Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Custodial Healthcare Services
Authority: Thames Valley Police (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVEAT notification of the Authority's intention to re-award the current contract to the incumbent service provider, Mountain Healthcare Limited for a further single year from 1st June 2024 to 31st May 2025, without call for competition. (The current contract expires 31st May 2024 with no further options for extension). Justification for this action detailed within this notice. A formal tender process is planned to commence mid 2024 to award a new contract in June 2025. Any subsequent procurement action will follow legislative requirements in force at the time of publication by electronic means via the Find a Tender Service.
All associated correspondence must be in UK English.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Custody services · Services provided by medical personnel · Supply services of medical personnel · Supply services of nursing personnel · Trust and custody services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service provides embedded, mobile fully qualified, trained healthcare…
The service provides embedded, mobile fully qualified, trained healthcare professionals to the 6/7 custody suites in the TVP area to assess, treat & signpost Detainees to ensure fitness for detention/charging & needs to fully integrate with NHS, social care & voluntary sector providers of health & social support. This VEAT notification is an intention to re-award to the incumbent service provider, Mountain Healthcare Limited for a further single year from 1 Jun 24 to 31 May 25 without call for competition. Current contract expires 31 May 24 with no further options for extension. Justification is; Due to operational & resourcing constraints faced both internally within the stakeholder dept, Criminal Justice (CJ) & externally with partnering agencies, incl NHSE Commissioning who are assisting with essential elements of medical/clinical input, along with the volatility of the medical staffing market (circa 50,000 nursing vacancies) CJ & NHSE are unable to provide dedicated resource to the re-tendering process & the potential workload involved in the mobilisation/implementation for any new provider for this service at the current time. CJ & NHSE pipelines indicate resource will be available Apr 24. To undertake effective re-procurement of our custody healthcare provision TVP will benefit from knowing the outcome of the ongoing NHSE re-procurement of our L&D service, to understand exactly what this provision will deliver in the future & what healthcare capability TVP therefore needs to commission. From a value for money perspective, this delay will also reduce the risk of over-commissioning services that may be provided through the L&D contract. Formal tender process planned to commence mid-24 to award a new contract in Jun 25. A 30 day standstill period applies from the date of publication of this VEAT notice, during which time the Authority will not enter into any new contractual arrangements. Any subsequent procurement action will follow legislative requirements in force at the time of publication by electronic means via the find a Tender Service. All associated correspondence must be in UK English. Additional information: No action required. This is a VEAT notification of intention to re-award the current contract to the incumbent. Justification detailed part in II.2.4) Description of the procurement of this notice. A 30 day standstill period applies from the date of publication of this VEAT notice, during which time the Authority will not enter into any new contractual arrangements.
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 · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/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
- 31 Jul 2023, 08:21 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2023, 08:21 BST
- Authority reference
OP23001 / 76224- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022091- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03eb88Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This VEAT notification is an intention to re-award to the incumbent service provider, Mountain Healthcare Limited for a further single year from 1 Jun 24 to 31 May 25 without call for competition. Current contract expires 31 May 24 with no further options for extension. Justification is; Due to operational & resourcing constraints faced both internally within the stakeholder dept, Criminal Justice (CJ) & externally with partnering agencies, incl NHSE Commissioning who are assisting with essential elements of medical/clinical input, along with the volatility of the medical staffing market (circa 50,000 nursing vacancies) CJ & NHSE are unable to provide dedicated resource to the re-tendering process & the potential workload involved in the mobilisation/implementation for any new provider for this service at the current time. CJ & NHSE pipelines indicate resource will be available Apr 24. To undertake effective re-procurement of our custody healthcare provision TVP will benefit from knowing the outcome of the ongoing NHSE re-procurement of our L&D service, to understand exactly what this provision will deliver in the future & what healthcare capability TVP therefore needs to commission. From a value for money perspective, this delay will also reduce the risk of over-commissioning services that may be provided through the L&D contract.
- Review procedure
Escalations to;
Head of Procurement
Thames Valley Police HQ North,
1st Floor, Meadow House,
The Boulevard, Langford Lane,
Kidlington
Oxon
OX5 1NZ
Publisher note: Justification; Due to operational & resourcing constraints faced both internally within the stakeholder dept, Criminal Justice & externally with partnering agencies, incl NHSE Commissioning who are assisting with essential elements of medical/clinical input, along with the volatility of the medical staffing market (circa 50,000 nursing vacancies) CJ & NHSE are unable to provide dedicated resource to the re-tendering process & the potential workload involved in the mobilisation/implementation for any new provider for this service at the current time. CJ & NHSE pipelines indicate resource will be available Apr 24. To undertake effective re-procurement of our custody healthcare provision TVP will benefit from knowing the outcome of the ongoing NHSE re-procurement of our L&D service, to understand exactly what this provision will deliver in the future & what healthcare capability TVP therefore needs to commission. From a value for money perspective, this delay will also reduce the risk of over-commissioning services that may be provided through the L&D contract. A 30 day standstill period applies from the date of publication of this VEAT notice, during which time the Authority will not enter into any new contractual arrangements.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Healthcare LimitedCustodial Healthcare Services | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Custodial Healthcare Services · Mountain Healthcare Limited
- Signed
- 27 Jul 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The service provides embedded, mobile fully qualified, trained healthcare… | — | — | — | £2,657,000 – £2,709,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £2,657,000 – £2,709,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mountain Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.