Provision of Hospital Capacity for Cardiff and Vale Health Board

Concepts

• cardiff
• hospital
• vale health board
• health board
• vale university local health board
• nhs shared services partnership
• velindre
• additional hospital facilities
• use of independent sector capacity
• provision of hospital capacity

Location

Wales:

Description

The NHS Shared Services Partnership hosted by Velindre are acting on behalf of the Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who require additional facilities to provide increased capacity for waiting lists due to the pandemic

Total Quantity or Scope

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing recovery programme, the Health Board has an urgent requirement for additional hospital facilities within or as close to their geographical boundaries to ensure the safety of their patients should a need arise for patients to be transferred back to UHW and/or UHL if required. The use of independent sector capacity is a core part of the Health Board’s plan for both stability and recovery within and following the pandemic period and will enable the reduction in the number of patients waiting for critical surgeries. St Joseph’s will provide dedicated NHS access for a facility rental agreement with an option for NHS surgeons and anaesthetists to operate for one full theatre per week as well as for radiology procedures to be completed The contract will deliver; a) Facility rental for Theatres - dedicated laminar flow theatre, and day case theatres, with selection and booking of procedures to be undertaken via the Health Board’s patient administration system allowing complete visibility of the patient journey and continuity of care for when the patient returns to C&V. The theatre will accommodate weekend work if required. All equipment, consumables, and theatre staff (excluding surgeon and anaesthetist) shall be provided. b) Facility rental for Inpatient services - inpatient capacity (12 rooms) and 5 day case pods for use by CVUHB. All inpatient rooms are en-suite and single occupancy to reduce any cross-infection risks. All nursing staff, consumables, pharmacy and RMO for post-op care and escalation of concerns to relevant consultant, if required, will be provided. c) Contract for Imaging – 50% of the Health Board imaging capacity per week will be provided. d) Cost per case contract for Endoscopy - a dedicated endoscopy suite will be provided which will operate a 2 session day from Monday to Friday, 10 sessions per week, as required. e) Facility rental for Outpatients – St Joseph’s can provide access to Outpatients facilities to provide clinics for use by NHS Consultants

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The Health Board is including a 12 month extension option should this be required at their sole discretion and is subject to funding available.

CPV Codes

• 85110000 - Hospital and related services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

Following review of suitable options, the Health Board has entered into discussions with St Joseph’s for a protected elective surgical unit facility to support the delivery of planned surgical procedures and inpatient stays for non COVID patients. St Joseph’s has the necessary capacity and can provide all requirements within one facility. The Hospital is close to Cardiff and Vale UHB’s boundaries being 14.4 miles from UHW and 19.5 miles from UHL. In addition, the Health Board has undertaken a cost analysis of the overall proposed expenditure and is satisfied that this offers good value for money for the Health Board. St Joseph’s is committed to being flexible to the Health Board’s potential changing requirements in specialities to maximise efficiencies for C&V as well as to the changing Covid environment. The contract will be modular so that the Health Board can adjust its requirements for services (items a – e) throughout the duration of the contract. It should be noted that the value in this notice is the maximum value should all services described be completed for the full duration of the contract. The contract will run from March 2022 for a 12 month period, with the potential to extend for a further 12 months and will have a quarterly break clause for termination if required. Based on the above, Procurement Services is applying a 10 day standstill period prior to commencing the award of this contract.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** (WA Ref:116475)