Contract

Minor Injury Unit Services 2024/25

  • NHS Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB)

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-003778

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04375e

Published 5 February 2024, 5:29pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8TB

Contact

Raj Sandhu

Email

raj.sandhu@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF - East Midlands (England)

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://leicesterleicestershireandrutland.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

Minor Injury Unit Services 2024/25

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The aim of the service is to provide evidence based minor injuries care that optimises health and wellbeing and reduces the impact of ill health, whilst reducing pressure on both emergency and Urgent Care services.

Minor Injury Services provide highly responsive, effective and personalised services outside of hospital for the patient with urgent but non-life-threatening needs. These services deliver care as close to people's homes as possible, minimising disruption and inconvenience for the patient and their families and relieving pressure on emergency care 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: £317,261

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
Main site or place of performance

Market Harborough Medical Centre 67 Coventry Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 9BX

Latham House Medical Practice, Sage Cross Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, LE13 1NX

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The aim of the service is to provide evidence based minor injuries care that optimises health and wellbeing and reduces the impact of ill health, whilst reducing pressure on both emergency and Urgent Care services.

Minor Injury Services provide highly responsive, effective and personalised services outside of hospital for the patient with urgent but non-life-threatening needs. These services deliver care as close to people's homes as possible, minimising disruption and inconvenience for the patient and their families and relieving pressure on emergency care services.

LLR ICB are intending to award a contract to 2 existing providers following PSR direct award process C.

The whole lifetime contract value for each of the providers for a 12 month period effective from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 is as follows:

Market Harborough £178,144.00

Latham House, Melton £139,117.00

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 100

Cost criterion - Name: the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 0

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The Services to which this Advertisement relates fall within the scope of Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.

Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 16th February 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Minor Injury Units 2024/25

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

26 January 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Latham House Medical Practice

Sage Cross Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, LE13 1NX

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

LE13 1NX

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £139,117

Total value of the contract/lot: £139,117


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Minor Injury Units 2024/25

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

26 January 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Market Harborough Medical Practice

67 Coventry Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

LE16 9BX

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
Companies House

08440798

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £178,144

Total value of the contract/lot: £178,144


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The Services to which this Advertisement relates fall within the scope of Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such this contract notice is being published in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations as described within schedules 2-14.

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.

Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 16th February 2024, and should be submitted in writing to

raj.sandhu@nhs.net

This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

The decision to award these contracts was made by LLR ICB's by System Executive Group on 26/1/2024, which has delegated authority from the LLR ICB Board.

The Contracting Authority has applied equal weighting to the key criteria. The Contracting Authority has assessed the provider's suitability and technical / professional ability to undertake this service based on their current activities and performance, against the key criteria and basic selection criteria when making a decision to award this contract. The provider's economic and financial standing has been considered in proportion to the contract value and terms. The assessment demonstrates that the provider has been, and is likely to continue to satisfy the requirements of the contract. The intention to award the contract is made on this basis.

Conflicts of interest were identified among LLR ICB System Executive Group (SEG), 26/01/2024. The non-conflicted members assessed the nature and risk of this conflict, and decided what steps to take to avoid and manage it. The ICB took the step to exclude the conflicted member from related discussions, and excluded the conflicted member from decision-making.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8TB

Country

United Kingdom