Awarded· 31 Mar 2024
Community End of Life Care
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board · Wolverhampton, West Midlands
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board has awarded Community End of Life Care. It is a contract for other health and social care in Wolverhampton.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Lymphcare
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:33
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board has awarded Community End of Life Care. It is a contract for other health and social care in Wolverhampton. The contract went to Lymphcare. It was awarded on 31 March 2024. The contract value is £458,100.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 February 2025. The notice number is 004733-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04de22.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board has successfully completed the awarding stage for a Community End of Life Care contract, specifically the Lymphoedema Service, located in the Dudley borough (UKG). This procurement falls under the Health Services industry category with a CPV classification of 85100000 and follows the regulations of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023.
The contract, valued at £458,100, officially starts on 1st April 2024 and will run until 31st March 2025. The process utilised a limited procurement method, described as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, and the project was approved by the ICB Contracts Team and Lead Commissioner without any conflicts of interest.
The contract includes training sessions for community staff and support for district nursing teams, ensuring ongoing integration and compliance with specialist treatment standards. SMEs like Lymphcare UK CIC, which was awarded the contract, are well-suited to compete in such tenders due to their ability to provide specialised, integrated, and continuous care services.
The notice in full
Community End of Life Care: Lymphoedema Service The ICB is awarding this contract via Direct Award Process C. The total contract value is PS458,100.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Community End of Life Care: Lymphoedema Service from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.
The aim of the service is: *To provide holistic and disease specific evidence-based care in the management of patients who have Palliative Lymphoedema (all cause), Secondary/Primary Lymphoedema (all cause), Chronic Oedema (all cause) or Lipidoedema. *To provide an integrated seamless service incorporating the treatment of primary and secondary Lymphoedema. *To prepare and support patients or informal carers with self-management if appropriate. *To offer training of community staff - one session per month for ten individuals.
This is formal training consisting of theory and practical sessions on the management of lower limb oedema. *Additionally, the service will provide informal support to district nursing teams, undertake joint visits, and offer on the job support and advice to teams. This will allow non-complex patients to be referred to the community teams for ongoing non-specialist treatment. However, patients can be referred back to the specialist team at any time.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Lymphcare
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £458,100
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 004733-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04de22
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Postcode
- WV1 1SH
- Electoral ward
- St Peters
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Delivery area
- West Midlands (England)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Wolverhampton
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Lymphcare
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Community End of Life Care
Who won the Community End of Life Care contract?
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Lymphcare on 31 March 2024.
How much is the Community End of Life Care contract worth?
The contract value is £458,100.
Who is the buyer for Community End of Life Care?
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board, based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
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