---
title: "Intergrated Respiratory Services - SWH"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e601"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-03-12"
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# Intergrated Respiratory Services - SWH

Buyer: NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e601

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## Summary

The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) has awarded a contract for the provision of Integrated Respiratory Services across South and West Hertfordshire. This contract falls under the 'Health services' industry category and covers services in UKH23 region. The procurement stage is at the award phase, with the contract award date set for 5th March 2025, following the standstill period which lasted from 21st February 2025 to 11th March 2025. The services will be provided from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028, with an optional extension of two years, potentially extending the contract until 31st March 2030. The initial contract value for three years is £11,190,000, and if extended for two additional years, the total value will be £18,650,000.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses involved in healthcare service provision, particularly those capable of delivering multi-disciplinary respiratory care. Companies specialising in healthcare diagnostics, treatment, and integrated service models, especially those with experience in collaboration with NHS Trusts, would be well-suited to compete. The contract aims to enhance patient care through multi-disciplinary team assessments, diagnostics, and clearly defined clinical pathways, thereby contributing to a resilient healthcare system. Potential bidders should focus on quality, innovation, value, integration, collaboration, service sustainability, and social value, meeting all key performance indicators and providing effective care to reduce health inequalities and improve patient choice.

## Notice

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust provide both acute and community Respiratory Services for patients with Respiratory conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. The Integrated Respiratory Service will provide a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions in SWH. The service will provide access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatment, improving the quality of care for patients. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education. This service facilitates a truly integrated model of care enabling a resilient healthcare system for the future. To confirm as per the PSR direct award process C, the existing providers are satisfying the existing contracts, delivering a good service, meeting all KPIs, with no quality concerns and good outcomes and has very good feedback from GPs and patients and are likely to satisfy the new contracts. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contracts.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust provide both acute and community Respiratory Services for patients with Respiratory conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. The Integrated Respiratory Service provides a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions in SWH. The service will provide access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatment, improving the quality of care for patients. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education. This service facilitates a truly integrated model of care enabling a resilient healthcare system for the future. Central London Community Healthcare Trust were awarded a 5-year contract which commenced in October 2014 with an option to extend for another two years. This option was activated, and the contract end date was extended to end October 2021. The ICB Commissioning Committee has approved a number of extensions from the contract end date to 31 March 2025 with a cumulative value of PS33,570,000. This has enabled HWE ICB, to work with the SWH Health Care Partnership to develop a new model of integrated respiratory care for our population. The new service model will be provided by our two incumbent providers West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust and CLCH. It has also allowed time for the ICB and HCP to identify the workforce and associated financial envelope required to delivery a truly integrated respiratory service which is sustainable and future proofed for the term of the new contract. The new contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 for three years, with the option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030 The maximum value of the new contract is PS3,730,000 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 5-year period is PS18,650,000.

Options: Option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 5th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008984-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender 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 | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £20,515,000 |

## 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 | 2 |
| Supplier names | CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY NHS TRUST; WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS TEACHING NHS TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 12 Mar 2025 at 13:39 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008984-2025
- 27 Feb 2025 at 15:12 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007418-2025
- 21 Feb 2025 at 10:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006579-2025

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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