Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
UK
Contact person: Geraldine Hickman
Telephone: +44 7767006153
E-mail: Geraldine.hickman@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
The Coach House, John Comyn Drive, Perdiswell
Worcester
WR3 7NS
UK
Contact person: Geraldine Hickman
E-mail: geraldine.hickman@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG12
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://herefordshireandworcestershireccg.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
Farrier House GP Surgery Worcestershire
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The CCG is looking to award a contract for GP Services Farrier House, based in Worcester to SW Healthcare. SW Healthcare is a Federation of GP Surgeries based in Worcestershire. It is seeking to directly award this contract under Regulation 32 (b) (ii) where competition is unlikely to be financially viable and changing provider at this crucial time in post-pandemic recovery period would be disruptive to patient pathways and not in the patients’ interests.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 424 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The CCG is looking to award a contract for GP Services Farrier House Surgery, based in Worcester to SW Healthcare, which is a Federation of GP Surgeries based in Worcestershire. The contract service includes 1) Provision of full GMS Services, 2) Achievement of additional Key performance indicators in the following areas: Access, Patient Engagement, Childhood Vaccinations and Immunisations, Cytology and Flu Vaccinations, Homeless and Vulnerable Housed Service. The current registered population for Farrier House Surgery includes a large proportion of university students.
It is seeking to do a Direct Award under Regulation 32 (b) (ii) where competition is unlikely to be financially viable and changing provider at this crucial time in post-pandemic recovery period would be disruptive to patient pathways and not in the patients’ interests.
The CCG is therefore looking to Directly award a contract to SW Healthcare for a period of Five years with an option to extend for a period of 24 months which constitutes an estimated contract value of around £4,424,000. The anticipated go-live date of this contract will be from 1st April 2022. This Direct Award follows on from the current contract which was awarded in April 2021 to SW Healthcare, continuing on from the original competitive procurement awarded in 2015.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
Under the NHS Long Term Plan Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are working towards a model of more integrated care within Primary Care alongside PCN and GP organisations. This model is still being developed in Herefordshire & Worcestershire. In the light of the current Covid 19 emergency situation, the focus of work is centred around post pandemic recovery. It would be unduly disruptive to the continuity of services for patients and cause substantial duplication of costs for the CCG to undertake a further procurement process at this point in time. It has become necessary therefore for the CCG, under Regulation 32 (b) (ii) to directly award a contract to SW Healthcare to ensure continuity and integrity of pathways during the next few years in post-pandemic recovery and during a period of immense change due to the development of new integrated pathways within the GP and PCN arena in Primary Care. Regulation 32 (b) (ii) states..>”where competition is absent for technical reasons…”The CCG does not feel that competition for this service exists at a viable financial level. The Fall-out from the pandemic emergency has now changed to post pandemic recovery efforts and this requires a focus on crucial resources to regain pre-pandemic levels of service and care. To change provider and pathways at this point would not be in the patients’ interests.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
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
13/08/2021
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
SW Healthcare Ltd
Droitwich Medical Centre, Ombersley Street East
Droitwich Spa
WR9 8RD
UK
NUTS: UKG12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 424 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Light Touch Regime’ services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime Services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the regulations (‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. 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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
The Coach House, John Comyn Drive
Worcester
WR3 7NS
UK
E-mail: geraldine.hickman@nhs.net
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
The Coach House, John Comyn Drive
Worcester
WR3 7NS
UK
E-mail: geraldine.hickman@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/08/2021