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title: "Specialist Paediatric Palliative End of Life Care and Symptom Management Service - CAN"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06db71"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SURREY AND SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-08-04"
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# Specialist Paediatric Palliative End of Life Care and Symptom Management Service - CAN

Buyer: NHS SURREY AND SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06db71

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## Summary

NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board commissioned a specialist paediatric palliative and end-of-life care and symptom management service for children and young people in Surrey Heartlands. The service is intended for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, providing compassionate, personalised care through an integrated specialist team. Delivery includes hospice, hospital, home-based, outreach, in-reach and domiciliary care, with respite, end-of-life support, symptom management, transition support and bereavement services. Families can receive care in different settings, including at home and in hospital. The delivery location is Surrey, with wider collaboration involving NHS hospitals, community and social care providers, voluntary and community organisations, and regional paediatric palliative care networks. This is a specialist healthcare services requirement, classified under CPV 85121200.

The procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. The contract was awarded to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices (SSCH) through Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C, using a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The award date was 12 May 2026 and the contract was signed on that date. The contract value is £907,701 over three years, with a stated term from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 and an annual value of £302,567. One award was recorded, with one bid received. Evaluation placed 100% weighting on the existing provider’s ability to meet the required standard; cost carried 0% weighting. The award is active, while the associated lot is recorded as cancelled.

This award indicates demand for providers with established specialist expertise in children’s palliative and end-of-life care, symptom management and hospice-at-home services. A credible future competitor would need a strong record of safe, compassionate and personalised care for children with life-limiting conditions, supported by multidisciplinary clinical teams and reliable provision across hospice, hospital and home settings. Relevant strengths include experience coordinating with acute, tertiary, community, social care and voluntary-sector partners; supporting transitions between children’s and adult services; and reducing avoidable emergency and intensive-care use. Providers should be able to demonstrate quality improvement, complaint handling, outcome monitoring and compliance with NHS England service specifications and NICE guidance. Inclusive outreach, equality-focused access, family and bereavement support, sustainability measures and the resilience to subsidise or extend reach through fundraising would also strengthen competitiveness.

## Notice

Children and young people's specialist palliative and end of life care and symptom management service.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service is a specialist paediatric palliative care for children and young people in Surrey Heartlands offering a high-quality, compassionate, and tailored approach to this vulnerable cohort. Surrey Heartlands ICB has awarded the contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be PS907,701 over a three-year term, from 1st April 2025 until 31st March 2028. Contract value per annum = PS302,567

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract 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 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073770-2026 |
| 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 | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £907,701 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SURREY AND SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | LEWES |
| Postcode area | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN7 2FZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ22 East Sussex CC |
| Local authority | Lewes |
| Electoral ward | Lewes Bridge |
| Westminster constituency | Lewes |
| Delivery location | TLJ25 West Surrey |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Shooting Star Children's Hospices |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121200 - Medical specialist services

## Release History

- 4 Aug 2026 at 14:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073770-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.surreysussex.icb.nhs.uk

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