Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
c/o NHS Halton CCG, 1st Floor Town Hall, Heath Road
Runcorn
WA7 5TD
UK
Telephone: +44 1928593479
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD71
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.haltonccg.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
NHS Halton CCG — Urgent Treatment Centres
Reference number: M-18-08
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Halton CCG is looking for providers of urgent treatment centres in the Borough of Halton. This procurement is being split into 2 Lots:
— Lot 1: provision of an urgent treatment centre in Widnes, and
— Lot 2: provision of an urgent treatment centre in Runcorn.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD71
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Halton CCG (the Contracting Authority) is procuring services for 2 Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs):
— 1 to be provided in Widnes, and
— 1 to be provided in Runcorn.
These services are an evolution of the current service provided at the respective urgent care centres and is based on a nationally mandated set of requirements that are detailed in the urgent treatment centres — principles and standards, published in July 2017. It is expected that both UTCs will be open for 12 hours per day; 7 days per week.
The UTC will consist of the following main functions:
— reception,
— triage,
— assessment and treatment,
— associated diagnostic tests/investigations,
— discharge, including necessary communications to the patient’s registered GP,
— onward referral if needed (e.g. assessment units),
— provision of self-care and wellbeing advice and information,
— helping patients with registration with a local GP if required.
The services based in the centres will be accessible by all of the patients of the 14 GP practices that are covered by NHS Halton CCG; and will also triage and treat patients from other CCG areas. There are a range of patients who will attend the UTC, including:
— patients who self-present or are bought by another (such as peer) will include patients with minor illness/ailment and/or injury and will be triaged as appropriate,
— patients who have contacted the 111 service and been advised to attend with or without an appointment time,
— patients who are transported/transferred by the North West Ambulance Service using the agreed Appropriate Care Pathway (ACP) protocol for patient management/disposition e.g. UTC,
— vulnerable patients in a crises e.g. elderly patients becoming confused due to a UTI requiring antibiotics,
— patients from care/nursing homes.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: Cost criterion
/ Weighting: Pass/Fail
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.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD71
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Halton CCG (the Contracting Authority) is procuring services for 2 Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs):
— 1 to be provided in Widnes, and
— 1 to be provided in Runcorn.
These services are an evolution of the current service provided at the respective urgent care centres and is based on a nationally mandated set of requirements that are detailed in the urgent treatment centres — principles and standards, published in July 2017. It is expected that both UTCs will be open for 12 hours per day; 7 days per week.
The UTC will consist of the following main functions:
— reception,
— triage,
— assessment and treatment,
— associated diagnostic tests/investigations,
— discharge, including necessary communications to the patient’s registered GP,
— onward referral if needed (e.g. assessment units),
— provision of self-care and wellbeing advice and information,
— helping patients with registration with a local GP if required.
The services based in the centres will be accessible by all of the patients of the 14 GP practices that are covered by NHS Halton CCG; and will also triage and treat patients from other CCG areas. There are a range of patients who will attend the UTC, including:
— patients who self-present or are bought by another (such as peer) will include patients with minor illness/ailment and/or injury and will be triaged as appropriate,
— patients who have contacted the 111 service and been advised to attend with or without an appointment time,
— patients who are transported/transferred by the North West Ambulance Service using the agreed Appropriate Care Pathway (ACP) protocol for patient management/disposition e.g. UTC,
— vulnerable patients in a crises e.g. elderly patients becoming confused due to a UTI requiring antibiotics,
— patients from care/nursing homes.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
Pass/Fail
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.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 224-512719
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: NHS Halton CCG - Urgent Treatment Centres
Title: Widnes
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: NHS Halton CCG - Urgent Treatment Centres
Title: Runcorn
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The only selection for type of procedure was ‘Restricted’ and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this is not a restricted procedure but “Other” procedure under the light touch regime. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following was set out in the procurement documents.
This procurement was for social and other specific 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’) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the Contracting Authority was only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
The Contracting Authority was 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 applied to this procurement.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/07/2019