Notice Information
Notice Title
End of Life services
Notice 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 A to its incumbent supplier, Garden House Hospice Care, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Garden House Hospice provides an inpatient hospice service, hospice at home service, palliative care telephone advice and support line and a continuing healthcare hospice at home service,for adults eligible for fast track CHC recognised to be in their last year of life.
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 A to its incumbent supplier, Garden House Hospice Care, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.
The contract period is from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 with a maximum value of the new contract being PS1,884,231 per annum. Should the optional extension for an additional one year be used, the maximum contract value for the 2 year period is PS3,768,462
Options: The contract will be for one year plus optional one year extension.
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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050c4c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018788-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
- £3,768,462 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 May 20259 months 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
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WELWYN GARDEN CITY
- Postcode
- AL8 6JL
- Post Town
- 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
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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