Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services - Hertfordshire

Concepts

• health services
• continuing healthcare
• welwyn garden city
• hertfordshire
• nhs hertfordshire and west essex integrated care board
• continuity of care
• services - hertfordshire
• intention of nhs hertfordshire
• service disruption
• nhs continuing healthcare

Location

Hertfordshire:

Description

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a contract for Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Services to its incumbent provider. This is a short-term contract award. It is the intention of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) to implement an integrated contracting approach in conjunction with system partners. A new short-term contract will enable the strategy to be developed and adopted as part of the CHC contracting progress. The short-term contract award will avoid service disruption and maintain continuity of care for our patients whilst this work is completed.

Total Quantity or Scope

The continuing care in-patient care home service is available for adults aged 18 and over who are registered with a Hertfordshire GP and have been determined as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, and who have expressed a care home placement whose needs can be best met within that environment. The service is accessible to anyone with a medical condition that can be safely and appropriately managed in a care home environment. The incumbent provider is Bupa Care Homes who operate a number of homes throughout Hertfordshire from which these services will be provided. The contract has been in place with Bupa since April 2013 with a cumulative contract value to date of £43,303,376. The value of the new contract is £1,920,000 per annum. The contract will run from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 with the option to extend for a further 12 months with a maximum value of £3,840,000.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The contract will run from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 with the option to extend for a further 12 months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

This is a short-term contract award. It is the intention of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) to implement an integrated contracting approach in conjunction with system partners. A new short-term contract will enable the strategy to be developed and adopted as part of the CHC contracting progress. The short-term contract award will avoid service disruption and maintain continuity of care for our patients whilst this work is completed.

Other Information

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