II.1)
Scope of the procurement
East Midlands Critical Care Transfer Coordination Service (Call Handling)
Reference number:
57705
75122000
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Administrative healthcare services
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England East Midlands Specialised Commissioning (referred to as the Commissioner), is seeking to commission a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver the specialised critical care transport co-ordination service (Call Handling) for the East Midlands Region through the publication of this ITT.
The service provider will receive and coordinate urgent and emergency requests made via telephone and digital routes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year from specialised service leads who require advice on resuscitation and stabilisation, the sourcing of cots/beds from within and outside the East Midlands region, and/or to facilitate patient transfers to and from general hospitals to specialist treatment centres via the commissioned Ambulance Transport Provider.
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.1.7)
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1047003.00
GBP
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
75122000
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Administrative healthcare services
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF -
EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance:
East Midlands
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
The procurement is to commission a service that is able to receive and coordinate planned, unplanned and repatriation requests via telephone and digital routes for intra-uterine, neonatal (CenTre), paediatric (CoMET), and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) for advice on resuscitation and stabilisation and/or patient transfers and/or repatriations to and from general hospitals to specialist treatment centres. For IUT requests, this service will also undertake bed and cot location services. In essence to help people who need critical care to get the right advice, first time and facilitate their journey.
The service will manage and coordinate requests for advice and/or transfers (via submission of a digital referral form wherever possible and/or a telephone call) according to processes that will need to be developed, agreed and implemented with the clinical service leads. The service will be delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The service will respond to all requests within the Key Performance Indicators.
NHS England East Midlands Specialised Commissioning is the contracting and commissioning authority for this service and wishes to commission centres across England to be delivered as part of a network arrangement.
The ITT documents are available through the EU Supply portal: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu
The reference is 57705 and the closing date for completed ITT responses is midday on Wednesday 9th November 2022.
Criteria below
Quality criterion
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Name:
Quality
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Weighting:
67
Quality criterion
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Name:
Social Value
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Weighting:
13
Price
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Weighting:
20
II.2.11)
Information about options
Options:
no
II.2.13)
Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
no
II.2.14)
Additional information
Following the ITT, no bids passed either the pass/fail criteria or the minimum quality threshold and therefore the process was abandoned in accordance with the Regulations. Consequently, the Commissioner intends to award an interim contract to the incumbent provider in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(a) for a period of 18 months to allow for a further procurement process to be undertaken.