Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract Modification (under PCR 2015 Regulation 72) to the Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS) for NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire CCG and Associated Commissioners
Notice Description
In August 2019, NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group and Associated Commissioners awarded a contract for a Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS) following a formal OJEU Open Procurement procedure. For reference, the OJEU Document Number for the Contract Notice (published on 5th April 2019) is 2019/S 068-159843; and the OJEU Document Number for the Contract Award Notice (published on 13th September 2019) is 2019/S 177-431649. The contract duration is five (5) years, with the option to extend for a further two (2) years, subject to agreement; the contract start date was 1st April 2020; and the total contract value was PS24,942,410.00 for the initial 5-year contract period. Further to contract commencement on 1st April 2020, the above named commissioning body has become aware of additional activity not included in the formal competitive tender exercise, therefore, a contract variation (i.e., contract modification) has been made.
Lot Information
Lot 1
It has come to the attention of the above named commissioning body that activity relating to the transportation of a cohort of End of Life patients was not included in a formal competitive tender exercise for the Herefordshire & Worcestershire NEPTS (OJEU Document Numbers 2019/S 068-159843 and 2019/S 177-431649), therefore, has not been subsequently included in the new Herefordshire & Worcestershire NEPTS contract. Prior to publication of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire NEPTS tender documentation and NEPTS service specification in 2019, the commissioning body had conducted exercises to identify activity within the remit of the service, however, the commissioning body was not made aware that this activity was within the scope of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire NEPTS. The commissioning body is now in the position of needing to urgently commission a High Dependency Unit (HDU) crew to cover this gap in service provision for this cohort of End of Life patients. In order to minimise risks to patient care, the commissioning body is modifying the existing NEPTS contract in alignment with specific provisions under Regulation 72 (1) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It should be noted that the modification will not materially change the essence of the contract, and it will fall below 10% of the current total contract value. The estimated cost of the NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group NEPTS contract modification is circa PS875,000 over the 5-year contract duration (circa PS174,720 per annum). (N.B.: the original total contract value over the 5-year contract duration is PS24,942,410.) The modified activity equates to an estimated 16 additional patient journeys per week, and this figure may be adjusted as the contract is already 6-months into its term.
Procurement Information
This Notice is to advise of a contract modification and, therefore, is not for the award of a contract without prior publication, however, due to the value of the contract modification being above OJEU Procurement Threshold for 2020/2021 for Services (i.e., above PS663,540) this Notice is published to satisfy The Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 guidance. The above named commissioning body has made the formal decision to modify its current contract for a Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Services to include High Dependency Unit crews for a cohort of End of Life patients in the best interest of patents; the additional requirement that has led to the modification was unforeseen by the commissioning body and any lack of service provision would be highly likely to pose a significant risk to the quality of care for the cohort of End of Life patients. Regulation 72 (1c(iii)) under The Public Contracts Regulations provides a general justification for the proposed modification, this being that the alteration value is under the threshold of 50% of the total value of the service contract, and it does not change the "overall nature" of contract. The estimated cost of the NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group NEPTS contract modification is circa PS875,000 over the 5-year contract duration (circa PS174,720 per annum). (N.B.: the original total contract value over the 5-year contract duration is PS24,942,410.) The modified activity equates to an estimated 16 additional patient journeys per week. Under The Public Contract Regulations 2015 Regulation 72 (1) (c) all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (i) the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen; (ii) the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; (iii)the increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0295a0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003640-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
34114122 - Patient-transport vehicles
60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £875,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Feb 20215 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Feb 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- lyle.lloyd@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- +44 7557487934
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STOKE ON TRENT
- Postcode
- ST4 4LX
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent
- Delivery Location
- TLG11 Herefordshire, County of, TLG12 Worcestershire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Electoral Ward
- Fenton West & Mount Pleasant
- Westminster Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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