Provision of Echocardiographers

Concepts

• warrington
• health services
• echocardiographs
• echocardiographers
• additional capacity
• capacity periods
• expanded recruitment
• warrington hospital
• weekdays
• halton hospital

Location

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

Description

To provide echocardiographers to carry out 45-minute scans per week and associated reporting at Halton Hospital.

Total Quantity or Scope

It is the intention of the authority to award the contract under the most suitable contract process. Approximate life time value of this contract is £326,040.00 VAT exempt. This is a new service with an existing provider. Anticipated start date of 31st July 2024. Echocardiographers to carry out scans and associated reporting at our Halton site. The Trust will be looking for approximately 55 scans per week but this may increase or decrease depending on the budget available. - We are confident the contract period allows for delivery of the indicative volumes. - Our initial conversation also included activity at Warrington Hospital, so we would be interested in understanding flexibility across both sites through the course of the contract, specifically for weekdays. - Xyla Elective Care are happy to support with flexibility of service and would suggest capacity periods of 3 months over the duration of this contract to ensure that volume supplied matches the needs of the trust - Current projected availability for June, based on 3x members of staff, whose availability has been ring-fenced for Warrington. o At least one member of staff is familiar with the Trust o Availability of 24 clinics (immediately bookable) through June, for an initial minimum of ~300 patients - This is without any weekend capacity or expanded recruitment and based on a combination of short and long days as an average projection. - Our existing staffing pool includes options for up to 8 additional staff in the local area for resilience and additional capacity over weekdays/weekends.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 33112340 - Echocardiographs

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

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 decision makers by 04/07/2024. 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. 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 04/07/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to francis.arhin1@nhs.net The decision-makers are Carol Graham - carolgraham1@nhs.net, and Sharon Martlow - s.martlow@nhs.net There are no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interests. As Xyla Elective Care provided the highest percentage discount off tariff, the documents that they submitted were provided to the Cardio-Respiratory department. Following a review of these documents, members of the department advised that the documents provided reassurance that Xyla Elective Care were able to meet the department's requirements for quality assurance and clinical governance.