Awarded· 13 Mar 2025
Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board · Dorset, South West
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board has awarded Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dorset.
Source: Find a Tender, published 8 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Weldmar Hospicecare
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:57
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 11:43
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board has awarded Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dorset. The contract went to Weldmar Hospicecare. It was awarded on 13 March 2025. The contract value is £6,401,855.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 8 April 2025. The notice number is 013632-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04f8d6.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for specialist palliative care services under the title "Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract" in the health services category. The contract, valued at approximately £6,401,855, is set to be delivered from 1 April 2025 to 30 March 2027, with an option to extend to 30 March 2028.
Following the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023, the procurement stage of this contract has been completed. The awarded contract eliminates the need for traditional public procurement regulations, thus directly awarding the services to an existing provider identified as Weldmar Hospicecare Limited, primarily located in Dorchester, UKK2 region.
The award to Weldmar Hospicecare Limited underscores the necessity of experience in specialist care provision, making it an ideal pursuit for well-established health service providers.
The notice in full
The services to be provided under this contract are specialist palliative care services. We are intending to award this contract to an existing Provider, following the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS6,401,855.
The services are to be delivered between 01 April 2025 and 30 March 2027, with the option to extend for a further year until 30 March 2028.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- 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
- £6,401,855
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
- 013632-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f8d6
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Town
- Dorchester
- Postcode
- DT1 1TG
- Electoral ward
- Dorchester West
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Delivery area
- Dorset and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Dorset
- Area
- North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Dorchester, DT1 1TG · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract
Who won the Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract contract?
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Weldmar Hospicecare on 13 March 2025.
How much is the Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract contract worth?
The contract value is £6,401,855.
Who is the buyer for Specialist Palliative Care Services Contract?
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board, based in Dorset, South West.
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