The 5 key criteria were determined by the procurement panel to give appropriate relative importance to each of the sections in line with the commissioning expectations for the service. The key criteria were used to assess the providers suitability accordingly.<br/><br/>Following assessment of the providers against the key criteria above, Stort Valley Healthcare Ltd was deemed to be the most suitable provider for this requirement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

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Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    5 Nov 2024
  2. Notice published
    23 Jan 2025, 15:11 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jan 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jan 2025, 15:11 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    23 Jan 2025, 15:11 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,466,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Stort Valley Healthcare LtdSME£2,466,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.