Award

Ear, Nose and Throat service

  • Northampton General Hospital N H S Trust

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-020807

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03e373

Published 19 July 2023, 3:37pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Northampton General Hospital N H S Trust

Cliftonville

NORTHAMPTON

NN15BD

Email

Carl.Holland@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Home.aspx

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

Ear, Nose and Throat service

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85111100 - Surgical hospital services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has an urgent need to outsource high volume low complexity (HVLC) Ear Nose and Throat activity (adult patients only) to the private sector. Competition is absent due to technical reasons around availability of capacity for additional ENT work regionally, evidenced by little or no availability on the national DMAS mutual aid system, and an urgent contract commencement date of 1 August 2023. Insourcing of this service to use NGH staff and NGH theatres is not an option due to theatres being in use 7 days a week.

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: £3,500,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
  • UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has an urgent need to outsource high volume low complexity (HVLC) Ear Nose and Throat activity (adult patients only) to the private sector. Competition is absent due to technical reasons around availability of capacity for additional ENT work regionally, evidenced by little or no availability on the national DMAS mutual aid system, and an urgent contract commencement date of 1 August 2023. Insourcing of this service to use NGH staff and NGH theatres is not an option due to theatres being in use 7 days a week.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority

Explanation:

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has an urgent need to outsource high volume low complexity (HVLC) Ear Nose and Throat activity (adult patients only) to the private sector. Competition is absent due to technical reasons around availability of capacity for additional ENT work regionally, evidenced by little or no availability on the national DMAS mutual aid system, and an urgent contract commencement date of 1 August 2023. Insourcing of this service to use NGH staff and NGH theatres is not an option due to theatres being in use 7 days a week.

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/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 July 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

RSA Surgical Medical

Milton Keynes

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ12 - Milton Keynes
Companies House

12944221

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,500,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Public Procurement Review Service

London

Country

United Kingdom