Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHs North East London Integrated Care Board
4th Floor - Unex Tower, 5 Station Street
London
E151DA
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI41 - Hackney and Newham
NHS Organisation Data Service
QMF
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/
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
Lymphoedema Services - Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge
Reference number
PRJ-2177
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
To provide Lymphedema and complex wound care services for the residents of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. Care to be provided by trained nurses and HCAs
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: £556,891
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI5 - Outer London – East and North East
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lymphedema and complex wound care services for the residents of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge
The current provider of the Service is meeting the contractual requirements to a satisfactory level and the intention is to award the providers the contract for the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, following PSR Direct Award Process C as there is no change to the contract terms.
The value of the contract is £556,891.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 29th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 March 2025
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
Accelerate CIC
Josephs Hospice, Centenary Wing, St, Mare St, London
London
E8 4SA
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI41 - Hackney and Newham
NHS Organisation Data Service
NAY
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £556,891
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 29th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to: hub.psrrepresentation@nhs.net
Award decision makers: Shivani Choudhary, Head of Planning and Programmes, Redbridge.
There were no conflict of interest identified in the decision making process.
Scoring from 0 - 4. % allocation based on importance of the criteria in the service requirement. As this service is needed to meet individual's choice on lymphedema service and to address local and national access and inequality - the criteria for choice and equality was given the highest weighting of 30%. The criteria of Social Value is relatively new that all providers are working towards. In recognition of this the Social Value criteria was given a lower weighting of 10%. The remaining 60% was divided equally between the remaining criteria - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability, Value, and Quality and Innovation, as these were of equal weighting to the service delivery.
All Scored and Pass/Fail criteria are met.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
4th Floor - Unex Tower, 5 Station Street
London
E15 1DA
Country
United Kingdom