Contract

Medical Cover for Brookfield Intermediate Care Centre in St Helens

  • NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-013050

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fd3a

Published 4 April 2025, 12:04pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Contact

Helen Graham

Email

mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD61 - Warrington

NHS Organisation Data Service

QYG

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome

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

Medical Cover for Brookfield Intermediate Care Centre in St Helens

Reference number

WHISP-336

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB who wishes to award a contract for Medical Cover Service for the Brookfield Centre, St Helens.

There are 30 beds at Brookfield, and they are classed as Level 3 community beds and can be used for step up or step down provision. Brookfield is registered with CQC as a residential care home and managed by St Helens Local Authority with therapy and nursing in reach from a Community NHS Provider. Brookfield is not a commissioned Health service. Brookfield delivers bed-based support and reablement for individuals who are medically optimised / clinically suitable to be cared for in a residential home setting with their medical needs met by primary care as if they were in their own home.

The contract that is to be awarded is for the medical cover of the individuals who are residing at the Brookfield Centre in St Helens.

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: £390,912

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD71 - East Merseyside
Main site or place of performance

Brookfield Centre, Park Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 1HE

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS Midlands and Lancashire is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB who wishes to award a contract for Medical Cover Service for the Brookfield Centre, St Helens.

The contract that is to be awarded is for the medical cover of the individuals who are residing at the Brookfield Centre in St Helens. The aim of the clinical service is to provide an enhanced proactive and responsive model of clinical cover to the 30 users of Brookfield during the in-hours period of 8am - 6:30pm from Monday to Friday. The service does not have to be provided by a GP but access to a GP is essential to enable nurses to escalate concerns and receive clinical supervision.

The contract is to be awarded for a start date of 1st July 2025 for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1-year period. The value of the contract is £97,728 per annum with a total of £390,912 over the total 4-year period.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality and Innovation / Weighting: 55

Quality criterion - Name: Value / Weighting: Pass/Fail

Quality criterion - Name: ntegration, collaboration and service sustainability / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice / Weighting: 15

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: Pass/Fail

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.14) Additional information

This contract award notice follows an F02: Contract Notice, but a link to the previous notice was not possible, the details are below:

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-002364

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04d5b5

Published 23 January 2025, 12:54pm


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 contract award notice follows an F02: Contract Notice, but a link to the previous notice was not possible, the details are below:

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-002364

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04d5b5

Published 23 January 2025, 12:54pm

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

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

20 March 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

St Helens Rota Ltd

Albion Street Clinic, Albion Street

St. Helens

WA10 2HA

Telephone

+44 1744673800

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD71 - East Merseyside
Companies House

03453965

Internet address

www.sthelensrota.com

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: £390,912

Total value of the contract/lot: £390,912


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. 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 midnight on Wednesday 16th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the Competitive Process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts and in addition reserves the right to award only part of this contract.

The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any provider in connection with this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any representation to the Contracting Authority.

Any written representations need to be made to mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

The decision for this award was taken by St Helens Place Senior Leadership team and no conflicts of interest were identified.

The relative importance of the key criteria is listed in Section II 2.5 of this F03: Contract Award Notice.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Email

enquiries@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom