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Awarded· 21 Apr 2025

Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Services at Shooting Star Children's Hospices for Children and Young People for NHS North West London ICB

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board · Westminster, London

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Westminster.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 24 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Shooting Star Children's Hospice

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 12:05

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Westminster. The contract went to Shooting Star Children's Hospice. It was awarded on 21 April 2025.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 24 April 2025. The notice number is 016768-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0506f6.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS North West London Integrated Care Board has completed a procurement process for Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Services, in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is awarded to Shooting Star Children's Hospice, a small to medium-sized enterprise, to provide services in Hampton, Middlesex from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with a total value of £719,000.

This award decision comes under the 'award' stage of the procurement process, specifically using a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition due to the essential nature of the services and absence of alternative capable providers. The industry category is health services, classified under CPV 85100000, and the service delivery will be across West London.

The notice in full

To provide specialist palliative and end of life care services for children and young people across West London.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    To provide enhanced palliative care support to infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families across West London. The service provision entails supporting children and families from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional, and medical care.

    Due to the nature of the health care services the existing provider is the only realistic capable provider for the relevant authority's specific requirements, therefore Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process A applies and such service is designated as essential services and time essential in the NHS Standard Contract.

    - An award has been made following PSR Direct Award Process A;

    - The lifetime value is PS719,000;

    - the length of the new contract is 12 months commencing 1st April 2025 until 31st March 2026. Additional information: Award Criteria (11.2.5) - No realistic alternative provider

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Shooting Star Children's 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
SME

Values

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
016768-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0506f6
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board is based in Westminster. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Westminster
Town
North West London
Postcode
NW1 5JD
Electoral ward
Marylebone
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster
Delivery area
London
Region
London
Sub-region
Westminster and City of London
Area
Inner London - West
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS North West London Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Stevie Crawford
Address
London, NW1 5JD · London · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Shooting Star Children's Hospice
Awardee scale
SME
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about this tender

Who won the Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Services at Shooting Star Children's… contract?

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Shooting Star Children's Hospice on 21 April 2025.

Who is the buyer for Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Services at Shooting Star Children's…?

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board, based in Westminster, London. The named contact is Stevie Crawford.

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