Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group
Green Zone (Pavilion CG), Ground Floor, Civic Centre Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
UK
E-mail: Candice.Clark@nw.london.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hounslowccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Brent Clinical Commissioning Group
Wembley Centre For Health & Care, Chaplin Road
Brent
HA0 4UZ.
UK
E-mail: Candice.Clark@nw.london.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://brentccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group
The Heights, Middlesex, 59-65 Lowlands Rd
Harrow
HA1 3AW
UK
E-mail: Candice.Clark@nw.london.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.harrowccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Ealing Clinical Commissioning Group
Perceval House, 14/16 Uxbridge Rd
London
W5 2HL
UK
E-mail: Candice.Clark@nw.london.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ealingccg.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NHS 111 Services.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of direct access, telephonic advice and support helpline to respond to urgent healthcare concerns of patients. The service forms an essential and integral element of the local Urgent Care System across Brent, Hounslow, Harrow and Ealing. Clinical triage of patient requests for support is undertaken to inform the provision of immediate advice regarding the direction to access emergency, urgent and more routine health care services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 028 622.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
North West London.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Establishment of an interim contract for a period of 12 months (with the option to extend further by up to 6 months) to provide an effective bridge between existing healthcare provision and an intended new future model of service provision. The award of the interim arrangement will be made to the incumbent provider to ensure continuity of necessary service provision to local patients.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The award of the interim contract will ensure continuation of essential healthcare service provision whilst the contracting authority completed its redesign work that will take account of recently released new service standards and requirements published by NHS England. The Contracting Authority plans for market engagement to taken during early/mid 2017 to inform the preparations for a competitive process that will establish a more substantive contract(s) to deliver the new requirements of the Contracting Authority following the current redesign work. The award of this interim contract to the incumbent provider is considered a proportionate decision given the current circumstances and recognising the role that competition will play as the new requirements of the Contracting Authority more fully emerge during 2017.
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
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V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Care UK
Connaught House, 850 the Crescent Colchester Business Park
Essex
CO4 9QB
UK
NUTS: UKH3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 028 622.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/04/2017