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Published 22 Jul 2021, 16:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Medical Locums Neutral Vendor Service (extension)

Official notice

Authority: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 5 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)
Awarded value£750,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Sept 2021no call for competition
Awarded to Retinue Solutions2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of a medical locums neutral vendor service to participating Health Boards in the West of Scotland

CPV: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provision of a medical locum neutral vendor service for supply of locum staff to…Awarded

Provision of a medical locum neutral vendor service for supply of locum staff to participating Health Boards in the West of Scotland

Delivery: Scotland · NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, NHS Forth Valley and NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Extensions: On a Board by Board basis, there is an option to utilise the neutral vendor service to arrange supply of AHP locums

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 Jul 2021, 16:35 BST
Last source update
6 Sept 2021, 08:55 BST
Authority reference
GGC0467
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021985
Classification (CPV)
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cb60 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Preparation for a contract of this size and complexity has a long lead time of around 2 years especially so in that it is a collaborative contract involving five Health Boards, therefore the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an unavoidable diversion of Health Board resources across Human Resources, Medical Staffing, Finance and Procurement departments. A 12 month extension will therefore allow time to prepare for the longer term re-tender including a full options appraisal of future procurement options for medical locums. This is a reasonable and proportionate step in order to maintain a critical clinical service whilst balancing this against our legal duty to expose the requirement to full, open competition in due course.

Publisher note: Original contract award was the result of a further competition from Crown Commercial Service RM3711 Multidisciplinary Temporary Healthcare Personnel framework with original duration 07/02/17 - 06/02/22. The contract is proposed to be extended until 31/03/2023 (SC Ref:666060)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 2 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Retinue Solutions£750,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Retinue Solutions£750,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 021985-2021-GGC0467-1 · Retinue Solutions

    Signed
    2 Sept 2021
    Value
    £750,000
    Status
    active

  • Contract 017394-2021-GGC0467-1 · Retinue Solutions

    Signed
    22 Jul 2021
    Value
    £750,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

5 public bodies on the notice

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 0SFContact email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Retinue Solutions LtdAwarded supplier Partis House, Davy Way, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, East of England, MK5 8HJ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.