Award

Specialised Critical Care Transport Services - London Region

NHS ENGLAND - LONDON (SPECIALISED COMMISSIONING)

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

19 May 2023 at 11:24

Tender

26 Oct 2022 at 14:37

Planning

27 Sep 2022 at 09:52

Summary of the contracting process

NHS England, through its Specialised Commissioning arm, is conducting a procurement process for Specialised Critical Care Transport Services in the London region. The procurement aims to select a Lead Provider to deliver critical care patient transfer services. The service involves coordinating, triage, and transfer of critically ill patients within the region, with an emphasis on enhancing patient care standards and experience. The procurement is at the award stage with a contract valued at £22,000,000 signed on 1st April 2023, held with Barts Health NHS Trust.

The procurement presents an opportunity for qualified providers to contribute to London's critical care patient transfer services, catering to intra and inter-regional transfers. Suitable businesses with experience in ambulance services and a focus on quality and social impact stand to benefit. The Lead Provider will work closely with partners to ensure service alignment with population needs. The procurement, though now closed, emphasises collaboration, clinical care standards, and operational efficiencies to enhance patient outcomes in London's healthcare system.

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Notice Title

Specialised Critical Care Transport Services - London Region

Notice Description

Following a market engagement exercise, NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England, London Region (referred to as the Commissioner), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to respond to this invitation to tender (ITT) exercise to deliver a Specialised Adult Critical Care Patient Transfer service (ACCTS) for London region. The key objective of the procurement is to select a Lead Provider responsible for establishing, delivering and maintaining a regional ACCTS for London. The service will provide coordination, triage, decision-support and transfer of critically ill patients between hospitals for escalation to specialist care, repatriation and capacity reasons. It is primarily focused on intra region transfers but must be capable of delivering inter regional repatriations where required.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Following a market engagement exercise, NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England, London Region (referred to as the Commissioner), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to respond to this invitation to tender (ITT) exercise to deliver a Specialised Adult Critical Care Patient Transfer service (ACCTS) for London region. The key objective of the Procurement is to commission a Specialised Adult Critical Care Patient Transfer service (ACCTS) for London region. The key objective of the procurement is to select a Lead Provider responsible for establishing, delivering and maintaining a regional ACCTS for London. The service would provide coordination, triage, decision-support and transfer of critically ill patients between hospitals for escalation to specialist care, repatriation and capacity reasons. It is primarily focused on intra region transfers but must be capable of delivering inter regional when required. By commissioning a regional ACCTS for London, the Commissioner would like to attain the following: * Standardised clinical care and safety for all patients, * Improved and consistent patient experience, * Improved equity in access for all patients across the region * Improved activation times as a result of dedicated ambulance resources, * Collaborative working arrangements between all London ICS's and the NHS ambulance provider * Improved data reporting and monitoring systems throughout the whole patient journey that are utilised to continuously evaluate and improve service delivery * Improved governance framework and processes for the entire service It is anticipated that the Lead Provider would hold overall accountability for the regional ACCTS and contract but would work closely with their identified partners across London to align service delivery with service and population requirements; understand variation and local population needs in each of the five London ICS; and co-ordinate consistent, high-quality patient care across London. The Commissioners therefore actively encourage partnership applications that adopt a collaborative approach in working with key partners across London. NHS England (London Region) is the contracting and commissioning authority for this service and wishes to commission centres in London region as part of a collaborative pan-London network arrangement. One application should be submitted per partnership arrangement; bids can be co-authored, but the bid should be submitted by the partnerships appointed Lead Provider. This ITT Process has been advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the "Regulations") to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (also known as the "Light Touch Regime"). The questionnaire is available through the EU Supply portal: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu. The reference is 57931 and the closing date for completed ITT responses is 12pm, midday on Friday 25th November 2022.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-036bb7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014324-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85143000 - Ambulance services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£22,015,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£22,015,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£22,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Nov 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
25 Oct 2022Expired
Award Date
31 Mar 20232 years ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND - LONDON (SPECIALISED COMMISSIONING)
Contact Name
Anna Salt, Josselin Canevet
Contact Email
anna.salt@nhs.net, josselin.canevet@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 8UG
Post Town
South East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI45 Lambeth
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Lambeth
Electoral Ward
Waterloo & South Bank
Westminster Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST

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