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Contract Award Notice

Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers

  • First published: 22 October 2024
  • Last modified: 22 October 2024
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-047910
Published by:
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Authority ID:
AA72179
Publication date:
22 October 2024
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) sites to be provided 24 hours per day 365 days a year. RMOs will support the substantive team including the arrest team, assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies leading the resuscitation team.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Warrington Hospital,Lovely Lane

WARRINGTON

WA51QG

UK

Contact person: Amy Yates

E-mail: amy.yates3@nhs.net

NUTS: UKD61

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://whh.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

Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers

Reference number: C294466

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) sites to be provided 24 hours per day 365 days a year. RMOs will support the substantive team including the arrest team, assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies leading the resuscitation team.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 3 000 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

85000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD6


Main site or place of performance:

Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2DA

CSTM Earls Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2HH

Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officer (RMO) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust sites 24 hours per day 365 days per year to be an integral part of the team, including the arrest team during working hours and assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies/lead the resuscitation team. Responsible for the provision of medical care to patients on a routine and emergency across Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust.

All RMO's is required to cover the following areas:

Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2DA - 1 x RMO 24/7.

CSTM Earls Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2HH - 1 x RMO 24/7

Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG- Medical cover 2 x part time RMO (40 hours per week) with flexibility to work across both sites.

Provider(s) are required to ensure that:

• The position is constantly filled 24hrs, 7 days a week for the full duration of the contract

• The reputation of the Trust is upheld through a high quality service

• A sleep-in service is available across all three sites for on-call weekend and overnight shifts. Accommodation for none-on-call clinicians will be arranged by the provider.

• Subsistence for non on call staff is to be arranged by the provider.

The RMO's will be expected to assist in the management of all patients and provide backup support to the surgical registrars, junior doctors and consultants, including undertaking detailed assessments of each inpatient when called to do so by the nurses, and to make complete, clear and legible medical records of the events with each patient. To clerk patients as requested who are being admitted to the wards.

The provider will submit a staffing rota to the Trust a month in advance with any amendments communicated at the earliest opportunity.

The provider will ensure that all RMO's are competent in spoken English and sufficiently proficient in written English.

The provider where appropriate will make arrangements for training of the RMO's. This shall include ensuring that RMOs have attended an European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) Advanced Paediatric Life Support (ALPS), or ALS, ACLS , or a certified training course which is recognised as current by the UK Resuscitation Council.

The RMO is accountable to the on-call non-resident Surgical Consultant at Halton and CSTM and appropriate Consultant.

This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £3,000,000

This contract is to replace an existing service and is awarded to the existing provider.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents / Weighting: 0

Cost criterion: The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents / Weighting: 0

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

II.2.14) Additional information

The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open 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:

2024/S 000-020092

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: C294466

Title: Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

14/08/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 6

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Cape Medical Services Limited

03682310

Worcestershire

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

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: : 3 000 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 29th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.

Written representations should be sent to whh.enquiries.procurement.team@nhs.net

The award decision makers included:

CBU Manager

GP

Matron

Associate Medical Director

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

There are no declared conflicts of interest.

The relative importance of key criteria is detailed in the procurement documents and has been applied accordingly.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Warrington

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

17/10/2024

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
amy.yates3@nhs.net
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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