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title: "Adult Community Services - Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board - West Essex place"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04444c"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2024-02-29"
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# Adult Community Services - Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board - West Essex place

Buyer: NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04444c

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## Summary

The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board awarded a contract for Adult Community Services in the West Essex 'place' area to Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. The procurement method was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract is valued at £41,924,487, with an option to extend for a further year up to £83,848,974, covering services like Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Respiratory Physio. The procurement process was initiated on 1st April 2023 and completed on 31st March 2024.

This contract award presents business growth opportunities for healthcare service providers interested in delivering integrated health and care services within the West Essex region. Companies offering a wide range of community health services, including nursing, therapy, and rehabilitation, are well-suited to compete. The award criteria included both quality and price components, with a significant emphasis on service quality. Interested businesses should monitor future opportunities for service extensions or related procurements to expand their presence in the health services sector.

## Notice

This notice is intended to provide confirmation of an awarded contract for Adult Community Services to its incumbent provider to continue to provide services within the West Essex 'place' area. This contract award notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (reference 2023/S 000-005751). The contract is for 1-year with the option to extend for a further year (1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024 with the option to extend to 31st March 2025). The value of this contract is PS41,924,487. This will increase to PS83,848,974 if the option to extend is utilised. Both values are exclusive of VAT. The value identified in this notice is the upper value inclusive of the option.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This notice is intended to provide confirmation of an awarded contract for Adult Community Services to its incumbent provider to continue to provide services within the West Essex 'place' area. This contract award notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (reference 2023/S 000-005751). The contract is for 1-year with the option to extend for a further year (1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024 with the option to extend to 31st March 2025). The value of this contract is PS41,924,487. This will increase to PS83,848,974 if the option to extend is utilised. Both values are exclusive of VAT. The value identified in this notice is the upper value inclusive of the option. In line with the NHS Long Term plan, Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board has an ambitious strategy to integrate the delivery of health and care for the population. The West Essex system has been on a journey of integration with its incumbent providers for a number of years to develop integrated solutions for delivery of services across a number of different pathways. The incumbent provider, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) are a key partner within the system. As a key partner the Authority has been working with EPUT to redesign services which will deliver true integration with both the local acute and primary care providers. The following key services are in scope (this list is not exhaustive): Community Nursing / Integrated Care Teams, Community Inpatient Beds, Early Supporting Discharge Stroke Service, Physiotherapy, Orthotics, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Bladder & Bowl, Dietetics, Podiatry, Respiratory Physio, Pulmonary & Cardiac Rehab, Wheelchairs, Equipment, Long COVID and virtual hospitals . Also included are multi-provider services such as PCN Aligned Care Teams, Care Coordination Centre and Integrated MSK service which rely heavily on the integration of EPUT teams to deliver the West Essex place Out of Hospital Strategy. Additional information: A 10-day voluntary standstill period was observed by the Authority prior to entering into the contract.

Options: Option to extend for 1-year to 31st March 2025.

### Procurement Information

Herts and West Essex ICB has been working with its system partners for a number of years to develop a strategy to deliver truly integrated health services to its patient population. This development has reached a crucial point with a number of key transformational programmes being both in development, and in place, which are being tested and evaluated. The Hertfordshire and West Essex Board was established on 1st July 2022, as such commissioning strategies are being developed. To procure the services at this point will likely destabilise the excellent progress which is being made and delay implementation of the integrated care programmes. Any delay would also have an adverse impact on the patient population.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006519-2024 |
| 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 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £83,848,974 |

## 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 | TLH35 West Essex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 29 Feb 2024 at 12:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006519-2024

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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