Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
Westgate House, Market Street
Warwick
CV34 4DE
Contact
Naomi Hitchins
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG33 - Coventry
NHS Organisation Data Service
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/integrated-care-board/
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
The Provision of Caretaking GP Services: Whitestone Surgery
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board made an urgent direct award of a short term APMS contract in January 2024 for Primary Care Medical Services to be provided under Urgent Caretaking Arrangements at Whitestone Surgery following an Expression of Interest Process for an initial 6-month period with an option to extend for a further 6 months with the identified provider pending final CQC outcome.
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: £400,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG13 - Warwickshire
Main site or place of performance
82 Bulkington Lane
Nuneaton
CV11 3SB
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contractor will be required to provide all Essential Services, Additional Services throughout core hours as determined in the NHS General Medical Services Regulations 2004 and subsequent amendments.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) suspended registration for a period of 6 months with immediate effect (17th January 2024). The immediate impact was that the holder of the CQC registration was no longer able to perform regulated primary care services until at least the end of the 6-month period. Therefore, the ICB's responsibility was to commission care for the registered patients of Whitestone Surgery.
Due to the ongoing CQC regulatory process we are looking to extend this contract for a further 6 months.
Lifetime value of the contract is - £400,000 and the contract is being delivered between the following dates;
Original Contract - 29th January 2024 - 29th July 2024
Option to extend - 30th July 2024 - 31st January 2025
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: To address immediate risks to safety and quality of care / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for a further 6 months to 31st January 2025 with the identified provider pending final CQC outcome.
two.2.14) Additional information
The original contract period:
29th January 2024 - 29th July 2024.
The option to extend period:
30th July 2024 - 31st January 2025.
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
- Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority
Explanation:
Urgent award due to CQC suspension of registration.
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
29 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
Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance
Unit 1, The Boiler House, Electric Wharf, Sandy Lane
Coventry
CV1 4JU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG33 - Coventry
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £400,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £400,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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 justification to why the award was made under urgent circumstances was due to CQC suspension of registration.
The decision makers were the following people from Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board;
Tim Sacks, Director of Primary Care
Sarah Johnson, Head of Primary Care Contracts and Assurance
Mike Caley, Medical Director
No conflicts of interests declared of the individuals making the decision.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom