End of Life services

Concepts

• health services
• welwyn garden city
• home service
• life services
• an inpatient hospice service
• garden house hospice care
• north hertfordshire
• garden house hospice
• nhs hertfordshire
• west essex

Location

Hertfordshire:

Description

This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process A to its incumbent supplier, Garden House Hospice Care, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.

Total Quantity or Scope

Garden House Hospice provides an inpatient hospice service, hospice at home service, palliative care telephone advice and support line and a continuing healthcare hospice at home service,for adults eligible for fast track CHC recognised to be in their last year of life. This notice is to inform the market of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award this contract following a direct award process A to its incumbent supplier, Garden House Hospice Care, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.The contract period is from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 with a maximum value of the new contract being £1,884,231 per annum. Should the optional extension for an additional one year be used, the maximum contract value for the 2 year period is £3,768,462

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The contract will be for one year plus optional one year extension.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

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.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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. The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under Provider Selection Regime Process A was approved by the ICB's Strategic Finance & Commissioning Committee on 28th March 2025 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.