Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Commissioning Board
White Rose House, West Parade
Wakefield
WF1 1LT
Contact
Martin Pursey
wyicb-kirk.procurement@nhs.net
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE45 - Wakefield
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
WYICB - Out of Hours Primary Medical Services & Associated Services across West Yorkshire
Reference number
WYUC 2426
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Please Note this notice completes a process that commenced prior to 1st January 2024 under PCR and NHS Procurement, Patient Choice & Competition Regulations.
The current services are provided by Local Care Direct CIC (LCD) across West Yorkshire. The service comprises of Out of Hours Primary Medical Services; operation of 2 Urgent Treatment Centres within Leeds; and associated services. The current contract ends on 31 March 2024.
This notice is to advise the intention to directly award a contract to LCD to continue the provision of service by way of a 24-month contract. The extension is to allow the Commissioners to review and remodel the service specification that will complement the delivery and integration of urgent care service currently commissioned and in order to clearly articulate future requirements in the light of changes to commissioning infrastructure and delivery of extended and enhanced access to primary medical services.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £55,430,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85120000 - Medical practice and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE4 - West Yorkshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
WYUC provides primary medical care services to the West Yorkshire population during the ‘out of hours’ period primarily from 18:30 to 8am, weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and Bank Holidays. Service delivery components include provision of Primary Care Centres; home visiting; cover for practice protected learning time; urgent pathology test results; urgent prescriptions; operation of Urgent Treatment Centres (Leeds only); emergency department streaming; and provision of clinical assessment and telephone triage capacity. The service is provided to the following ‘places’ in West Yorkshire: Kirklees; Calderdale; Bradford & Airedale; and Leeds.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: N/A / Weighting: N/A
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The 24-month contract is to allow the Commissioners to review and remodel the service specification that will complement the delivery and integration of urgent care service currently commissioned and in order to clearly articulate future requirements in the light of changes to commissioning infrastructure and delivery of extended and enhanced access to primary medical services.
Commissioners are confident that an award of a new contract to a single provider without advertisement is justified and are satisfied that at this point in time the overall contract is capable of being provided only by that provider. The Commissioner’s guiding principles being:
• the requirement to commission services from those providers that are most capable of securing the needs of health care service users and improving the quality and efficiency of services, and that provide the best value for money in doing so.
• the requirement to consider appropriate means of improving NHS health care services.
The Commissioner is undertaking a detailed review of the provision of these services in its local area to understand how those services can be improved and, as part of that review, identified that the most capable provider of those services at this point in time and for the foreseeable future is the current provider. The review has included an assessment to determine past and current performance, capability and capacity for the provider to deliver the future requirements of the contract.
In the context of the review undertaken and ongoing into what needs to change, the Commissioner has been able to identify with reasonable certainty that it is the incumbent provider that is capable of providing the contract (or that is capable of developing the capacity/infrastructure to do so) and to determine the incumbent provider is most capable of securing the needs of health care service users and of improving services, and represent best value for money for the 24-month contract period required from 1st April 2024.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
1
Title
Out of Hours Primary Medical Services & Associated Services across West Yorkshire
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16 January 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Local Care Direct CIC
Sheridan Teal House, Unit 2 Longbow Close, Pennine Business Park,
Huddersfield
HD2 1GQ
Telephone
+44 1484421803
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE44 - Calderdale and Kirklees
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £55,430,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Stand, Holburn
London
WC2A 2LL
Telephone
+44 2079476000
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice