Official UK procurement notice
Countywide Community-based Specialist Level Palliative and End of Life Care Service for Adults
Authority: NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (NICB) are seeking to Commission a Countywide community-based Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Service for Adults to support patients who are thought to be in their last eight weeks of life.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£15,440,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality and Innovation: 45%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 14%
- Value: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 11%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality and Innovation: 45
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 11
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 14
- Social Value: 10
- Value: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Jan 2025, 16:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2025, 16:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 May 2025 – …
- Authority reference
C350748- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054059- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d6d7Find a Tender
Publisher note: 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 Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 17th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/><br/>If you have wish to make a written representation regarding this intention to award please contact: [email protected] . The award decision has been made by the NHS Northamptonshire ICB Integrated Planning and Resource Committee on 5th August 2025.<br/><br/>There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.<br/><br/>The relative importance of the Key Criteria incorporated within the service was as follows:<br/>1. Quality and Innovation: 45.00%<br/>2. Value: 20.00%<br/>3. Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 11.00%<br/>4. Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 14.00%<br/>5. Social Value: 10.00%<br/><br/>The relative importance of the Key Criteria was deemed appropriate based on the requirements of the service. <br/><br/>The rationale for awarding to the preferred provider was that they met all requirements associated with the Basic Selection Criteria and Key Criteria, clearly demonstrating their ability to deliver the requirements of the service within their submission, and they ranked as the highest scoring provider, based on their overall Key Criteria score, within this Provider Selection Process.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
11 Feb 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 6 dates- Next notice expected11 Feb 2025
- Submission deadline19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published4 Sept 2025, 16:22 BST
- Bids must remain valid until400 days ago16 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2025- Published value published: £15,440,00017 Apr 2025, 15:21 BST
- Status changed to active17 Apr 2025, 15:21 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Apr 2025, 15:21 BST
- Deadline published: 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST17 Apr 2025, 15:21 BST
- Status changed to complete4 Sept 2025, 16:22 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHU Health Care | £15,439,360 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 054059-2025-1 · DHU Health Care
- Signed
- 5 Aug 2025
- Value
- £15,439,360
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2034
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DHU Health CareAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.