Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
Alpha Tower, 8th Floor, Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham
B1 1TT
Contact
Claire Pickard
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG31 - Birmingham
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.birminghamsolihull.icb.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 Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery (IMOS) in Shrewsbury (PDS Contract)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery (IMOS) which is aimed at those patients who require Level 2 care - that is 'procedural and/or patient complexity requiring a clinician with enhanced skills and experience who must be accredited to perform Tier 2 Oral Surgery procedures.
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: £2,089,745.20
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG22 - Shropshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Direct Award of a PDS Contract for IMOS Services in Shrewsbury with effect from 15th November 2024 until 14th November 2031 with the potential to extend until 14th November 2034.
Contract value - 7 years = £1,462,821.64, plus up to a further 3 years = £626,923.56.
Total contract value over the full 10-year term = £2,089,745.20.
These values are not inclusive of the 2024/25 DDRB uplift which are yet to be published.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The Service to which this relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the" Regulations") as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, (the" Regulations") and the Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition Regulations (2) 2013.
As such, the Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, or those applicable to
Schedule 3 Service.
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
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Explanation:
The ICB have ran two separate IMOS procurements across Shropshire and Staffordshire in 2022 where there were 5 lots (Stoke, Stafford, Burton, Telford and Shrewsbury). During the first procurement the ICB failed to secure providers for Burton and Shrewsbury. The second procurement sought to secure providers for Burton and Shrewsbury but were only able to secure a provider for Burton.
Since the first procurement, the Telford IMOS provider has been providing a wider IMOS service to cover patients from the Shrewsbury from their premises in Telford.
Following the failure of the 2 procurements for Shrewsbury, the ICB ran a targeted expression of interest exercise (EoI) for Shrewsbury aimed at all successful Shropshire and Staffordshire IMOS bidders and those that didn't secure a contract but whose total procurement score was above the minimum qualifying threshold.
Following the EoI process, one provider came forward, this being the provider for the Stoke and Stafford IMOS lots.
The ICB has therefore concluded that Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 is applicable to this situation and wish to Direct Award the Contract to Visiting Specialist Services Limited.
Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication
32.-(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
(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:-
(a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission where it so requests;
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
IMOS Services in Shrewsbury (PDS Contract)
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
5 September 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
Visiting Specialist Services Limited
1 Abacus House, Newlands Road
Corsham, Wiltshire
SN13 0BH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
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)
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,089,745.20
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
Alpha Tower, 8th Floor, Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham
B1 1TT
Country
United Kingdom