Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-06-16
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 32154252 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of local Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) that ensures integration into local primary and community care hubs and delivers same day urgent needs to the population ensuring a consult and complete episode of care is provided. The Urgent Treatment Centres will be both an open-access and a referred-in service, operating on the principle that all patients should receive a consistent and rigorous assessment of the urgency of their need and an appropriate and prompt response.
Value: GBP 32 154 252 across both CCGs of (includes full achievement of the outcome- based performance elements of the service specification) for the duration of the 5 years.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this VEAT notice to confirm the intention to award a contract (subject to approvals) to Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for provision of Urgent Treatment Centre Services in Runcorn.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this VEAT notice to confirm the intention to award a contract (subject to approvals) to St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for provision of Urgent Treatment Centre Services in Widnes.
It is NHS Halton CCG’s intention to award a contract for the provision of Urgent Treatment Centre services in Runcorn to Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and in Widnes to Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The NHS Long Term Plan requires the implementation of the Urgent Treatment Centre model that works alongside other parts of the local urgent care network to provide an accessible and convenient alternative to A&E for patients who do not need to attend hospital. The focus is therefore on promoting collaboration and integrated service provision building on the service development and improvement work already undertaken with existing providers.
NHS Halton CCG wishes to develop its current systems approach with local providers to secure the necessary transformation and quality improvement in the delivery of local Urgent Treatment Centres in order to reduce reliance on A&E provision.
To be finalised following discussion with sub-contractor — namely Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this VEAT Notice to confirm NHS Halton CCG’s intention to award contracts for the provision of Urgent Treatment Centre provision in Runcorn and Widnes to Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust respectively.
The NHS Long Term Plan requires the implementation of the urgent treatment centre model that works alongside other parts of the local urgent care network to provide an accessible and convenient alternative to A&E for patients who do not need to attend hospital. The focus is therefore on promoting collaboration and integrated service provision building on the service development and improvement work already undertaken with existing providers.
NHS Halton CCG wishes to develop its current systems approach with local providers to secure the necessary transformation and quality improvement in the delivery of local urgent treatment centres in order to reduce reliance on A&E provision.
This VEAT Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
Following publication of the VEAT notice on 15th June 2020 there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on Wednesday 24 June 2020. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, the CCG will enter into contracts with Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for 3 year(s) with the option to extend by 2 years.
This contract award notice is also on behalf NHS Warrington CCG (1 Lakeside Court, Centre Park, Lakeside Drive, Warrington, WA1 1QX) who will be an associate to the contract.


Winner: Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Award value: 32154252