Awarded· 8 Apr 2025
Marie Curie-overnight sitting service
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Dacorum, East of England
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Marie Curie-overnight sitting service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dacorum.
Source: Find a Tender, published 8 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Marie Curie
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:06
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 12:15
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Tender notice updated
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Marie Curie-overnight sitting service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dacorum. The contract went to Marie Curie. It was awarded on 8 April 2025. The contract value is £260,972.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 8 September 2025. The notice number is 054488-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04ff9a.
Summary of the contracting process
The "Marie Curie-overnight sitting service" contract, initiated by the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, focuses on providing health services to cancer and palliative care patients in East and North Hertfordshire. The procurement process followed the Provider Selection Regime under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. The contract, awarded using direct award process C, was formalised on 30th April 2025.
It will start from 1st April 2025 for one year, with a possible one-year extension, ensuring continuity of care. The annual contract value is £133,996, with a total potential value of £267,992 if extended. The decision was confirmed by the ICB Enhanced Financial Scrutiny Panel with no conflicts of interest, providing services without change to the existing provision in the region.
Although the contract uses a direct award under specific regime regulations, it outlines a key provision that aligns with increasing local population demands, potentially offering growth in service scope and community impact.
The notice in full
Marie Curie is an incumbent provider in Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and delivers a overnight sitting service to East and North Herfordshire residing cancer and non-cancer palliative care patients. The contract award will ensure continuity of the service for the benefit of patients and their families, in the East and North Herfordshire region.
As per the PSR direct award process C requirements, the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and HWE ICB are satisfied that the incumbent Provider is likely to satisfy the new contract. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract provision.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The provider delivers an overnight sitting service in the East and North Herfordshire region.
HWE ICB intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C.
The contract will be a one year plus an optional one year extension. The value of the contract is PS133,996 for 2025-26 and if the contract extension is enacted the value will also be PS133,996 for 2026-27. These values may be subject to change as detailed in section VI.3.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Marie Curie
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £260,972
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
- 054488-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ff9a
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Dacorum
- Town
- St Albans
- Postcode
- AL8 6JL
- Electoral ward
- Hemel Hempstead Town
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Delivery area
- Hertfordshire CC
- Region
- East of England
- Sub-region
- South West 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, procurement team
- Address
- Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JL · East of England · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Marie Curie
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Marie Curie-overnight sitting service
Who won the Marie Curie-overnight sitting service contract?
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Marie Curie on 8 April 2025.
How much is the Marie Curie-overnight sitting service contract worth?
The contract value is £260,972.
Who is the buyer for Marie Curie-overnight sitting service?
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Dacorum, East of England. The named contact is Procurement Team, procurement team.
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