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# Palliative and End of Life Care and Community Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-and-community-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea16). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Thames Valley Integrated Care Board: "Palliative and End of Life Care and Community Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Thames Valley Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-valley-integrated-care-board-GB-FTS-186049)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ea16`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-and-community-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea16#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (the Commissioner) is publishing this notice to inform the market of its intention to award a contract through the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process for the provision of specialist palliative and end-of-life care services, including specialist medical support, for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions across the Thames Valley.
The service will provide palliative and end-of-life care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions across the Thames Valley.
The Commissioner has a strong preference for providers that can demonstrate established specialist paediatric palliative care infrastructure, delivers specialist medical input within the current Thames Valley pathway, and is already embedded in relevant referral and clinical governance arrangements.
Providers who believe they are capable of delivering this service are invited to express their interest within 14 days of publication of this notice. The Commissioner will not begin identifying or assessing potential providers until after this period, in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime.
The contract duration is 3-years, and the anticipated service commencement date is October 2026.
The contract value is £1,360,677 excluding VAT
This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (the Commissioner) is publishing this notice to inform the market of its intention to award a contract through the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process for the provision of specialist palliative and end-of-life...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F080143-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-24T08:02:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:36:50.021Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ea16