NHS BNSSG - Palliative and End of Life Care (PEoLC)

Concepts

• bristol
• health services
• bnssg icb
• life care
• life care preferences
• peolc service provision
• bnssg
• care
• nhs
• peolc

Location

Within the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board footprint

Description

BNSSG ICB is awarding the named providers contracts to deliver palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) across BNSSG until 31/03/2027. These services are essential to support patients who are at the end of life, to enable them to attain the highest possible quality of life in accordance with their end of life care preferences. Awarding the named providers will result in continuity of care for patients and their families, whilst the ICB undertakes a review of PEoLC service provision, to ensure we are commissioning the best services for our population.

Total Quantity or Scope

The providers are being awarded 4-year contracts, with a start date of 1st April 2023. The contract values are as follows: St Peter's Hospice - £12,475,236 (over 4 years) Weston Hospicecare - £2,480,244 (over 4 years) Marie Curie - £1,498,468 (over 4 years) All the relevant Providers are providing a service of acceptable quality that meets the needs and expectation of the ICB and patients. The ICB has no concerns regarding the proposed providers' ability to deliver the service. As a result of all the material factors noted above, the negotiated procedure without prior publication is justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) 'competition is absent for technical reasons'.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

All the relevant Providers are providing a service of acceptable quality that meets the needs and expectation of the ICB and patients. The ICB has no concerns regarding the proposed providers' ability to deliver the service. As a result of all the material factors noted above, the negotiated procedure without prior publication is justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) 'competition is absent for technical reasons'.

Other Information

The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). The services procured through this procurement process are fully regulated under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015), and more specifically under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii). The process has been undertaken in full accordance with the law.