Official UK procurement notice
GP direct access non-obstetric ultrasound service (NOUS)
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 000-038011) 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 Physiological Measurements Limited (PML) for the provision of GP direct access non-obstetric ultrasound services (NOUS).
The proposed new contract is intended to start on 1st April 2024 and end on 31st March 2025. The expected value of this contract is £1,800,000. The value expressed in this notice is the expected value of the 1-year period.
Please note that these are expected values and may be amended post contract finalisation with the provider.
Physiological Measurements Limited (PML) has been providing this service since 1st April 2019 and is due to expire on 31st March 2024. The total cumulative value of the contract since it started from 2019 – 2024 is £7,857,753, forecast to 31st March 2024. (excluding VAT and excluding the value of this new contract).
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, 13:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Feb 2024, 16:01 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003413- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042a16Find 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 includes the three previous clinical commissioning groups. Since the HWE ICB was incorporated, we have been working to review services across each 'place' to ensure that there is equity of access for our patients across the broader ICB area.
Following an options appraisal carried out by the ICB, the ICB Board concluded that the current PML NOUS service contract would expire on 31 March 2024 and that NOUS activity would be repatriated to local Trusts as part of the future expansion of Community Diagnostic Centre (CDCs). However, an additional capital cost of over £1m has been identified for the transfer of ultrasound activity to local Trusts from April 2024 onwards that has not been accounted for and therefore this option is not viable at the present time. The 12-month extension will allow time to manage NOUS activity in the medium term until Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) are fully operational in HWE.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiological Measurements Limited (PML) | £1,800,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Physiological Measurements Limited (PML)Subcontracting: declared | £1,800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
GP direct access non-obstetric ultrasound service (NOUS) · Physiological Measurements Limited (PML)
- Signed
- 29 Dec 2023
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Status
- active
GP direct access non-obstetric ultrasound service (NOUS) · Physiological Measurements Limited (PML)
- Signed
- 29 Dec 2023
- Value
- £1,800,000
- 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- Physiological Measurements Limited (PML)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.