PSR (C&C) - Radiotherapy Treatment Mutual Aid

Concepts

• hospital
• leicester
• radiotherapy treatment
• treatment planning
• radiotherapy treatment planning
• 5 radiotherapy treatments
• the individualised treatment plan
• radiotherapy treatment mutual aid
• a radiotherapy planning
• mutual aid

Location

Lincoln County Hospital<br/>Greetwell Road<br/>Lincoln<br/>Lincolnshire<br/>LN25QY

Description

Radiotherapy treatment planning and delivery for University Hospitals of Leicester cancer patients by United Lincolnshire NHS Trust. University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) has a backlog of breast and prostate patients due to a lack of capacity across the 4 linear accelerators. Several mitigations are in place including an additional linac which is due to be operational in February 2025. In the meantime, mutual aid is being sought from other providers to reduce the waiting times for patients accessing radiotherapy treatment.ULHT to provide radiotherapy treatment planning and treatment delivery, this will involve the acquisition of a radiotherapy planning CT scan and the creation of the individualised treatment plan followed by 5 radiotherapy treatments.This contract is being awarded under the Urgent Award Criteria for the Provider Selection Regime. The award must be made urgently due to a service that needs to be arranged rapidly in unforeseen emergency.The total contract value is estimated to be £82,954.37 based on a tariff cost per week (SC40Z and SC23Z) OF £2107.68 and £1,348.75, causing a total per week of £2456.432 over the contract duration.The services will be delivered under contract from 14/10/2024 to 31/03/2025. The authority will undertake a PSR assessment for the service procedure in February 2025.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85110000 - Hospital and related services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

Radiotherapy treatment planning and delivery for University Hospitals of Leicester cancer patients by United Lincolnshire NHS Trust. University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) has a backlog of breast and prostate patients due to a lack of capacity across the 4 linear accelerators. Several mitigations are in place including an additional linac which is due to be operational in February 2025. In the meantime, mutual aid is being sought from other providers to reduce the waiting times for patients accessing radiotherapy treatment.ULHT to provide radiotherapy treatment planning and treatment delivery, this will involve the acquisition of a radiotherapy planning CT scan and the creation of the individualised treatment plan followed by 5 radiotherapy treatments.This contract is being awarded under the Urgent Award Criteria for the Provider Selection Regime. The award must be made urgently due to a service that needs to be arranged rapidly in unforeseen emergency. It was unforeseen that mutual aid would be required initially, but an audit of UHLs waiting list times revealed them to be below national standard. To address this immediately, mutual aid has been sought through urgent procedure. The total contract value is estimated to be £82,954.37 based on a tariff cost per week (SC40Z and SC23Z) OF £2107.68 and £1,348.75, causing a total per week of £2456.432 over the contract duration.The services will be delivered under contract from 14/10/2024 to 31/03/2025. The authority will undertake a PSR assessment for the service procedure in February 2025.Decision makes included - Dan Bromley (Category Manager)Ali Babu (Procurement Graduate)Jade Mall (Assistant Contracts Manager)Vicki Turner (Head of Contracts)Suzanne Nancarrow (Associate Director of Operations - Cancer & Diagnostics)Suzanne Jordan (Head of Radiotherapy)Hayley Turner (Group Head of Financial Management)Jon Melbourne (Chief Operating Officer)There were no declared conflicts of Interest.