--- title: "NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place - Medical Cover for IC Beds" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04070f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04070f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04070f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04070f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2023-10-02" --- # NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place - Medical Cover for IC Beds Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04070f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04070f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04070f.json) ## Summary The NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board has initiated a tender process for the provision of Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton Place in the Southport & Formby area. This procurement falls under the General-practitioner services category and has an estimated value of £1,500,000. The tender period ends on 31st October 2023, with the bid validity period extending until 31st March 2024. The contract is expected to start on 1st April 2024 and run until 31st March 2029. This tender opportunity presents a chance for healthcare service providers to offer primary care support within the specified geographical locations. Businesses experienced in delivering medical services, particularly those related to intermediate care and patient safety, would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Suppliers should ensure their bids are within the affordability threshold set by the Authority and be prepared for potential clarifications on unusually low or high bids during the evaluation process. ## Notice NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire &Merseyside Integrated Care Board who is looking for a provider of Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton place (Southport & Formby only). ### Lot Information Lot 1 NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire &Merseyside Integrated Care Board who is looking for a provider of Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton place (Southport & Formby only). This service is to provide primary care support to medically optimised patients as part of the intermediate care multidisciplinary team. This includes patients who have been stepped down from the acute hospital trust and patients who have been stepped up via the two-hour urgent care response service. This cover will be provided five days per week from 8am to 6.30pm. Delivery will include ward round reviews, plus on-call arrangements for the management of those patients who have deteriorated and are at risk of hospital admission. This will be for a total of forty-six beds over two to three locations. The service will engage with multidisciplinary process and interface with secondary care, community geriatrician, pharmacy, and community services to ensure patient safety and manage patient flow. Thirty five of the forty-six are currently subject to a procurement exercise and the appointed provider of the medical cover will be notified of the provider of these thirty-five beds once the procurement exercise has been completed. The contract is to be awarded for a start date of 1st April 2024 for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2-year period. The value of the contract is PS300,000 per annum with a total of PS1,500,00 over the total 5-year period. The Authority has set an affordability threshold for the Procurement and reserves the right not to consider Bids that are unaffordable and above the affordability envelope of the project, or in in absence of an affordability envelope, this notice value. The Authority may seek clarification on bids that are unusually low or above the affordability threshold. Following clarification, it will reserve the right not to consider Bids that are either above the affordability threshold or unusually low. Further information is available fromhttps://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Renewal: The initial contract period will be from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2027 with the option to extend to 31st March 2029. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028947-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | 31 Oct 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,500,000 | | Lots value | £1,500,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | WARRINGTON | | Post town | Warrington | | Postcode | WA1 1QY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire | | ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington | | Local authority | Warrington | | Electoral ward | Bewsey and Whitecross | | Westminster constituency | Warrington South | | Delivery location | TLD73 Sefton | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85121100 - General-practitioner services ## Release History - 2 Oct 2023 at 11:10 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028947-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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