Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, St Margret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH35 - West Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
End of Life Care at St Clare Hospice - Direct Award
Reference number
ACE-0461-2021-West
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a Contract Award Notice which follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Notice published in Find a Tender (reference 2021/S 000-005241) to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a short-term contract to its incumbent provider, St Clare Hospice, to deliver end of life care services.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £4,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH35 - West Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Contract Award Notice which follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Notice published in Find a Tender (reference 2021/S 000-005241) to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a short-term contract to its incumbent provider, St Clare Hospice, to deliver end of life care services.
St Clare Hospice provides palliative care to patients with life limiting diseases, when their disease is not responsive to curative treatment and the patient has a limited life expectancy. The service delivered by St Clare Hospice includes providing relief from pain and other distressing symptoms, integrating psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care, provides bereavement counselling if required and works in partnership with the health and care system to deliver a joined up and holistic service for our patient population.
West Essex CCG have been on a journey to establish an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) across West Essex working with its incumbent providers. This work includes the development of the Out of Hospital Model, to which end of life services are a part of. This means that the continuation of services to be delivered by St Clare Hospice directly relates to the CCGs plans to deliver its ICP. Procurement of the services at this time would likely disrupt the progression of implementation of the Out of Hospital Model.
Furthermore, the hospice market within the West Essex geography is limited and therefore it is concluded that a procurement process would not be successful due to an absence of competition.
It is proposed that the new contract period is 1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022 and will include the option to extend for a further 12 months (to 31st March 2023).
The contractual value included within this VEAT Notice is reflective of the potential 2-year contract. The value of the initial 1-year contract is c. £2m.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 100
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract period covered by this Contract award notice is 1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022 and will include the option to extend for a further 12 months (from 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023).
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
West Essex CCG have been on a journey to establish an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) across West Essex working with its incumbent providers. This work includes the development of the Out of Hospital Model, to which end of life services are a part of. This means that the continuation of services to be delivered by St Clare Hospice directly relates to the CCGs plans to deliver its ICP. Procurement of the services at this time would likely disrupt the progression of implementation of the Out of Hospital Model.
Furthermore, the hospice market within the West Essex geography is limited and therefore it is concluded that a procurement process would not be successful due to an absence of competition.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-005241
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Title
End of Life Services at St Clare Hospice - West Essex CCG
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16 February 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
St Clare Hospice
Hastingwood Road
Hastingwood
CM17 9JX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH35 - West Essex
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £4,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice for England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, St Margaret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
Country
United Kingdom