Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-01-31
Buyer: NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services
Estimated value: 4400000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In 2014 NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group, through an Any Qualified Provider Accreditation Process, sought organisations to provide a range of Elective Care procedures. Nuffield Health Taunton was awarded a zero volume contract through this process for Surgery and Out Patient Services. The range of services included in the contract support the principles and regulation of patient choice, particularly as it pertains to the NHS Constitution, the Standing Rules Regulations and the NHS Choice Framework. The currently contracted service expires in March 2018. In making this further award, the Commissioners awarding a contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2020 with the current provider, Nuffield Health Taunton. The value of the guaranteed service awarded under this notice is zero; however, current service is approximately £2.2m per annum.
In 2014, NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group, through an Any Qualified Provider Accreditation Process, sought organisations to provide a range of Elective Care procedures. Nuffield Health Taunton was awarded a zero volume contract through this process for Surgery and Out Patient Services which included:
The range of services included in the contract support the principles and regulation of patient choice, particularly as it pertains to the NHS Constitution, the Standing Rules Regulations and the NHS Choice Framework. The currently contracted service expires in March 2018. In making this further award, the Commissioners awarding a contract for a further 24 months until 31st March 2020 with the current provider, Nuffield Health Taunton. The value of the guaranteed service awarded under this notice is zero; however, current service is approximately £2.2m per annum. Nuffield Health Taunton continues to provide a good quality service that meets the needs and expectation of the Commissioner and Patients, and the Commissioner has no concerns regarding the proposed provider’s ability to deliver the service through to April 2020. As a result of all of the material factors noted above, the Negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) "competition is absent for technical reasons".
The contract term is initially 60 months from 1 May 2018 with an extension option at Commissioner discretion for any number of periods to a max. of 60 months. Bath and North Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (BaNES CCG) are the Commissioner. Wiltshire CCG (www.wiltshireccg.nhs.uk) and Somerset CCG (www.somersetccg.nhs.uk) may elect to make use of the resulting contract at some future date.
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
In 2014, NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group, through an Any Qualified Provider Accreditation Process, sought organisations to provide a range of Elective Care procedures. Nuffield Health Taunton was awarded a zero volume contract through this process for Surgery and Out Patient Services which included:
The range of services included in the contract support the principles and regulation of patient choice, particularly as it pertains to the NHS Constitution, the Standing Rules Regulations and the NHS Choice Framework. The currently contracted service expires in March 2018. In making this further award, the Commissioners awarding a contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2020 with the current provider, Nuffield Health Taunton. The value of the guaranteed service awarded under this notice is zero; however, current service is approximately £2.2m per annum. Nuffield Health Taunton continues to provide a good quality service that meets the needs and expectation of the Commissioner and Patients, and the Commissioner has no concerns regarding the proposed provider’s ability to deliver the service through to April 2020. As a result of all of the material factors noted above, the Negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) "competition is absent for technical reasons".
A Negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) "competition is absent for technical reasons" has been applied where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
As described in VI.3, deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.


Winner: Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital
Award value: 4400000
Number of bids: 1