Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Level 3, Christ Church Precinct, County Hall, Fishergate Hill
Preston
PR1 8XB
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD4 - Lancashire
NHS Organisation Data Service
QE1
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1QY
enquiries@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD6 - Cheshire
NHS Organisation Data Service
QYG
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
4th Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD3 - Greater Manchester
NHS Organisation Data Service
14J
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/
Buyer's address
https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Parkhouse Building, Baron Way, Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
CA6 4SJ
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD1 - Cumbria
NHS Organisation Data Service
01H
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
NHS 111 Service
Reference number
WHISP-228
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Provision of an NHS 111 Service covering the North West population, including, Greater Manchester, Lancashire & South Cumbria, Cheshire & Merseyside and North Cumbria Place (part of North East and North Cumbria ICB).
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: £93,512,500
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
Main site or place of performance
Northwest England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of an NHS 111 Service covering the North West population, including, Greater Manchester, Lancashire & South Cumbria, Cheshire & Merseyside and North Cumbria Place (part of North East and North Cumbria ICB).
NHS 111 is a service for members of the general public to access to get medical advice and support and is accessed a number of ways either online, via the NHS app or via telephone.
This contract award was awarded by all ICBs under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. It is a modification of the original contract that was awarded for a contract commencement date of 1st October 2016 and was extended to 30th September 2023 in line with NHS command and control COVID-19 arrangements.
This contract award notice covers an 18-month period from 1st October 2023 to 31st March 2025 with the option to extend for a further 12-month period to 31st March 2026. The annual value of the contract across the northwest is £37,405,000. The total value of the potential 2.5-year contract is £93,512,500.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services
Explanation:
The circumstances under regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 that are the most closely aligned to this direct award are that the existing provider is considered to be the only provider that can offer a continuity of service to patients for the extension period, without creating a significant operational risk and disruption to service whilst allowing the timescales for the national review of NHS 111 services which will drive the longer term vision and provision of NHS 111 services.
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
Title
NHS 111 Service (North West)
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14 November 2023
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
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Ladybridge Hall HQ, Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 5DD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
NHS Organisation Data Service
RX7
Internet address
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: £93,512,500
Total value of the contract/lot: £93,512,500
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Contract Award 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.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Level 3, Christ Church Precinct, County Hall, Fishergate Hill
Preston
PR1 8XB
Country
United Kingdom