CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Provision of remote reporting of plain film radiography examinations.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

East of England

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

To provide a safe, secure & timely turn around of plain film x-ray examination reports for examinations undertaken within 2 Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust hospitals. Reports to be undertaken by NHS employed Consultant Radiologists or suitably qualified NHS employed reporting radiographers, using technology that allows remote viewing of images undertaken, & remote access to the Radiology Information System in use at both Hospitals. (CRIS).

All examinations will be undertaken within 2 working days (excluding weekends & Bank Holidays).

Interested companies wil be able to prove a high degree of clinical governance, with proof of audits undertaken on reporting Radiologists/Radiographers.

Proven methods will be in place to support urgent reporting where necessary, & indication of urgent findings. Reporting Radiologists/Radiographers should be available at times to offer verbal feedback to referrers if necessary.

Interested companies will support Radiographers on site within the 2 Community hospitals, by provision of examination protocols, & justification of any unusual requests.

Interested companies will provide the required technology to achieve secure access to images & the Radiology Information System in use.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The Anglia Support Partnership (ASP) serves the NHS and is one of the largest NHS shared services organisations in the country. With effect from mid April 2012, responsibility for the delivery of the Partnership's full range of support services - from operational support to occupational health and facilities management – has been provided by Serco.

Serco is an international service company, a member of the FTSE 100 and has been selected as the NHS' strategic partner for the delivery of support services through ASP. Serco also provides services in partnership with the NHS and other health and social care organisations in a range of primary and community settings and has recently been appointed to deliver community health services in Suffolk.

For this opportunity Anglia Support Partnership is acting as the agent of the contracting authority Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.

Estimated timescales

— PQQ Published 17.9.2012;

— ITT Published 8.10.2012;

— Notification of Award 4.1.2013;

— Contract Award 21.1.2013;

— Implementation period 21.1.2013 to 1.3.2013;

— Contract Start Date 1.3.2013.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice