Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Wirral Community Health & Care Trust
RY7
Church Road
BIRKENHEAD
CH420LQ
UK
Contact person: Heather Thornton-Dawson
Telephone: +44 1515142888-6004
E-mail: heather.thornton5@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD74
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/
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
Community Cardiology
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85121000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of Consultant Cardiologist to provide Community Cardiology Outpatients Model, Clinical Leadership and support service developments. This is a one year contract with option to extend for a further period of 12 months
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
68 415.38
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Basic criteria are met - service requirements below:
• Consultant Cardiologist and ability to act as Clinical Lead
• Professional membership with the General Medical Council
• Extensive relevant experience
• Ability to clinically triage incoming referrals for cardiology
including echocardiography
• Ability to undertake both telephone and face to face
consultations.
• Ability to record keep appropriately within allocated time.
• Able to provide clinical supervision to junior members of the
clinical team
• Able to contribute to cardiology MDTs.
• SystmOne trained
Provider meets all the above requirements evidenced through delivery of the current service and audit of qualifications.
The Service is in scope of PSR (Regulation 3 Schedule 1)
The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably i.e. The considerable change threshold Regulation 6(10), 6(12) is not met
The Trust has undertaken an assessment against basic criteria and service specific key criteria and determined that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and is likely to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
The Trust is not required to follow Direct Award Processes A or B and the intention is to award under Direct Award Process C
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: VFM assessed as one of the criteria
/ Weighting: 0
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 3rd September 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
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
21/08/2024
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
Liverpool Heart & Chest NHS Foundation Trust
RBQ
Thomas Drive
Liverpool
L14 3PE
UK
NUTS: UKD
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 68 414.68
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.
Representations by providers must be made to by midnight on 3rd September 2024 to wchc.wchcpsr@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Details of the award decision-makers:
Community Cardiology Lead
Service Director
Management Accountant
Head of Procurement
Deputy Director of Contracts & Commissioning
Interim Chief Finance Officer
No conflicts or potential conflicts of interest were declared
Criterion Weighting
(out of 100) Score Total
Quality and innovation 25 5 25
Value 10 3 6
Integration, Collaboration
and service sustainability 30 5 30
Improving access,
reducing health
inequalities, and facilitating
choice 30 5 30
Social Value 5 10 10
Total 96/100
- include a statement explaining the relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria.
Sample wording: 'Conflicts of interest identified among [group/committee/officer]: [number]. The non-conflicted members have assessed the nature and risk of this conflict, and have decided which steps to take to avoid or manage it. [Potential steps may include: excluding the conflicted member from related discussions, excluding the conflicted member from decision-making, delegating the matter to a sub-committee of non-conflicted decision-makers, or seeking independent advice to help make the decision. This list is illustrative rather than exhaustive.]'"
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel following trust review
National body
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/08/2024