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title: "'Hospice at Home' End of Life Services Provision in Hertfordshire and West Essex"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b2f1"
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# 'Hospice at Home' End of Life Services Provision in Hertfordshire and West Essex

Buyer: HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b2f1

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## Summary

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract titled 'Hospice at Home' End of Life Services Provision in Hertfordshire and West Essex. The procurement falls under the health services industry category and is a services contract. The contract is aimed at continuing services with the incumbent provider, Garden House Hospice. The contract is worth an initial £2,666,572, with the possibility of extension for a further 12-month period starting from 1st April 2024. The buyer organisation is located in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom.

This tender process offers opportunities for businesses in the health services sector to participate in providing holistic palliative and end-of-life care services in Hertfordshire and West Essex. Businesses with expertise in delivering quality health services and experience in working within integrated care models would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The contract's award criteria include both quality and price considerations, with an emphasis on maintaining high standards of care delivery.

## Notice

This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a contract for 'Hospice at Home' End of Life Services to its incumbent provider, Garden House Hospice, to continue to provide services within Hertfordshire.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a contract for 'Hospice at Home' End of Life Services to its incumbent provider, Garden House Hospice, to continue to provide services within the Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire Palliative and End of Life Care services are delivered through an integrated model that works across primary and secondary care. Service users are expected to move between different elements of the service as their needs change. The service will provide holistic palliative and end of life care which will include crisis and planned response, specialist holistic assessment, symptom control, emotional support and practical "hands on" nursing and social care which includes respite for carer's based upon priorities. The Hospice at Home service is one element working in partnership with colleagues and other organisations to ensure that wherever possible the services on offer meet the needs of service users effectively and flexibly and represent effective and efficient use of available resources. All service users will be cared for on an integrated End of Life Care pathway which includes Advance Care Planning, Preferred Priorities of Care. The new contract proposed will be for a period of 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The new contract will start on 1st April 2023 and will end on 31st March 2024 with the option to extend from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. The contract has been in place since 2013. The total cumulative value of this service since it started is PS12,059,523 (not including the value of this contract). The total value of this contract without extension is PS1,333,286 ,increasing to PS2,666,572 if extended by a further 12 months. The figure reflected in this notice is the total contract value including the option to extend by a further 12 months. Additional information: In line with best practice, the Authority will apply a voluntary 10-day standstill period from the publication date of this Notice before awarding the contract, pursuant to Regulation 99(3) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended (EU Exit) 2020 etc.).

Options: Option to extend for a further 12 month period

### Procurement Information

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) became a legal entity on 1st July 2022, replacing the previous Hertfordshire and West Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups. The organisation is in its early stages and is forming its commissioning and procurement strategies. It is the intention of the HWE ICB to undertake a full commissioning review of its hospice services across the area. To procure services at this stage would risk destabilisation and misalignment to the wider strategy. This short-term extension will allow the HWE ICB time to ensure that a robust strategic review is undertaken which will inform the longer-term decision on how these services will be delivered in future for the benefit of our patients.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007489-2023 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Mar 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,666,572 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| 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 | TLH23 Hertfordshire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 15 Mar 2023 at 10:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007489-2023

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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