AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has formally awarded a direct Provider Selection Regime contract to ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER for specialist consultant medical input supporting palliative and end-of-life care for inpatients and transitions to non-acute settings.
Published outcomeThe notice records one active award and one active contract, with a contract value of £67,079 and a stated signature date of 15 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a continuation-style direct award to the incumbent provider under Direct Award Process C, rather than a competed opportunity.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER
98% confidenceAward 097405-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 67079 GBP · active
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Verified company name supplied for company number 01776496. The active contract linked to award 097405-2026-1 is valued at GBP 67,079; this is the single-award contract value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAward and contract notice
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Release history tags: award, contract.
Publication date
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Process published_at: 2026-10-15T11:54:36+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 097405-2026-1 has status active.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 097405-2026-1 has status active.
Contract conclusion
96% confidenceFormally awarded; contract signature date reported
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Lot narrative says the contract has now been formally awarded; contract dateSigned is 2026-10-15.
Lot record status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 status is cancelled, despite the linked award and contract both being active.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£67,079
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Contract 097405-2026-1 value: amount 67079, currency GBP.
Value allocation
93% confidenceSingle contract value linked to the sole published award
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One contract is linked to award 097405-2026-1, which names one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature date
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication date
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Process published_at: 2026-10-15T11:54:36+01:00.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_start_at is null and no start date is supplied in the contract record.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_end_at is null and no end date is supplied in the contract record.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSpecialist consultant medical input for palliative and end-of-life care
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Process description specifies specialist consultant medical input supporting palliative and end-of-life care services for ESHT inpatients and transition to non-acute settings.
Service category
99% confidenceHealth services (CPV 85100000)
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Tender classification and item additional classification: CPV 85100000, Health services.
Delivery locations
98% confidenceConquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital
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Item deliveryLocation description names both hospitals.
Lot
98% confidenceLot 1; no published lot title
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Award is related to lot 1. Lot title is null.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceProvider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C
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Procurement rationale and lot narrative state that the award used Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Competition
99% confidenceNo prior call for competition
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procurementMethodDetails: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
Buyer rationale
97% confidenceExisting provider assessed as satisfactory and likely to continue meeting requirements; service model and contractual arrangements stated as unchanged
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Published procurementMethodRationale.
Incumbent position
94% confidenceST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER is identified as the incumbent provider
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Procurement rationale refers to the incumbent provider, St Michaels Hospice; the sole award supplier is the verified entity ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER.
Bid and evaluation detail
99% confidenceNot published
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No bid count, scores or detailed evaluation results are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 097405-2026-1 status: active.
Options
98% confidenceNo options
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Lot 1 hasOptions: false.
Extension terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension provisions are supplied.
Duration
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start or end date is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial context
96% confidenceThe notice describes continuity of an existing service model and contractual arrangements through a direct award.
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Procurement rationale states the provider is delivering satisfactorily and that the proposed arrangements and service model are not changing.
Addressable opportunity signal
94% confidenceLimited in this notice
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The award was made without prior competition under PSR Direct Award Process C; no future competition or renewal date is published.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting status fields
99% confidenceThe linked lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are both marked active.
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Lot 1 status: cancelled; award and contract 097405-2026-1 status: active.
Treatment of status conflict
99% confidenceReported without resolving the conflict; the analysis does not treat the cancelled lot field as cancelling the active award or contract.
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The source provides contradictory linked lifecycle statuses.
Date completeness
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: contract start date and end date.
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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no corresponding dates appear in contract data.
Commercial completeness
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: pricing breakdown, duration, extension terms, bid count and evaluation scores.
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No such fields are present in the supplied data.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity verified by exact-name match to company number 01776496.
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supplier_identity_status: verified; match_method: exact_name; verified_company_name supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle contradiction: lot 1 is marked cancelled while its linked award and contract are marked active.
- No contract start date or end date is published.
- No lot title, individual lot value, pricing breakdown, duration or extension terms are published.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or detailed selection assessment are published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHERpalliative careend of life careProvider Selection RegimeDirect Award Process Chealth services£67,079
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the contract?
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER, verified under company number 01776496.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £67,079.
Was the contract competitively tendered?
No prior call for competition was published. The notice states that the award used Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C.
When was the contract signed?
The contract record gives a signature date of 15 October 2026.
When does the contract end?
No contract end date is published.
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