Where Care Excellence Meets Business Success. Transform your operations today - 0333 577 0877
We are here to help 24/7.

Awarded· 18 Mar 2025

Vasectomy Services

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Welwyn Hatfield, East

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Vasectomy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Welwyn Hatfield.

Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 16:52

    View notice
  2. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 14:43

    View notice
01

About this tender

In brief

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Vasectomy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Welwyn Hatfield. The contract went to Provide Wellbeing. It was awarded on 18 March 2025. The contract value is £680,000.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 17 April 2025. The notice number is 016010-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04eeb9.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for vasectomy services under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract, valued at £340,000 per annum, began on 1st April 2025 and will last until 31st March 2026, with an optional extension for another year until 31st March 2027, bringing the potential total contract value to £680,000.

This service falls under the industry category of health services (CPV: 85100000) and is specifically designed to provide non-scalpel vasectomy procedures within the local community, ensuring accessibility for residents of Hertfordshire and West Essex (UKH23 region). The procurement was conducted through a direct award process C, with the formal contract award date being 17th April 2025, following a standstill period from 18th March 2025 to 28th March 2025.

The confirmed provider, Provide Wellbeing Ltd, illustrates the potential for continuity and expansion within existing healthcare frameworks. Payment will be based on service uptake, allowing for variations contingent upon local population needs. This procurement underscores the importance of community-centric health service delivery, fostering a collaborative environment for sustainable healthcare solutions.

The notice in full

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.

The contract award date is 17th April 2025, and the standstill period took place between 18th March 2025 and 28th March 2025. The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C and was approved by the ICB Enhanced Financial Scrutiny Panel on 31st October 2024 where no conflicts of interest were noted.

The contract will be for one year from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with an optional one year extension until 31st March 2027. The value of the new contract will be PS340,000 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the contract value for the two year period will be PS680,000.

The intention to award notice stated that the above values may be subject to change. To clarify, the values for this contract have been modelled on activity and spend based on 2023-24 to provide an indicative number of users and contract value. Annual value of the service will be circa PS340,000 per annum.

These services may be subject to uplift during the total term of the contract, with payments made to providers in line with local tariff.

Uptake of this service is driven solely by the local population, where usage and value of the service is subject to change, dependent on local population needs, which can decrease as well as increase in any given year of the term of the contract.

Payment will be made on the number of Users presenting at the services in any given year of the contract.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    The provider delivers non-scalpel vasectomy services in a community setting.

    HWEICB intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C.

    The contract will be a one year plus optional one year extension. The value of the contract is PS340,000 for 2025-26 and if the contract extension is enacted the value will be PS340,000 for 2026-27. These values may be subject to change as detailed in section V2.4

02

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
Provide Wellbeing
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
£680,000

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
016010-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eeb9
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
03

Location

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board is based in Welwyn Hatfield. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
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
04

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
Provide Wellbeing
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
05

Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
06

Questions about Vasectomy Services

Who won the Vasectomy Services contract?

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Provide Wellbeing on 18 March 2025.

How much is the Vasectomy Services contract worth?

The contract value is £680,000.

Who is the buyer for Vasectomy Services?

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Welwyn Hatfield, East. The named contact is Procurement Team.

Get ready for the next round

Contracts like this come back. We help care providers build the evidence, policies and case studies a buyer scores, so you are ready when the re-tender opens.

What to do next

  1. This contract has been awarded.
  2. A re-tender usually follows near the end.
  3. Build your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Keep your policies and training records current.