Official UK procurement notice
Palliative End of Life Care Adult Rapid Response Service in Northamptonshire
Authority: NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA 24/7 Rapid Response nurse-led service, providing urgent specialist care and support, including symptom management and non-medical prescribing both in hours and out of hours. The service will be provided to patients who are thought to be in the last eight weeks of life, where their preferred place of care is their own home (this includes residential care homes).
This is a transparency notice for a service delivered between 14th October 2025 and 31st March 2026
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 19 Aug 2026, 17:46 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 17:46 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079221- 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
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 award was made in relation to an urgent circumstance to ensure the continued provision of a community rapid response end-of-life care service for Northamptonshire. The current provider was unable to provide the 24/7 rapid response element of the Countywide Community-based Specialist Level Palliative and End of Life Care Service for Adults. Without this service, people will not receive the appropriate support required to be cared for or die in their own home or in a residential care home. Patients will not receive timely advice or symptom management, acute admissions may increase, and the quality and availability of care delivery will fall, leading to potential harm and suffering. Decision taken at UEC Board 22nd October 2025 No conflicts of interest identified.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHU Healthcare C.I.C. | £454,467 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 079221-2026-1 · DHU Healthcare C.I.C.
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2026
- Value
- £454,467
- 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- DHU Healthcare C.I.C.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.