Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-06-18
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of 6 Staffordshire CCGs
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 79512000 | 85100000: Health services | 85121100: General practitioner services | 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel
Estimated value: 2492547 GBP
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: North Staffordshire CCG and Stoke on Trent CCG, Stafford and Surrounds CCG, Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire CCG and East Staffordshire CCG currently commission an GP Out of Hours service which includes ED streaming and service to Staffordshire Prisons, an Urgent Care Centre and a 111 system. All of the above contracts were awarded separately to Vocare Ltd. In order to ensure continuity of service the CCGs are proposing to amalgamate all contracts and award a new interim contract to the existing provider with a coordinated end date of 30.9.2020 to allow the CCGs time to complete a procurement exercise for a Pan Staffordshire Integrated Urgent Care Service.
Area serviced by all Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs; Prisons located within County of Staffordshire. Apart from the Seisdon Peninsula (for GP OOH provision).
North Staffordshire CCG and Stoke on Trent CCG currently commission an Integrated GP Out of Hours service which includes ED streaming and the Urgent Care Centre based at the University Hospital of North Midlands Royal Stoke Hospital site.
Stafford and Surrounds CCG and Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire CCG currently commission under a separate contract GP Out of Hours Services; this incorporates all Prisons in the County of Staffordshire. This is offered on a basis of direct referral to patients registered with GPs contracted with the named CCGs via the 111 system.
East Staffordshire CCG currently commission a GP Out of Hours contract under a lead provider framework with that service ending 30.6.2019.
All of the above contracts were awarded separately to Vocare Ltd. The North Contract is valid to 31.3.2021 and the South Contract to 31.7.2020.
NHS England commissioned on behalf of the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs the NHS 111 service which was awarded to Vocare Ltd and with the original contract extended to 31.3.2020.
In order to ensure continuity of service the CCGs are proposing to amalgamate all contracts and award a new interim contract to the existing provider with a coordinated end date of 30.9.2020 to allow the CCGs time to complete a procurement exercise for a Pan Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Urgent Care Service.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU are publishing this VEAT notice to confirm NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG, NHS Cannock Chase CCG, NHS East Staffordshire CCG, NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG, NHS North Staffordshire CCG and NHS Stoke on Trent CCG will merge existing contracts into a single contract with Vocare Ltd. The majority of contracts expire beyond the proposed start of a new service being tendered for. The service is clinical in nature and the new contract will ensure continuity of these services to the population serviced by the named CCGs.
Following publication of the VEAT notice on 19.6.2019, there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on 1.7.2019. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG, NHS Cannock Chase CCG, NHS East Staffordshire CCG, NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG, NHS North Staffordshire CCG and NHS Stoke on Trent CCG will merge existing contracts into a single contract with Vocare Ltd. The contract will be up to 30.9.2020


Winner: Vocare Ltd
Award value: 2492547