Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://hertsandwestessex.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
West Hertfordshire Integrated Diabetes Service
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 and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's decision to award a contract for Integrated Diabetes Services within West Hertfordshire. The proposed contract will be awarded to the incumbent provider, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (WHHT), who are the lead provider for a collaborative pathway model and sub contract elements of the service to Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) and Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT). The % split of the contract to be provided by sub-contractors is being agreed and is not able to be reflected within this notice.
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: £9,296,780
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service provides specialist diabetes care for patients aged 19 years and over for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, but will work with the Paediatric Diabetes service to ensure appropriate and safe transition for all patients moving away from the paediatric service into the Integrated Diabetes Service. The treatment will be over varying lengths of time, according to the clinical needs of the person with diabetes.
In ordinary circumstances, this support will be available on an intermittent basis only as the prevailing ethos should be to provide competent self-care and independence with support from primary and community based care.
The new proposed contract will be for a period of 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The new contract will start on 1st April 2023 and will end on 31st March 2024 with the option to extend from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.
The contract began in April 2018, the total cumulative value of this service since it began is £21,226,708 (not including VAT or the value of the new proposed contract). The value of this contract, without the optional extension is £4,648,390 (excluding VAT), the total potential value including the optional extension is £9,296,780 (excluding VAT).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for a further 12 months
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:
The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) became a legal entity on 1st July 2022, replacing the previous Hertfordshire and West Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups. The organisation is in its early stages and is forming its commissioning and procurement strategies. It is the intention of the HWE ICB to undertake a full commissioning review of its diabetes services within Hertfordshire. To procure services at this stage would risk destabilisation and misalignment to the wider strategy. This short-term extension will allow the HWE ICB time to ensure that a robust strategic review is undertaken which will inform the longer-term decision on how these services will be delivered in future for the benefit of our patients.
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: 2023/S 000-007802
Section five. Award of contract
Title
West Hertfordshire Integrated Diabetes Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 February 2023
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
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0HB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £9,296,780
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Country
United Kingdom