Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services - Hertfordshire

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    "description": "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 3rd January 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Any formal written representations should be sent to: hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net <br/><br/>The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on the 22nd November 2024 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.<br/><br/>The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:<br/>* Quality and Innovation - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering.<br/>* Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the Health & Care Partnership integrated care system. <br/>* Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. <br/>* Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract.<br/>* Social Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the HWE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.",
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        "title": "Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services - Hertfordshire",
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        "description": "This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Bupa Care Homes, to continue to deliver Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services within Hertfordshire.",
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                "description": "This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Bupa Care Homes, to continue to deliver Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services within Hertfordshire.<br/>The contract which will commence on 1st April 2025 and will end on 31st March 2026 with the option to extend for a further year to 31st March 2027.<br/>The continuing care in-patient care home service is available for adults aged 18 and over who are registered with a Hertfordshire GP and have been determined as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare and who have expressed a care home placement and whose needs can be best met within that environment. The service is accessible to anyone with a medical condition that can be safely and appropriately managed in a care home environment.<br/>Elements to be provided by the service are likely to include:<br/>a) Case management approach.<br/>b) The nursing process: formal review by named nurse and senior support staff.<br/>c) Promoting Health and wellbeing.<br/>d) Multidisciplinary working.<br/>e) Inter-agency working.<br/>f) Advocacy.<br/>g) Process of dealing with referrals and pre-admission arrangements.<br/>h) Admission arrangements.<br/>i) Physical environment (security and maintenance).<br/>j) Risk assessment and management.<br/>k) Safeguarding vulnerable adults procedure.<br/>l) Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.<br/>m) Relatives' support.<br/>n) Infection control procedures.<br/>o) Acute Care Management.<br/>p) End of life care.<br/>q) Step up or step down arrangements.<br/>r) Discharge arrangements.<br/>s) Aftercare - bereavement/follow ups.<br/>Bupa Care Homes operate a number of homes throughout the Hertfordshire area from which these services will be provided. The contract has been in place with Bupa Care Homes since April 2013 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2024 of PS44,915,215.<br/>The maximum value of the new contract is PS1,530,997 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 2-year period is PS3,061,994.",
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        "procurementMethodRationale": "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 3rd January 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.",
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                "description": "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 6th January 2025, and the standstill period took place between 19th December 2024 and 3rd January 2025. The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on the 22nd November 2024 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.The services are intended to be provided between 1st April 2025 and 31 March 2027, with the contract structured as one year plus an optional one-year extension.The maximum value of the new contract is PS1,530,997 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 2-year period is PS3,061,994.The contract has been in place with Bupa since April 2013 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2024 of PS44,915,215"
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