Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Service Level, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
UK
Contact person: Mrs Sandy Mehta
Telephone: +44 2077940500
E-mail: sandy.mehta@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
PR2635 — RFL — Strategic Partner in Developing Continuous Quality Improvement.
Reference number: DN232323
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to embedding continuous improvement into daily-work — both clinical and non-clinical work — across the trust and wider Royal Free Group in service of achieving best value for patients and families and the NHS, and best experience for staff. To accomplish this at pace and depth a strategic Quality Improvement partner is needed with which to work over 3 years. This partner will be an international leader in the field of continuous improvement and its practical application in diverse contexts.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 999 664.32
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust's aim over time is to become self-sufficient in improvement capacity and capability-building and to ensure that adequate infrastructure is in place to support improvement work at scale across the Royal Free Group.
There are 4 main elements to the partner role:
Element 1: Providing strategic support and leadership coaching;
Element 2: Building Quality Improvement capability and capacity;
Element 3: Supporting sustainable Quality Improvement support infrastructure across Royal Free London Group;
Element 4: Partnering on a ‘Signature’ initiative.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Providing strategic support and leadership coaching
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: Building quality improvement capability and capacity
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Supporting sustainable quality improvement support infrastructure across RFL group
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Partnering on a signature initiative
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Programme and mobilisation
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Resourcing
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: Achieving savings
/ Weighting: 4
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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
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
01/08/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
20 University Road
Cambridge
MA 02128
US
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:
: 1 999 664.32
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Partners Procurement Service
Kenwood Wing, Whittington Health, Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/11/2017