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title: "Hospice Services in Hertfordshire and West Essex"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03eebb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2023-08-10"
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# Hospice Services in Hertfordshire and West Essex

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

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## Summary

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for Hospice Services in Hertfordshire and West Essex to St Clare Hospice. The contract will run from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024, with an option to extend until 31st March 2025. The total contract value, including the extension, is £4,210,506 (excluding VAT), providing holistic end-of-life care in the West Essex area.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the health services industry, particularly those providing palliative care and holistic support services to patients. Service providers with experience in end-of-life care, nursing, and social care are well-suited to compete for this contract. The procurement process was conducted through a limited award procedure, with a focus on price as the award criterion, aiming to ensure continuity and quality in hospice services delivery.

## Notice

This is a Contract Award Notice and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a contract for Hospice Services to its incumbent provider, St Clare Hospice , to continue to provide services within the West Essex area.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service will provide holistic and palliative end of life, providing specialist holistic assessment, symptom control, emotional support and practical 'hands on' nursing and social care. The service works in partnership with colleagues and other organisations to ensure that wherever possible the service on offer can meet the needs of service users effectively and flexibly and represent effective and efficient use of available resources. 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 began is PS17,295,055 (excluding VAT and not including the value of the new proposed contract). The value of this contract, excluding the proposed extension period is PS2,105,253 (excluding VAT), increasing to PS4,210,506 (excluding VAT) 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.

Options: Option to extend for a further 12 months

### 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, avoiding unnecessary costs.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023429-2023 |
| 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 | 10 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 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 | £4,210,506 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS 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 | ST CLARE HOSPICE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2023 at 14:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023429-2023

## Notice URLs

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

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