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title: "Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Various Contracts"
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# Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Various Contracts

Buyer: NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042a20

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## Summary

The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has completed the procurement process for the "Enhanced Health in Care Homes – Various Contracts" in the services category under the Health services classification. The contract award was made to Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, Garden House Hospice, Dolphin House Surgery, and The Maples Health Centre. The contracts are due to start on 1st April 2024 and end on 31st March 2025, with the total expected value for all contracts being £834,519. The Authority applied a 10-day standstill period prior to contract conclusion, and the cumulative value of contracts forecasted until 31st March 2024 is £2,776,562.92.

This tender for Enhanced Health in Care Homes offers business growth opportunities to healthcare service providers. Companies operating in the health sector, especially those focused on care home services, are well-suited to compete for these contracts. The procurement process, initiated through a limited award procedure, without prior publication of a call for competition, aims to ensure equity of access to healthcare services across Hertfordshire and West Essex, benefiting both patients and service providers. The extension of contracts until 31st March 2025 provides time for robust service reviews and options appraisals, paving the way for future service models.

## Notice

This is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract award made by the Contracting Authority; Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, (hereinafter referred to as "the Authority") in compliance with their local standing financial instructions (SFIs). On 29th December 2023, the Authority published a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (Reference 2023/S 000-038024) to inform the market of its intention to award the contract. The Authority applied a voluntary 10-day standstill period prior to conclusion of the contract. The contract award is made to Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, Garden House Hospice, Dolphin House Surgery and The Maples Health Centre for the provision of Enhanced Health in Care Homes services. The proposed new contracts are intended to start on 1st April 2024 and end on 31st March 2025. The expected value for all these contracts combined is PS834,519. The values expressed in this notice is the expected value of the 1-year period. Please note that these are expected values and may be amended post contract finalisation with the providers. The total cumulative value of the contracts since the beginning of the service is PS2,776,562.92, forecast to 31st March 2024, (excluding VAT and excluding the values of the new contracts).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract award made by the Contracting Authority; Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, (hereinafter referred to as "the Authority") in compliance with their local standing financial instructions (SFIs). On 29th December 2023, the Authority published a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (Reference 2023/S 000-038024) to inform the market of its intention to award the contract. The Authority applied a voluntary 10-day standstill period prior to conclusion of the contract. The contract award is made to The contract award is made to Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, Garden House Hospice, Dolphin House Surgery and The Maples Health Centre for the provision of Enhanced Health in Care Homes services. The proposed new contracts are intended to start on 1st April 2024 and end on 31st March 2025. The expected value for all these contracts combined is PS834,519. The values expressed in this notice is the expected value of the 1-year period. Please note that these are expected values and may be amended post contract finalisation with the providers. The total cumulative value of the contracts since the beginning of the service is PS2,776,562.92, forecast to 31st March 2024, (excluding VAT and excluding the values of the new contracts). All contracts are due to expire on 31st March 2023. Extension of contracts will allow time for robust service assessment and options appraisals to be developed.

### Procurement Information

The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) was incorporated on 1st July 2022 and includes the three previous clinical commissioning groups. Since the HWE ICB was incorporated, we have been working to review services across each 'place' to ensure that there is equity of access for our patients across the broader ICB area. At the East and North Hertfordshire Place Commissioning Committee on 18th September 2023 it was agreed to extend the contracts for 6 months for the period 1st October 2023 to 31st March 2024 to allow robust review of service outcomes, and to inform future service models. Following further internal ICB discussions, it was agreed that a market engagement exercise will be required to be undertaken to inform the future service models and this is proposed to take place in January 2024. Therefore, it is proposed to extend the service for a further year until 31st March 2025 for this work to be undertaken. The extension of the contracts allows the time for the ICB to deliver robust service reviews to allow options appraisals to be undertaken on the future service.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003419-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Dec 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 | £1,669,038 |

## 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 | 5 |
| Supplier names | DOLPHIN HOUSE SURGERY; GARDEN HOUSE HOSPICE CARE; HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY NHS TRUST; SEE ANNEX D1 – GENERAL PROCUREMENT; THE MAPLES HEALTH CENTRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 1 Feb 2024 at 16:09 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003419-2024
- 29 Dec 2023 at 15:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038024-2023

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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