Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £83,848,974
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 006519-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Feb 2024
- Published29 Feb 2024Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
This notice is intended to provide confirmation of an awarded contract for Adult Community Services to its incumbent provider to continue to provide services within the West Essex 'place' area. This contract award notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (reference 2023/S 000-005751). The contract is for 1-year with the option to extend for a further year (1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024 with the option to extend to 31st March 2025). The value of this contract is £41,924,487. This will increase to £83,848,974 if the option to extend is utilised. Both values are exclusive of VAT. The value identified in this notice is the upper value inclusive of the option. In line with the NHS Long Term plan, Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board has an ambitious strategy to integrate the delivery of health and care for the population. The West Essex system has been on a journey of integration with its incumbent providers for a number of years to develop …
About the supplier
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00707299).