Awarded· 1 May 2025
End of Life services
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Welwyn Hatfield, East
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded End of Life services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Welwyn Hatfield.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Isabel Hospice
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:20
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded End of Life services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Welwyn Hatfield. The contract went to Isabel Hospice. It was awarded on 1 May 2025. The contract value is £4,266,600.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 May 2025. The notice number is 018800-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050c56.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has completed a contract award process under the Provider Selection Regime for health services, specifically aimed at End of Life services. The awarded contract, which began on 1st April 2025, spans one year with the possibility of an additional one-year extension, making the total potential value £4,266,600.
The contract is based on a limited procurement method, without prior publication of a call for competition, with a focus on existing service continuity provided by Isabel Hospice in East and North Hertfordshire. The procurement stage has reached completion according to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, exempt from the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Large-scale health services firms keen on expanding or maintaining their market presence in regions akin to UKH23, specifically with an existing client base, would benefit from exploring such direct award opportunities under the Provider Selection Regime.
The notice in full
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 A to its incumbent supplier, Isabel Hospice, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Isabel Hospice provides an inpatient hospice service, hospice at home service, palliative care telephone advice and support line, heart failure nurse specialist service and care home nurse educator service.
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 A to its incumbent supplier, Isabel Hospice, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.
The contract period is from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 with a maximum value of the new contract being PS2,133,300 per annum. Should the optional extension for an additional one year be used, the maximum contract value for the 2 year period is PS4,266,600.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Isabel Hospice
- 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
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £4,266,600
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
- 018800-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050c56
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Town
- St Albans
- Postcode
- AL8 6JL
- Electoral ward
- Handside
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Delivery area
- Hertfordshire CC
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- North and East Hertfordshire
- Area
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Procurement Team
- Address
- Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JL · East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Isabel Hospice
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about End of Life services
Who won the End of Life services contract?
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Isabel Hospice on 1 May 2025.
How much is the End of Life services contract worth?
The contract value is £4,266,600.
Who is the buyer for End of Life services?
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Welwyn Hatfield, East. The named contact is Procurement Team.
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