Adult Community Health Services-WE & ENH 25/27

Lots (1)

1. 01

   Lot 1Cancelled

   This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process C to its incumbent supplier, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, to continue to deliver Adult Community Services within West Essex and Hertfordshire.

   The contract which will commence on 1st April 2025 and will end on 31st March 2026, with the ability to extend for a further year. The full value of the contract should it be extended will be PS86,000,000

   Services to be provided are likely to include:

   Bladder & Bowel

   Diabetes

   Cancer Information

   Care-Co-ordination Centre

   Cardiac Rehab

   Championing the Right Care

   Community Heart Failure

   Early Supported Discharge

   Independent Living Centre

   Falls Car

   MSK

   Integrated Nursing Team

   Intermediate Care Beds

   Patient Appliances

   Non-Emergency Patient Transport Bookings

   Podiatry

   Podiatric Surgery

   Prostrate

   Progressive Neurological Diseases

   Speech & Language Therapy

   Respiratory & PR

   Wheelchair Service & Special Seating

   Virtual Ward. Additional 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 7th March 2025.

   This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'

   Any formal written representations should be sent to: hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net

   The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on the 31st January 2025 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.

   The contract has been in place with the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust since April 2016 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2025 of PS310,000,000

   The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:

   * Quality and Innovation - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering.

   * Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the Health & Care Partnership integrated care system.

   * Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery.

   * Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract.

   * Social Value - Assured - HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the HWE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.

   * Conflict of Interest - no conflict of interests were noted.