East of England Region Home Oxygen Service

The purpose of this notice is to confirm the outcome of the procurement process for the provision of Home Oxygen Services across the East of England Region. This notice is being published by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) as the lead commissioner on behalf of the other Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within the East of England Region. The previous process and notice was published by NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as the lead CCG on behalf of the other CCGs within the East of England Region prior to the ICBs being established on 1st July 2022.

The contract opportunity notice was published on the Find a Tender Service on 7th June 2021, reference: 2021/S 000-012732.

The advertised East of England Home Oxygen service comprised the following key elements:

• Responding to requests for the Installation and Supply of Equipment, including identifying and providing the agreed equipment, facilities and services required to perform the contract
• The ongoing maintenance and servicing of equipment
• Identifying and processing the re-imbursement of electricity costs
• Providing business management information as set out within the Contract
• Installation of equipment and the provision of consumables related to home oxygen supply to service users
• Provision of a portal which complies with the minimum requirements set out within the Portal Specification contained within the tender documents.
• The service will be delivered 7 days a week to support the expected increase in patients being discharged from hospital during weekends and bank holidays and reduce the requirement for urgent 4-hour Home Oxygen Order Forms (HOOFs).