Cataract Surgery - Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Official notice

Authority: Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH23)

Awarded value£4,689,680published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 9 Jan 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Community Health & Eyecare Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that a contract has been awarded for the delivery of Cataract Surgery to Community Health and Eye Care Limited (CHEC). This Contract Award Notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Notice (VEAT) on 22nd December 2022 (reference number 2022/S 000-36463) informing the market of the intention of Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB to award the contract following successful completion of a voluntary standstill period prior to formal contract award.

There has been recent growth in the activity for cataract surgery which has mainly been attributed to long waiting lists at the Acute Trusts and patient choice to access services closer to where they reside. Patients are able to choose any provider listed on the NHS e-Referral Service.

Community Health and Eye Care Ltd is one of the independent sector providers listed on the NHS e-Referral Service currently offering cataract surgery. The activity with CHEC is currently undertaken as non-contract activity as the ICB does not have a formal contract in place with CHEC for cataract surgery.

Where there are established flows of patient activity with a material financial value, it is recommended that an NHS Standard Contract is in place to ensure high quality services are delivered to our patients.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 22 Dec 2022, 20:52 GMT
Last source update: 12 Jan 2023, 17:17 GMT
Authority reference: ACE-0660-2022-HWE
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-001023
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0393f6 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The activity flowing to Community Health and Eyecare Limited is being driven by patient choice, the legal right for patient choice applies for any provider listed on the National Directory of Services (eRS), therefore, in this context CHEC are considered a sole supplier.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £4,689,6801 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 9 Jan 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Community Health & Eyecare LtdSME	£4,689,680 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Community Health & Eyecare LtdSMESubcontracting: declared	£4,689,680 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Cataract Surgery - Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Community Health & Eyecare LtdSME
Signed
9 Jan 2023
Value
£4,689,680
Status
active
Cataract Surgery - Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Community Health & Eyecare LtdSME
Signed
19 Dec 2022
Value
£4,689,680
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Charter House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body London
High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Community Health and Eyecare LimitedAwarded supplier 1 - 6 Star Building, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, North West, PR2 9BS
Community Health and Eyecare LimitedAwarded supplier 1-6 Star Building, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, North West, PR21 9BS

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.