Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Warrington Hospital,Lovely Lane
WARRINGTON
WA51QG
Contact
Francis Arhin
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD61 - Warrington
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Echocardiographers
Reference number
Contract Reference: RM6276
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
To provide echocardiographers to carry out 45-minute scans per week and associated reporting at Halton Hospital.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33112340 - Echocardiographs
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD6 - Cheshire
Main site or place of performance
Halton Hospital
Hospital Way
Palacefields
Runcorn
WA7 2DA
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Echocardiographers to carry out scans and associated reporting at our Halton site. The Trust will be looking for approximately 55 scans per week but this may increase or decrease depending on the budget available.
- We are confident the contract period allows for delivery of the indicative volumes.
- Our initial conversation also included activity at Warrington Hospital, so we would be interested in understanding flexibility across both sites through the course of the contract, specifically for weekdays.
- Xyla Elective Care are happy to support with flexibility of service and would suggest capacity periods of 3 months over the duration of this contract to ensure that volume supplied matches the needs of the trust
- Current projected availability for June, based on 3x members of staff, whose availability has been ring-fenced for Warrington.
-At least one member of staff is familiar with the Trust
-Availability of 24 clinics (immediately bookable) through June, for an initial minimum of ~300 patients
-This is without any weekend capacity or expanded recruitment and based on a combination of short and long days as an average projection.
- Our existing staffing pool includes options for up to 8 additional staff in the local area for resilience and additional capacity over weekdays/weekends.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
12 July 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach 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 decision maker is Melanie Alsop Service Manager (melanie.alsop1@nhs.net) and Carol Graham Cardio-respiratory service manager (carolgraham1@nhs.net)
The intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process.