Official UK procurement notice
Enhanced Community ENT Service - SWH
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis 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. <br/><br/>This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.<br/><br/>The contract award date is 23/12/2025, and the standstill period took place between 10/12/2024 to 20/12/2024. 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 12/09/2024 and there were no recorded or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision declared at this meeting.<br/><br/>The services are intended to be provided between 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2028 for three years, with the contract structured as three years plus an optional two year extension. The value of the new contract is £4,761,603 for 3 years, should the optional extension be used, the maximum contract value for the five year period is £7,893,811.<br/><br/>The contract with Communitas Clinics Limited has been in place since February 2019 and the cumulative value of the contract till date is £9,021,251.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Communitas Clinics Limited provide this service which delivers an Enhanced Community…Awarded
Communitas Clinics Limited provide this service which delivers an Enhanced Community Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Service for patients with non-emergency ENT 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. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education.<br/><br/>The contract with Communitas Clinics Limited has been in place since Feb 2019 and the cumulative value of the contract till data is £9,021,251.<br/><br/>The new contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 for three years, with the option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030<br/><br/>To confirm as per the PSR direct award process C, the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract, delivering a good service, meeting all KPIs, with no quality concerns and good outcomes and has very good feedback from GPs and patients and are likely to satisfy the new contract, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract.
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
- 10 Dec 2024, 16:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2024, 11:04 GMT
- Authority reference
C324746- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041373- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c624Find 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
HWE ICB Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes.<br/>The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:<br/>
- Quality and Innovation – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment.<br/>
- Value – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the Health and Care Partnership Integrated Care System.<br/>
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the Integrated Care System through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. <br/>
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment.<br/>
- Social Value – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the HWE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 20/12/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Any representations should be sent to [email protected]<br/><br/>The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved at the HWE ICB Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee on the 12/09/2024.<br/><br/>There were no conflicts or potential conflicts declared.<br/><br/>The options paper for this service was presented at the following panels and committees:<br/>• SWH HCP Finance and Committee - 22/08/2024<br/>• ICB Commissioning and Contracting Panel - 29/08/2024 (extraordinary meeting)<br/>• Financial Scrutiny Panel - 06/09/2024<br/>• HWE ICB Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee - 12/09/2024
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
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…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communitas Clinics Ltd | £7,983,811 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 039811-2024-1 · Communitas Clinics Ltd
- Signed
- 10 Dec 2024
- Value
- £7,983,811
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Communitas Clinics Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.