Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Partners Procurement Service
Service Level, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
UK
Contact person: Mrs Jenny Kervarrec
Telephone: +44 2079932295
E-mail: rf.ppstenders@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.lppsourcing.org
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lppsourcing.org
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
STRAT5577 — Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services
Reference number: DN368798
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Partners procurement service, on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust (the ‘Authority’) is procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of non-emergency patient transport services (the ‘Framework Agreement’) that will be available to all current and future members of North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (NCL STP) members and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust group members (together, ‘Participating Authorities’) who may access the Framework Agreement during its term and enter into contracts under it.
This procurement and resulting Framework Agreement is split into 2 lots:
— Lot 1 is ‘Eligibility and Booking Services’,
— Lot 2 is ‘Patient Transport Service (‘PTS’)’.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
66 908 271.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Eligibility and Booking Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60000000
79510000
79511000
79512000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Partners Procurement Service (PPS), on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust, is procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of non-emergency patient transport services that will be available to all current and future members of North Central London sustainability and transformation partnership (NCL STP) members, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust group members, Hertfordshire and West Essex STP and Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (together, ‘Participating Authorities’) who may access the Framework Agreement during its term and enter into contracts under it.
Suppliers were invited to tender for the Framework Agreement for the provision of non-emergency patient transport services. This procurement and resulting Framework Agreement is split into 2 lots:
Lot 1: is ‘Eligibility and Booking Services’;
Lot 2: is ‘Patient Transport Service (‘PTS’)’.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Patient Transport Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60000000
60120000
60130000
60140000
85000000
85140000
85143000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement process will be carried out in accordance with the restricted procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘PCR’).
Whilst any participating authority may enter into contracts under the Framework Agreement, on award of the Framework Agreement, it is anticipated that the following Trusts will enter into separate contracts under Lot 2 within the first month of its term:
— Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
— North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trus,
— The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and
— The Whittington Health NHS Trust.
Each of the above Trusts wishes to put in place a separate 5 year call-off contract with the contractor for Lot 2, with the option of 2 12-month extensions. This will allow the Trusts maximum flexibility when planning for next steps following their contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 204-465598
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Eligibility and Booking Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DHL Supply Chain Ltd
251 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 882 191.54
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Patient Transport Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DHL Supply Chain Ltd
251 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1EA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 63 026 080.18
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice
The Royal Court of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
E-mail: rf.ppstenders@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/07/2019