Contract

Provision of Echocardiographers

  • WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-019395

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04725e

Published 25 June 2024, 11:17am



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

Email

francis.arhin1@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 1925275280

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD61 - Warrington

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://whh.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

Provision of Echocardiographers

Reference number

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.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £326,040

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 Site, Hospital Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2DA

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

It is the intention of the authority to award the contract under the most suitable contract process. Approximate life time value of this contract is £326,040.00 VAT exempt.

This is a new service with an existing provider. Anticipated start date of 31st July 2024.

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.

o At least one member of staff is familiar with the Trust

o 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.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: The most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria / Weighting: 100

Price - 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. 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 04/07/2024. 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

Contract No

RM6276

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

25 June 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 9

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Xyla Elective Care, 9 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2APXyla Elective Care, 9 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AP

London

Telephone

+44 2077132756

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD6 - Cheshire
Companies House

11208789

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: £326,040

Total value of the contract/lot: £326,040


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 04/07/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Written representations should be sent to francis.arhin1@nhs.net

The decision-makers are Carol Graham - carolgraham1@nhs.net, and Sharon Martlow - s.martlow@nhs.net

There are no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interests.

As Xyla Elective Care provided the highest percentage discount off tariff, the documents that they submitted were provided to the Cardio-Respiratory department. Following a review of these documents, members of the department advised that the documents provided reassurance that Xyla Elective Care were able to meet the department's requirements for quality assurance and clinical governance.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Warrington

Country

United Kingdom