Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Mark Fordham
hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Integrated Community Gynaecology Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Gynaecology Partnership Ltd is an incumbent provider in HWE ICB in South and West Herts (SWH) place since 2018 and delivers a good quality, timely service to SWH patients. The service is integrally linked with all existing Trusts in the SWH area. The contract award will enable continuity of a high quality service provision which is integrated with primary care, the adult community service and local Trusts. The Gynaecology Partnership Ltd works together with local system partners in a collaborative way following the pathways which have been agreed by all local Trust gynaecology clinical leads in SWH place.
This service delivers an Integrated Gynaecology Service for patients with non-emergency gynaecology conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. This specialist community model is provided and led from a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling specialist assessment of patients in the community and quicker access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatments, with choice of an elective care provider if an onward referral is needed, which can be direct listed following patient choice. The service focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, offers GP support, advice and guidance and education.
As per the PSR direct award process C requirements, the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract, delivering a good service, meeting all KPIs, with no quality concerns and good outcomes with very good feedback from GPs and patients and HWE ICB are satisfied that the incumbent Provider is likely to satisfy the new contract. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-039816
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
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 23rd December 2024, and the standstill period took place between 10th December 2024 and 20th December 2024. The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on the 12th September 2024 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting. The services are intended to be provided between 1st April 2025 and 31 March 2030, with the contract structured as three year plus an optional two-year extension. The maximum value of the new contract is £1,991,449 per annum. Should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the 5-year period is £9,957,246.The contract has been in place with The Gynaecology Partnership since April 2018 with a cumulative contract value to 31st March 2025 of £12,957,682.