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Published 18 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Mid and West Essex End of Life and Hospice Services

Official notice

Authority: NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Awarded value£6,858,333published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Mar 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Farleigh Hospice2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Contract Award Notice made by the Contracting Authorities; NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) in compliance with their local standing financial instructions (SFIs), for delivery of the following Services; an Inpatient Unit (IPU), a Hospice at Home service, a Bereavement service and a Rapidly Deteriorating Patients – bespoke care service, covering the population of Mid Essex. Additionally IPU, Hospice at Home and Bereavement Services are also delivered in West Essex.

This Contract Award Notice follows the Voluntary ex ante transparency notice (2022/S 000-007491) published: 18 March 2022.

All services will be contracted for a period of 24 months, from 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2024.

The aggregate contract value is forecasted at £8,230,000 (including VAT) over the two-year term, equating to £6,858,333 (excluding VAT).

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England · Mid and West Essex

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 18 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update: 1 Apr 2022, 13:26 BST
Authority reference: ACE-0576-2022-MSE
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-008828
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0323dd Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The Service falls within Schedule 3 (‘social and other specific services’, also known as the “Light Touch” Regime) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (‘PPAR 2020’).
The Authority is currently in a transitional period with the expectation to be superseded as a statutory body, by an Integrated Care Board in late 2022. The organisation shall have a key function as part of the overall Integrated Care System. At the current time, longer-term
strategies across all sectors are under discussion and longer term commissioning decisions and or procurements cannot take place until these legal arrangements are confirmed.
The Authority has therefore taken a decision to award a contract to the incumbent provider to manage critical risks and ensure consistency in provision of care that meet the needs of the population. The Authority has conducted relevant due diligence to establish this is an
appropriate provider to deliver these services including evidence regarding the providers CQC status, which was a ‘no need for inspection’ this year due to submission, and positive patient experience reported; recipient of awards from voluntary sector body, Hospice UK.
Additionally, the provider is considered most technically capable of providing the most economically advantageous solution to the Authority under the current environment whilst transitioning to the ICB, because the NHS is contributing to the overall costs for core Hospice activities/services being delivered by the provider already, and so gets a return on investment.
The Authority is applying the NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions to support a combination of services, some of which are part funded and one service which is 100% funded under a single clinical contract, to ensure appropriate clinical governance and service delivery quality as well as consistency of service to patients. However, staff are not ringfenced to the 100% funded service and work across different areas.

Publisher note: The Contracting Authorities participating in the publication of this VEAT and the award of the contract communicated herein are: NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Wren House, Colchester Road Chelmsford CM2 5PF https://midessexccg.nhs.uk/ NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Building 4 Spencer Close, The Plain Epping CM16 6TN https://westessexccg.nhs.uk/

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Buyer details updated
1 Apr 2022, 13:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £6,858,3331 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 16 Mar 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Farleigh HospiceMid and West Essex Hospice ServicesSubcontracting: declared	£6,858,333 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Farleigh Hospice	£6,858,333 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Mid and West Essex Hospice Services · Farleigh Hospice
Signed
16 Mar 2022
Value
£6,858,333
Status
active
Mid and West Essex End of Life and Hospice Services · Farleigh Hospice
Signed
16 Mar 2022
Value
£6,858,333
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Wren House, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, East of EnglandContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Epping, East of EnglandContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Farleigh HospiceAwarded supplier Farleigh Hospice, North Court Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 7FH
Farleigh HospiceAwarded supplier North Court Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 7FH

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.