Official UK procurement notice
Primary Care Medical Services Telephone Cover during Protected Learning Time
Authority: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionService commissioned by LLR ICB to provide primary care medical services cover for GP practices during periods of Primary Care Protected Learning Time (PLT), including provision of clinical advice from a duty doctor or other suitable clinician via telephone; a face-to-face consultation or home visit if clinically required; referral to other urgent services where indicated.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service is being commissioned by LLR ICB to provide primary care medical services…Awarded
The service is being commissioned by LLR ICB to provide primary care medical services cover for GP practices during periods of Primary Care Protected Learning Time (PLT), including provision of clinical advice from a duty doctor or other suitable clinician via telephone; a face-to-face consultation or home visit if clinically required; referral to other urgent services where indicated.
LLR ICB are intending to award a contract two existing providers following PSR direct award process C.
The whole lifetime value of the two contracts added together is listed below:
£99,523.10 for a 12 month period from 1.4.24 to 31.3.25.
The individual whole lifetime value for each of the existing providers are:
Provider DHU £49,523.10
Provider Willows £50,000
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Feb 2024, 17:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2024, 17:18 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003775- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04375bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
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 16th February 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Publisher note: 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. The Services to which this Advertisement relates fall within the scope of Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such this contract notice is being published in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations as described within schedules 2-14. 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 decision makers by 16th February 2024, and should be submitted in writing to raj.sandhu@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The decision to award these contracts was made by LLR ICB's Strategic Commissioning Group on 23/1/24, which has delegated authority from the LLR ICB Board. The Contracting Authority has applied equal weighting to the key criteria. The Contracting Authority has assessed the provider's suitability and technical / professional ability to undertake this service based on their current activities and performance, against the key criteria and basic selection criteria when making a decision to award this contract. The provider's economic and financial standing has been considered in proportion to the contract value and terms. The assessment demonstrates that the provider has been, and is likely to continue to satisfy the requirements of the contract. The intention to award the contract is made on this basis. Conflicts of interest were identified among LLR ICB Strategic Commissioning Group, 23/1/24. The non-conflicted members assessed the nature and risk of this conflict, and decided what steps to take to avoid and manage it. The ICB took the step to exclude the conflicted member from related discussions, and excluded the conflicted member from decision-making.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHU Healthcare | £49,523 † | — | Awarded |
| Willows Group LimitedSMEPrimary Care Medical Services Telephone Cover during Primary Care Protected Learning Time | £50,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Primary Care Medical Services Telephone Cover during Protected Learning Time · DHU Healthcare
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- £49,523
- Status
- active
Primary Care Medical Services Telephone Cover during Primary Care Protected Learning Time · Willows Group LimitedSME
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- £50,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Derbyshire Healthcare CICAwarded supplier
- The Willows Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.