NHSE1039 - Host Organisation - North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Contract No C298411

Concepts

• health and social work
• warrington
• manchester
• lancashire
• north west adult critical care transfer service contract
• nhs greater manchester integrated care board
• integrated care board
• general adult critical care services
• merseyside integrated care board
• the north west adult critical care transfer service

Location

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria IntegratedCare Board - Lead ICB. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated CareBoard, and NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.

Geochart for 4 buyers and 1 suppliers

NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Lead Icb

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

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Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS ) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West Specialised Commissioning and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board - (Lead ICB), NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, and NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authorities), who undertook a competition to commission a Host Organisation - to deliver and manage the North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 did not apply to this award. The contract term was for a period of 5 years. The Host Organisation contract was to be awarded by November 2024, and full mobilisation of the service would have been confirmed in line with the awarded Host Organisation's mobilisation plan (phase 5 - go live).This was anticipated to be between 1st April 2025 and 30th September 2025, notwithstanding any supply issues to mobilise the service. The five-year contract would have commenced on the 'go live' of the NW ACCT service. The closing time and date for submission of competition response was 12:00 Noon on 06/09/2024.

Total Quantity or Scope

Host Organisation - to procure, deliver and manage the North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract term is for a period of 5 years. Contract commencement was anticipated to be between 1st April 2025 and 30th September 2025, notwithstanding any supply issues to mobilise the service. The five-year contract would have commenced on the 'go live' of the NWACCT service. The Host Organisation was required to provide all the requirements within the annual financial threshold of 5.66 million GDP per annum and the successful Host Organisation should be an NHS Acute Trust (or equivalent) who is CQC registered for the provision of General Adult Critical Care Services. Please note after award and before the commencement date the successful provider was required to occupy and deliver the service from a base located within the North West.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

NECS did utilise an electronic tendering tool to manage the competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there was no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, was conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. . It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have experienced any queries, or were having problems registering on the portal; they were advised to contact the Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm. Competition documentation was available on the e-tendering site from 12:00 Noon on 07/08/2024. Potential Providers were advised to look for NHSE1039 - North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Contract No C298411. The Host Organisation was required to provide all the requirements within the annual financial threshold of 5.66 million GBP and the successful Host Organisation should be an NHS Acute Trust (or equivalent) who is CQC registered for the provision of General Adult Critical Care Services. Please note after award and before the commencement date the successful provider was required to occupy and deliver the service from a base located within the North West. Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria were stated in the procurement documents.