--- title: "Telemedicine Service - NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2023-08-10" --- # Telemedicine Service - NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03edb3.json) ## Summary The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is procuring Telemedicine services for care homes in Liverpool through a direct award. The contract period is from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2025, with an option to extend until 31st March 2026. The maximum contract value is £440,860 per annum. The procurement method is an award procedure without prior publication, justified by the absence of competition for technical reasons. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health services sector to provide essential Telemedicine support to care homes in Liverpool. Companies offering virtual clinical assessment, supervision, and supportive care should consider competing for this contract. The direct award nature of the procurement process allows for service continuity and patient choice, with a focus on delivering recovery obligations post-COVID pandemic, in line with NHS priorities and operational planning guidance. ## Notice NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB to award a contract for Liverpool Place only for Telemedicine services to Immedicare. Telemedicine support is required for care homes in Liverpool 365 days a year, providing 24/7 access to virtual clinical assessment, virtual clinical supervision and safe supportive care via a Clinical Hub. Residents in care homes are provided with a professional, responsive and caring service that provides support tailored to their individual needs to enable them to access appropriate health care services and to live a full life, as well as reducing pressure on NHS services. The ICB wish to directly award a contract to the incumbent provider for the following period: Contract Start Date: 1st April 2023 Contract End Date: 31st March 2026 Option to Extend until 31st March 2027 The maximum contract value for the initial 3 years is PS1,456,956. If the contract is extended for 1 year, the maximum additional value will be PS502,398. The maximum contract value for the full contract is PS1,959,354. This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Following a market review, confirming there are no alternative providers that can deliver the 24/7 virtual clinical assessment available. A review of frameworks has also been completed, this identified an increase in pricing, so a direct award to the incumbent provider is intended to obtain best value for money whilst maintaining continuity of care for patients. ### Procurement Information Following a market review confirming there are no alternative providers that can deliver the 24/7 virtual clinical assessment available. A review of frameworks has also been completed, this identified an increase in pricing so a direct award to incumbent provider is intended to obtain best value for money. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023390-2023 | | Notice type | Tender 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 | Not specified | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Aug 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 30 Mar 2023 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £1,322,580 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | LIVERPOOL | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L3 4BL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool | | Local authority | Liverpool | | Electoral ward | Festival Gardens | | Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside | | Delivery location | TLD7 Merseyside | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 10 Aug 2023 at 12:06 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023390-2023 - 7 Aug 2023 at 15:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022976-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/ - https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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