Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS West London Clinicial Commissioning Group
87–91 Newman Street
London
W1T 3EY
UK
Contact person: Thomas Harte
Telephone: +44 2033504403
E-mail: thomas.harte@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.westlondonccg.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
St Charles Urgent Care Centre
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The St Charles UCC offers an advanced nurse practitioner led service at convenient times for residents of Kensington and Chelsea and surrounding boroughs.
The service aims to:
— provide a high-quality walk-in service for service users with minor injuries/ailments,
— facilitate prompt, safe and appropriate treatment for service users with a range of minor conditions, thus preventing attendance at an Accident and Emergency Department.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 220 740.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI3
Main site or place of performance:
North Kensington.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Direct award of an interim contract for a period of 12 months (until 31.3.2020) and reserving the right to subsequently extend this for up to a further 12 months (until 31.3.2021) to enable the CCG sufficient time to engage with the market in regard to this service, to broaden the range of healthcare service during 2019-2020 and to develop an integrated health pathway model including Urgent Care. Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, the CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the incumbent provider will assure the safest solution and being considered the only technically capable provider at this time. The published maximum potential value is based on the intended contract value for year 1 and then extrapolated for 2 years, whilst recognising actual contract value may be lower than this.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical capacity
/ Weighting: 90
Price
/ Weighting:
10
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
Direct award of an interim contract for a period of 12 months (until 31.3.2020) and reserving the right to subsequently extend this for up to a further 12 months (until 31.3.2021) to enable the CCG sufficient time to engage with the market in regard to this service, to broaden the range of healthcare service during 2019-2020 and to develop an integrated health pathway model including Urgent Care. Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, the CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the incumbent provider will assure the safest solution and being considered the only technically capable provider at this time. The published maximum potential value is based on the intended contract value for year 1 and then extrapolated for 2 years, whilst recognising actual contract value may be lower than this.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Title: The Provision of St Charles Urgent Care Centre
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Ground Floor, 15 Marylebone Rd
London
NW1 5J
UK
NUTS: UKI3
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:
: 2 220 740.00
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 England and Wales
The Strand London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/02/2019