Merlyn Vaz Healthcare Hub Services

Concepts

• health and social work
• leicester
• primary care services
• merlyn vas healthcare hub services
• merlyn vas healthcare hub
• merlyn vaz healthcare hub services
• hub
• vaz
• healthcare
• merlyn

Location

Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland

Description

Provision of services for Merlyn Vas Healthcare Hub services to include integrated urgent care and primary care services, based in a community care setting within Leicester City for patients residing in LLR, including an Urgent Treatment Centre (08:00-20:00), and a GP Out-of-Hours service (21:00-08:00), seven days per week, to meet local demand and prevent avoidable visits to an Emergency Department (ED), and reduce the number of patients attending.

Total Quantity or Scope

LLR ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following PSR direct award process C. The whole lifetime value of the contract is £3,377,590.00 for a 1 + 1 year contract length effective from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2026.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The whole lifetime value of the contract is £3,377,590.00 for a 1 + 1 year contract length effective from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2026.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

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 15th February 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR

Other 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. The Services to which this Advertisement relates fall within the scope of Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such this contract notice is being published in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations as described within schedules 2-14. 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 decision makers by 15th February 2024, and should be submitted in writing to raj.sandhu@nhs.net This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The decision to award these contracts was made by LLR ICB's System Executive Group on 26/1/2024, which has delegated authority from the LLR ICB Board. The Contracting Authority has applied equal weighting to the key criteria. The Contracting Authority has assessed the provider's suitability and technical / professional ability to undertake this service based on their current activities and performance, against the key criteria and basic selection criteria when making a decision to award this contract. The provider's economic and financial standing has been considered in proportion to the contract value and terms. The assessment demonstrates that the provider has been, and is likely to continue to satisfy the requirements of the contract. The intention to award the contract is made on this basis. Conflicts of interest were identified among LLR ICB System Executive Group (SEG), 26/01/2024. The non-conflicted members assessed the nature and risk of this conflict, and decided what steps to take to avoid and manage it. The ICB took the step to exclude the conflicted member from related discussions, and excluded the conflicted member from decision-making.