Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-24
Buyer: Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: East Riding of Yorkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85323000
Submission deadline: 2016-03-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Humber NHS Foundation Trust (HFT) is reviewing the medical model for the East Riding Community Hospital (ERCH), Withernsea Community Hospital (WCH) and Macmillian Wolds Unit at Bridlington Hospital
The aim is to secure a provider/s of medical cover for the wards that will have full autonomy in all clinical decision making and act as the Responsible Medical Officer (RMO). It is expected that the provider/s of service will ensure that there is adequate continuity in the medical cover provided to ensure continuity of care for patients and effective operational delivery.
The provider/s of the services must provide and develop services that are efficient, cost-effective and responsive to the needs of the people who use them, both as in-patient admissions and for day-case services. It is also expected that the provider/s will work in partnership with all stakeholders in the transformation of services. The community hospitals will play an essential part in emerging schemes which ensure better utilisation of the beds, prevention of avoidable admissions to acute hospitals, improved patient flow and increased treatment options.
The Provider/s will provide appropriate clinical cover to meet the needs for medical cover of in-patients in community beds across all Community Hospital sites in East Yorkshire. The appropriate clinical cover must deliver a safe service and may include both nurse-led and medical models, delivered by a suitably qualified clinician such as a Doctor licensed to work independently, reflecting the most appropriate operational model of delivery for each Community Hospital, to enable standardised and consistent access to all beds and in agreement with the Trust.
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This contract will be for initially be for service from contract award until 31.3.2017 with the option to extend for a further 2 1- year periods. The maximum estimated value for both lots is 400 000 GBP per annum inc. any vat if applicable.
Please note the initial contract period is short due the forthcoming tender our Trust is participating in for East Riding Community Services of which this service is an integral part. Further extensions will be dependent on the outcome of this process and the appointed provider's successful provision during this initial period.
Please note this tender is subject to the light touch regime rules for health service contracts light touch regime as regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations. Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority(ies) intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the light touch regime. Whilst reference has been made to the Open Procedure, the contracting authority is not bound to follow the process set out in the Regulations. The contracting authority will describe the process to be followed for this tender in the tender documentation.
The services to which this notice relates fall within the light touch regime as regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations. Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority(ies) intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the light touch regime. Whilst reference has been made to the Open Procedure, the contracting authority is not bound to follow the process set out in the Regulations. The contracting authority will describe the process to be followed for this tender in the tender documentation.

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