Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Regatta Place, Brunswick Business Park, Summers Lane
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD6 - Cheshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Telemedicine Service - NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Reference number
WHISP 176
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 CSU is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB to award a contract for Liverpool Place only for Telemedicine services to Immedicare.
Telemedicine support is required for care homes in Liverpool 365 days a year, providing 24/7 access to virtual clinical assessment, virtual clinical supervision and safe supportive care via a Clinical Hub. Residents in care homes are provided with a professional, responsive and caring service that provides support tailored to their individual needs to enable them to access appropriate health care services and to live a full life, as well as reducing pressure on NHS services.
The ICB wish to directly award a contract to the incumbent provider for the following period:
Contract Start Date: 1st April 2023
Contract End Date: 31st March 2026
Option to Extend until 31st March 2027
The maximum contract value for the initial 3 years is £1,456,956.
If the contract is extended for 1 year, the maximum additional value will be £502,398.
The maximum contract value for the full contract is £1,959,354.
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘Regulations’) as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic
operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-022976
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
Contract Length 3 years + 1 year optional extension. The ICB wish to directly award a contract to the incumbent provider for the following period:Contract Start Date: 1st April 2023Contract End Date: 31st March 2026Option to Extend until 31st March 2027The maximum contract value for the initial 3 years is £1,456,956. If the contract is extended for 1 year, the maximum additional value will be £502,398. The maximum contract value for the full contract is £1,959,354.