Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Warrington Hospital,Lovely Lane
WARRINGTON
WA51QG
Contact
Amy Yates
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD61 - Warrington
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers
Reference number
C294466
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) sites to be provided 24 hours per day 365 days a year. RMOs will support the substantive team including the arrest team, assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies leading the resuscitation team.
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: £3,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD6 - Cheshire
Main site or place of performance
Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2DA
CSTM Earls Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2HH
Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officer (RMO) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust sites 24 hours per day 365 days per year to be an integral part of the team, including the arrest team during working hours and assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies/lead the resuscitation team. Responsible for the provision of medical care to patients on a routine and emergency across Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust.
All RMO's is required to cover the following areas:
Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2DA - 1 x RMO 24/7.
CSTM Earls Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2HH - 1 x RMO 24/7
Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG- Medical cover 2 x part time RMO (40 hours per week) with flexibility to work across both sites.
Provider(s) are required to ensure that:
• The position is constantly filled 24hrs, 7 days a week for the full duration of the contract
• The reputation of the Trust is upheld through a high quality service
• A sleep-in service is available across all three sites for on-call weekend and overnight shifts. Accommodation for none-on-call clinicians will be arranged by the provider.
• Subsistence for non on call staff is to be arranged by the provider.
The RMO's will be expected to assist in the management of all patients and provide backup support to the surgical registrars, junior doctors and consultants, including undertaking detailed assessments of each inpatient when called to do so by the nurses, and to make complete, clear and legible medical records of the events with each patient. To clerk patients as requested who are being admitted to the wards.
The provider will submit a staffing rota to the Trust a month in advance with any amendments communicated at the earliest opportunity.
The provider will ensure that all RMO's are competent in spoken English and sufficiently proficient in written English.
The provider where appropriate will make arrangements for training of the RMO's. This shall include ensuring that RMOs have attended an European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) Advanced Paediatric Life Support (ALPS), or ALS, ACLS , or a certified training course which is recognised as current by the UK Resuscitation Council.
The RMO is accountable to the on-call non-resident Surgical Consultant at Halton and CSTM and appropriate Consultant.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £3,000,000
This contract is to replace an existing service and is awarded to the existing provider.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents / Weighting: 0
Cost criterion - Name: The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents / Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-020092
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
C294466
Title
Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14 August 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cape Medical Services Limited
Worcestershire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
03682310
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £3,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £3,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 29th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to whh.enquiries.procurement.team@nhs.net
The award decision makers included:
CBU Manager
GP
Matron
Associate Medical Director
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
There are no declared conflicts of interest.
The relative importance of key criteria is detailed in the procurement documents and has been applied accordingly.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington
Country
United Kingdom