Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
London Borough of Hackney
Hackney Service Centre, 1 Hillman Street
Hackney
E8 1DY
Contact
Mr Joe Baxter
Telephone
+44 2083563000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI31 - Camden and City of London
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
City and Hackney Additional Roles Sustainability
Reference number
DN718188
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85121000 - Medical practice services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The London Borough of Hackney and the City of London would like to commission a provider to deliver an Additional Roles Sustainability Scheme via the Most Suitable Provider Process.
A most suitable provider has already been identified for this scheme.The aim of the scheme is to build and utilise the additional roles to help solve the workforce shortage in general practice as well as help achieve the government’s manifesto commitment of increasing the number of annual appointments in general practice by 50 million. Whereas the funding will be for new roles being introduced within PCNs, each network will have the flexibility to determine which roles form a core list they require based on their patient population requirements (although in the first year PCNs were limited to recruiting clinical pharmacists and social prescribers). However very broadly speaking PCNs have very similar population requirements and workforce issues. PCNs do differ in other ways which shape ARRS preferences. At the time when ARRS were introduced CCGs were required to document all pre-existing funded ARRS-type posts and commit to continuing to fund these, in order to ensure that the ARRS funding would be used to create additionality.
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: £533,165
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI31 - Camden and City of London
- UKI41 - Hackney and Newham
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The London Borough of Hackney and the City of London would like to commission a provider to deliver an Additional Roles Sustainability Scheme via the Most Suitable Provider Process.
A most suitable provider has already been identified for this scheme.The aim of the scheme is to build and utilise the additional roles to help solve the workforce shortage in general practice as well as help achieve the government’s manifesto commitment of increasing the number of annual appointments in general practice by 50 million. Whereas the funding will be for new roles being introduced within PCNs, each network will have the flexibility to determine which roles form a core list they require based on their patient population requirements (although in the first year PCNs were limited to recruiting clinical pharmacists and social prescribers). However very broadly speaking PCNs have very similar population requirements and workforce issues. PCNs do differ in other ways which shape ARRS preferences. At the time when ARRS were introduced CCGs were required to document all pre-existing funded ARRS-type posts and commit to continuing to fund these, in order to ensure that the ARRS funding would be used to create additionality.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Most Suitable Provider Process with Regard to the Key Criteria / Weighting: 100
Price
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
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 health service delivered to individuals and therefore falls under the Provider Selection Regime which allows for the award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition under a number of its procurement routes. In this case the procurement route used was the Most Suitable Provider Route.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-012105
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 December 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
City and Hackney Office of PCNs
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI31 - Camden and City of London
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £533,165
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The London Borough of Hackney
London
Country
United Kingdom