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
Lymphedema and complex wound care services for the residents of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest
Reference number
PRJ2187
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This service is to provide Lymphedema and complex wound care service to residents of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest .
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: £1,181,272
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI41 - Hackney and Newham
- UKI42 - Tower Hamlets
- UKI53 - Redbridge and Waltham Forest
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This service is to provide Lymphoedema and complex wound care service to residents of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest for a value of £1,181,272.06; the service will run to 31st March 2026. 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 following PSR Direct Award C as there is no change to the contract terms.
Contract award is from 21st July 2025.
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: 85
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 midnight on 18th July 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
30 June 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Accelerate CIC
Joseph's Hospice, Centenary Wing, Mare St
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: £1,181,272
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 on 18th July 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 Jo Fraze Wise and Olga Buck
There was 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.
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