Published date: 18 December 2016

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 19 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £148,000

Procurement reference

GH/SW/02

Published date

18 December 2016

Approach to market date

19 December 2016

Contract start date

3 July 2017

Contract end date

30 June 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante notice for the purpose of Transparency and is not a call for competition.
NHS South Worcestershire CCG wish to publish their intent with regards to the following service - South Worcestershire Bereavement service.
The intent is to award this contract to the current provider without a call for competition. Providers are invited to express comment or interest on this intent.
Bereavement Support South Worcestershire (BSSW)) provides bereavement support for families, relatives and friends who have experienced either sudden or expected deaths. Bereavement Support South Worcestershire provides a tiered support system that aims to meet a diversity of needs within the local community, ranging from non-intervention support to high-level intervention work:
Annual value is £76k per annum.
"Light Touch Regime" services: This service is classified as clinical which comes under the Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ("Regulations"). The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this service under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency. This service may be subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance";

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2017/2018 £148,000

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Geraldine Hickman

Address

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU.
Heron House 120 Grove Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
England

Email

geraldine.hickman@nhs.net