Official UK procurement notice
GP with Specialist Interest Services (GPwSI)
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a contract for 'GPwSI Services' to Stellar Healthcare Ltd and Uttlesford Healthcare Ltd provider, to extend for 5 months and continue to provide the services within the HWE area.
CPV: Health services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1GPwSI Services
The Authority intends to award a contract to Stellar Healthcare Ltd for provision of GPwSI Services for HWE Area.
The Board previously approved a waiver extending the contract to 30th June 2023 and although the time since the previous waiver has been utilised to undertake a full-service review and some early market engagement, there are new factors with potential to delay the start of the new contract including:
- Specifications needed clinical review and resource wasn’t available until January 2023
- Further market engagement needed
- Original timeline had no contingency built in
- Mobilisation period deemed too short for realistic implementation
- Contract award timeline anchored to ICB Commissioning Committee in July 2023.
- Subsequently, a short-term extension is required to allow sufficient time for a robust process to take place. The request is for a waiver to support an extension to the service to 30th November 2023 for both contracts.
Lot #2GPwSI Services
The GP Provider Services Contracts (delivered by Uttlesford Healthcare Ltd) expire on 31st March 2023. A project group was established with representation from Contracts, Commissioning, Quality, Finance and Attain (procurement) to undertake an evaluation of the current services and determine which services should be recommissioned
- The Board previously approved a waiver extending the contract to 30th June 2023 and although the time since the previous waiver has been utilised to undertake a full-service review and some early market engagement, there are new factors with potential to delay the start of the new contract including:
- Specifications needed clinical review and resource wasn’t available until January 2023
- Further market engagement needed
- Original timeline had no contingency built in
- Mobilisation period deemed too short for realistic implementation
- Contract award timeline anchored to ICB Commissioning Committee in July 2023.
- Subsequently, a short-term extension is required to allow sufficient time for a robust process to take place. The request is for a waiver to support an extension to the service to 30th November 2023 for both contracts.
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
- 4 Apr 2023, 15:43 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Apr 2023, 15:43 BST
- Authority reference
HWE CANS 2023- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009835- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) became a legal entity on 1st July 2022, replacing the previous Hertfordshire and West Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups. The organisation is in its early stages and is forming its commissioning and procurement strategies. It is the intention of the HWE ICB to undertake a full commissioning review of its services across the area. To procure services at this stage would risk destabilisation and misalignment to the wider strategy. This short-term extension will allow the HWE ICB time to ensure that a robust strategic review is undertaken which will inform the longer-term decision on how these services will be delivered in future for the benefit of our patients, and avoid unnecessary costs.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · GPwSI Services1 award | |||
| Stellar Healthcare LimitedSubcontracting: declared | £278,585 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · GPwSI Services1 award | |||
| Uttlesford Healthcare LtdSubcontracting: declared | £207,936 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
GPwSI Services · Stellar Healthcare Limited
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2023
- Value
- £278,585
- Status
- active
GPwSI Services · Uttlesford Healthcare Ltd
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2023
- Value
- £207,936
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care BoardReview contact point
- High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Stellar Healthcare LtdAwarded supplier
- Uttlesford Healthcare LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.