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Intergrated Respiratory Services - SWH

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

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12 Mar 2025 at 13:39

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27 Feb 2025 at 15:12

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21 Feb 2025 at 10:36

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Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) has awarded a contract for the provision of Integrated Respiratory Services across South and West Hertfordshire. This contract falls under the 'Health services' industry category and covers services in UKH23 region. The procurement stage is at the award phase, with the contract award date set for 5th March 2025, following the standstill period which lasted from 21st February 2025 to 11th March 2025. The services will be provided from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028, with an optional extension of two years, potentially extending the contract until 31st March 2030. The initial contract value for three years is £11,190,000, and if extended for two additional years, the total value will be £18,650,000.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses involved in healthcare service provision, particularly those capable of delivering multi-disciplinary respiratory care. Companies specialising in healthcare diagnostics, treatment, and integrated service models, especially those with experience in collaboration with NHS Trusts, would be well-suited to compete. The contract aims to enhance patient care through multi-disciplinary team assessments, diagnostics, and clearly defined clinical pathways, thereby contributing to a resilient healthcare system. Potential bidders should focus on quality, innovation, value, integration, collaboration, service sustainability, and social value, meeting all key performance indicators and providing effective care to reduce health inequalities and improve patient choice.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Intergrated Respiratory Services - SWH

Notice Description

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust provide both acute and community Respiratory Services for patients with Respiratory conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. The Integrated Respiratory Service will provide a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions in SWH. The service will provide access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatment, improving the quality of care for patients. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education. This service facilitates a truly integrated model of care enabling a resilient healthcare system for the future. To confirm as per the PSR direct award process C, the existing providers are satisfying the existing contracts, delivering a good service, meeting all KPIs, with no quality concerns and good outcomes and has very good feedback from GPs and patients and are likely to satisfy the new contracts. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contracts.

Lot Information

Lot 1

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust provide both acute and community Respiratory Services for patients with Respiratory conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. The Integrated Respiratory Service provides a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions in SWH. The service will provide access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatment, improving the quality of care for patients. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education. This service facilitates a truly integrated model of care enabling a resilient healthcare system for the future. Central London Community Healthcare Trust were awarded a 5-year contract which commenced in October 2014 with an option to extend for another two years. This option was activated, and the contract end date was extended to end October 2021. The ICB Commissioning Committee has approved a number of extensions from the contract end date to 31 March 2025 with a cumulative value of PS33,570,000. This has enabled HWE ICB, to work with the SWH Health Care Partnership to develop a new model of integrated respiratory care for our population. The new service model will be provided by our two incumbent providers West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust and CLCH. It has also allowed time for the ICB and HCP to identify the workforce and associated financial envelope required to delivery a truly integrated respiratory service which is sustainable and future proofed for the term of the new contract. The new contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 for three years, with the option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030 The maximum value of the new contract is PS3,730,000 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 5-year period is PS18,650,000.

Options: Option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030

Procurement Information

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 5th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e601
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008984-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£20,515,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Mar 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Postcode
AL8 6JL
Postcode Area
St Albans
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
Delivery Location
TLH23 Hertfordshire CC
Local Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Electoral Ward
Handside
Westminster Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Central London Community NHS Trust

West Hertfordshire Hospitals Teaching NHS Trust

Further Information

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