Rapid Personalised Care Service (RPCS) - CHC Fast Track

Concepts

• health services
• rapid personalised care service
• welwyn garden city
• care service
• end of life care
• total cumulative value of this service
• chc fast track
• fast track assessment
• care
• care setting

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 'Rapid Personalised Care Service (RPCS) CHC Fast Track' to its incumbent provider, Peace Hospice, to continue to provide the services within the Hertfordshire area.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service supports patients whose condition is deteriorating very rapidly and who may need to have a fast track assessment for care to enable their needs to be met urgently. This is to enable them to go home for end of life care or to provide appropriate end of life support to be put in place either in their own home or within a care setting. The service has been in place since 2020, the total cumulative value of this service since it began is £3,866,573 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of the new proposed contract). The new contract will be for a period of 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months, starting on 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 (option to extend to 31st March 2025). The value of the new proposed contract is £1,100,000 (excluding VAT). The figure reflected in this notice is the total contract value, including the optional extension. Additional information: In line with best practice, the Authority will apply a voluntary 10-day standstill period from the publication date of this notice before awarding the contract, pursuant to Regulation 99 (3) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended (EU Exit) 2020 etc.)

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Option to extend for a further 12 months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) became a legal entity on 1st July 2022, replacing the previous Hertfordshire and West Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups. The organisation is in its early stages and is forming its commissioning and procurement strategies. It is the intention of the HWE ICB to undertake a full commissioning review of its hospice services across the area. To procure services at this stage would risk destabilisation and misalignment to the wider strategy. This short-term extension will allow the HWE ICB time to ensure that a robust strategic review is undertaken which will inform the longer-term decision on how these services will be delivered in future for the benefit of our patients, and avoid unnecessary costs.

Other Information

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