Notice Information
Notice Title
Cruse Bereavement Care
Notice Description
This contract provides a single point of access for referrers and patients across Sussex to access specialist bereavement services for people bereaved by suicide, as well as a West Sussex service to provide information, advice and support for the same group.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This notice is to advise of an urgent award of contract in order to provide continuity and ensure patient safety whilst a Sussex-wide specification is completed and the commissioning direction confirmed. The reason for urgency is that there is no option to extend or novate the current contract from West Sussex County Council and therefore NHS Sussex ICB will need to maintain continuity of service by contracting directly with the existing Provider. The Commissioner intends to review the services in line with neighbourhood team development before making a decision on whether to move to open procurement. This review will be undertaken during the term of the new contract. The contract length is in order to ensure parity with other Sussex bereavement contracts which are being novated to the ICB. The award is for one year, during which time it will be assessed alongside Brighton and Hove and East Sussex services in order to plan for a Sussex wide service. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance. The lifetime value of this contract is PS77,368.00 across the 12-month period between 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027.
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This award was made under an urgent circumstance in order to provide continuity and ensure patient safety whilst a Sussex wide specification is completed and the commissioning direction confirmed.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-061483
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009088-2026
- 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
- £77,368 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Feb 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Jan 20261 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 SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEWES
- Postcode
- BN7 2FZ
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
- Delivery Location
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
-
- Local Authority
- Lewes
- Electoral Ward
- Lewes Bridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Lewes
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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