End of Life services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NHS 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£4,266,600published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 2 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Isabel Hospice

What is being bought

Published requirement 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, Isabel Hospice, to continue to deliver this service in East and North Hertfordshire.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Isabel Hospice provides an inpatient hospice service, hospice at home service,…Awarded

Isabel Hospice provides an inpatient hospice service, hospice at home service, palliative care telephone advice and support line, heart failure nurse specialist service and care home nurse educator service. 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, Isabel Hospice, 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 £2,133,300 per annum. Should the optional extension for an additional one year be used, the maximum contract value for the 2 year period is £4,266,600.

Delivery: East of England · UKH23

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 May 2025, 14:20 BST
Last source update: 2 May 2025, 14:20 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-018800
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050c56 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published 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.

Publisher note: 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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £4,266,6001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 2 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Isabel Hospice	£4,266,600 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 018800-2025-1 · Isabel Hospice
Signed
2 May 2025
Value
£4,266,600
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareRegional or local agency/officeHealth Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Isabel HospiceAwarded supplier 61 Bridge Road East, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL7 1JR

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.