Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-08-14
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85121100: General practitioner services | 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel | 85141200: Services provided by nurses
Estimated value: 19700000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Delivery of Integrated Urgent Care GP Led Out of Hours Services. This will be a pivotal service for the local urgent care health and social care economies in Shropshire and will provide patients access to the right care at the right time.
GP Led Out of Hours Services are used by Patients outside of normal surgery hours to receive GP led appointments.
Delivery of the provision of Integrated Urgent Care GP Led Out of Hours Services. This will be a pivotal service for the local urgent care health and social care economies in Shropshire and will provide patients access to the right care at the right time.
In 2016, Commissioners and Providers formed the West Midlands Integrated Urgent Care Alliance Agreement to progress the integration of urgent care within the geographical boundary of the 16 Clinical Commissioning Groups forming part of the collaborative.
Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG act as the Lead Commissioner for Integrated Urgent Care on behalf of the 16 West Midlands CCGs, with Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin CCGs acting as Associate Commissioners on the contract. Care UK are contracted to provide the NHS 111 element of the Integrated Urgent Care service in the West Midlands.
We seek through our regional Alliance Agreement to drive more efficient and effective use of NHS resources. The Provider of the local GP Out of Hours services for Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin will need to agree to sign up to this Alliance Agreement as a requirement of this contract.
GP Led Out of Hours Services are used by Patients outside of normal surgery hours to receive GP led appointments and for the purposes of this procurement, the core services comprise:
2) Calls from Health Care Professionals (HCPs) into the NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) seeking additional clinical telephone advice for patients being attended in their place of residence or public place;
The West Midlands Core IUC/Out of Hours Service Specification details the core requirements and standards that all Providers must meet, including those services detailed above. The Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin CCG's Local Specification details all additional local services required supplementary to those included in the West Midlands Core Specification.
Additional Local GP Out of Hours Services for Shropshire CCG only include Flu Anti-Viral Treatment Service.
The contract will be for period of 3 years and 8,5 months in order to align this service with our Regional counterparts. The form of contract will be the prevailing NHS Standard Contract at the date of contract award. TUPE is expected to apply to the staff of the current services.
A sub-contracting agreeement is in place between Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and Shropdoc. Shropdoc will be providing the GP Led Out of Hours aspects of the Contract.
“Light Touch Regime” services: This procurement 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 Authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The Contracting Authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the Contracting Authorities are following is set out in the MOI. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (n


Winner: Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Award value: 19700000
Number of bids: 1