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title: "Personal Health Budgets for South West Hertfordshire"
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# Personal Health Budgets for South West Hertfordshire

Buyer: ATTAIN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-179a61e3-6f2e-4be9-a826-41e69dcf3a5c

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## Summary

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract to The Rowan Organisation for providing Personal Health Budget services in South and West Hertfordshire. The contract, valued at £66,000 GBP, involves processing payments for health budgets using an online monitoring tool. The procurement method used was a direct award through a single tender action. The tender period ended on August 26, 2022, and the contract is set to run from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2024. Businesses in the healthcare services sector may find opportunities in this awarded contract.

Businesses offering health services, especially those capable of handling personal health budgets efficiently, can benefit from this contract opportunity. The buyer organisation, Attain, located in Welwyn Garden City, was the contracting authority. The procurement process was in the award stage when the contract was finalised. The contract aims to ensure service continuity for patients due to unforeseen circumstances with the previous provider. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations were considered suitable for participation in this procurement process.

## Notice

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board have awarded a contract to The Rowan Organisation to deliver a Personal Health Budget service within the South and West Hertfordshire Place. The service provided by The Rowan Organisation will be to process payments for the Personal Health Budgets utilising an online monitoring tool. The support service is provided in house within the ICB's team. The need to implement a contract with The Rowan Organisation has been brought about by unforeseen circumstances due to the incumbent provider serving notice on the contract. Therefore, an emergency contract was required to be put in place to ensure continuity of service for patients. The contract will be for a short-term whilst the ICB considers the long-term options to develop a consistent offering across the Herts and West Essex ICB.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e376661b-68bb-4b6e-a1f4-b37d7ce563d0 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £66,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £66,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ATTAIN |
| Locality | WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
| Post town | St Albans |
| Postcode | AL8 6JL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Electoral ward | Handside |
| Westminster constituency | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE ROWAN ORGANISATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 18 Oct 2022 at 07:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e376661b-68bb-4b6e-a1f4-b37d7ce563d0

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e376661b-68bb-4b6e-a1f4-b37d7ce563d0
  18th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk

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