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Published 9 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Termination of Pregnancy Services · MSI Reproductive Choices for NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (Apr 2025)

Official notice

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

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£4,682,984published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to MSI Reproductive Choices

What is being bought

Published requirement description

MSI is an incumbent provider in Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and delivers a termination of pregnancy service to Hertfordshire and West Essex patients. The contract award will ensure continuity of termination of pregnancy services that is timely and safe to patients in the Hertfordshire and West Essex region. As per the PSR direct award process C requirements, the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and HWE ICB are satisfied that the incumbent Provider is likely to satisfy the new contract. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The provider delivers Termination of Pregnancy Services in the Hertfordshire and West…Awarded

The provider delivers Termination of Pregnancy Services in the Hertfordshire and West Essex region.<br/>HWE ICB intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. <br/>The contract will be a one year plus optional one year extension. The value of the contract is £2,341,492 for 2025-26 and if the contract extension is enacted the value will be £2,341,492 for 2026-27. These values may be subject to change as detailed in section VI.3.

Delivery: East of England · UKH23 - Patients are seen in the nearest available MSI clinic space.
Extensions: The contract will be a one year plus optional one year extension.

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
9 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST
Last source update
2 May 2025, 13:44 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018777
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ff99 Find 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 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 21st April 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 21st April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations should be sent to:<br/>hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net<br/> <br/>The business case was approved by the HWE ICB Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee in April 2025.<br/><br/>There were no conflicts or potential conflicts declared.<br/><br/>HWEICB reviewed the key criteria and was assured against five key areas- quality and innovation; value; integration, collaboration, and service sustainability; improving access, reducing access and facilitating choice; social value.<br/><br/>Values for this contract have been modelled on activity and spend based on month 10, 2024-25 to provide an indicative number of users and contract value. Annual value of the service will be circa £2,341,492 per annum.. <br/>These services may be subject to uplift during the total term of the contract, with payments made to providers in line with local tariff.<br/>Uptake of this service is driven solely by the local population. Usage and value of the service is subject to change, dependent on local population needs, which can decrease as well as increase in any given year of the term of the contract. <br/>Payment will be made on the number of Users presenting at the services in any given year of the contract.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextVI.3.0.1This 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers mu…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.This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract award date is…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,682,9841 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MSI Reproductive Choices£4,682,984 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareRegional or local agency/officeHealth Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MSI Reproductive ChoicesAwarded supplier01102208 MSI Reproductive Choices 1 Conway Street Fitzroy Square London W1T 6LP, London, East of England, W1T 6LPContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.