Provision of Primary Care Out of Hours Services.
Contract award notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
Sanger House, 5220 Valiant Court, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth
For the attention of: Paul Wilkinson, Procurement Specialist
GL3 4FE Gloucester
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: [email protected]
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Health
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Provision of Primary Care Out of Hours Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: County of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: County of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
NUTS code UKK13
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The contract is for the provision of primary care out of hours services in the county of Gloucestershire. The aims and objectives of the service are:
- To provide urgent primary care (out-of-hours) for those patients who cannot reasonably wait until the in-hours primary care service is available again.
- To provide face to face consultations at treatment centres or in the patient's home and telephone assessment and advice in support of the NHS 111 service during the out of hours period.
- To provide a clear local patient care pathway which integrates and collaborates with the major healthcare, social care and voluntary sector providers in Gloucestershire in the delivery of out of hospital care.
- To provide proactive care for patients who are identified by their in-hours GP, Integrated Care Team (ICT), Care Home or Paediatric Specialist as requiring follow-up/home visit during the out-of-hours period to ensure timely care and help avoid a hospital admission.
- To provide urgent medical cover out-of-hours to inpatients in community hospitals within Gloucestershire.
- To provide enhanced levels of clinical advice to patients and HCPs (including Paramedics) through accessible and responsive telephone support supplemented as necessary by taking responsibility for care of some patients.
- To support care closer to home and avoid unnecessary acute admissions to hospitals by liaising with other services for alternative pathways of care.
- To establish working protocols which will enable the service to seamlessly transfer care to another provider/service, when the patient's needs would be better met by others with more specialist skills.
- To maximise use of skill-mix to provide the most appropriate care.
- To ensure services are provided in safe and secure environments that are supportive of privacy, dignity, confidentiality and individuality.
- To provide urgent primary care (out-of-hours) for those patients who cannot reasonably wait until the in-hours primary care service is available again.
- To provide face to face consultations at treatment centres or in the patient's home and telephone assessment and advice in support of the NHS 111 service during the out of hours period.
- To provide a clear local patient care pathway which integrates and collaborates with the major healthcare, social care and voluntary sector providers in Gloucestershire in the delivery of out of hospital care.
- To provide proactive care for patients who are identified by their in-hours GP, Integrated Care Team (ICT), Care Home or Paediatric Specialist as requiring follow-up/home visit during the out-of-hours period to ensure timely care and help avoid a hospital admission.
- To provide urgent medical cover out-of-hours to inpatients in community hospitals within Gloucestershire.
- To provide enhanced levels of clinical advice to patients and HCPs (including Paramedics) through accessible and responsive telephone support supplemented as necessary by taking responsibility for care of some patients.
- To support care closer to home and avoid unnecessary acute admissions to hospitals by liaising with other services for alternative pathways of care.
- To establish working protocols which will enable the service to seamlessly transfer care to another provider/service, when the patient's needs would be better met by others with more specialist skills.
- To maximise use of skill-mix to provide the most appropriate care.
- To ensure services are provided in safe and secure environments that are supportive of privacy, dignity, confidentiality and individuality.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85100000, 85121100
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 20 681 826 GBP
Excluding VAT
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
NGPT42/2013
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NGPT42/2013 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Provision of Primary Care Out of Hours ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:
12.10.2014
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 5
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Sowton Industrial Estate
EX2 7HY Exeter
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 20 681 826 GBP
Excluding VAT
Value: 20 681 826 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
1.4.2015