--- title: "Sunderland GP Alliance Ambulatory ECG Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2024-07-15" --- # Sunderland GP Alliance Ambulatory ECG Service Buyer: NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-044cd3.json) ## Summary The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board initiated a tender for the Sunderland GP Alliance Ambulatory ECG Service, a health and social work service procurement. The procurement process started on 15th July 2024, aiming to issue a new contract for 2024/25. The service aims to facilitate early detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions, providing timely treatment. The procurement stage is in the award phase, with a contract award notice confirming a contract value of £190,518 to be in effect from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to compete for providing the Ambulatory ECG Service. Companies offering cardiology services may find this tender particularly relevant. The Sunderland GP Alliance has been selected as the supplier, demonstrating growth and partnership opportunities within the health sector. Interested businesses should focus on quality standards and cost effectiveness to compete successfully in this limited procurement process without prior publication of a call for competition. ## Notice "The NHS Long Term Plan1 was published in January 2019 and set the plan for the NHS for the next 10 years. Cardiovascular disease was identified as a national clinical priority Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, with an estimated overall population prevalence in England of 2.5%. It is estimated that in 2016, around 1.4 million people in England were living with AF. Of these 425,000 were estimated to be undiagnosed and untreated. A community-based Ambulatory ECG service facilitates early detection and the accurate diagnosis of conditions such as AF, enabling clinicians to provide patients with a diagnosis and treatment in a timely manner. It reduces the risk of harm to those patients who may otherwise experience long waiting times to access the service via secondary care and whose diagnosis and treatment may be delayed as a result of this. The prompt management of such conditions benefits the health system as a whole. Patients presenting with palpitations are often very anxious about their symptoms. They have been advised, in the past, to attend ED when they have symptoms, as capturing their symptomatic episodes can result in diagnosis. With a prompt community-based service offering up to 7 day recordings, depending upon frequency of symptoms, the diagnostic yield of the test is optimized. The service contributes to a reduction in ED attendances when patients are awaiting a diagnosis and in the number of referrals to secondary care for diagnostic testing Ambulatory ECG recordings carried out within the service, which allows them to interrogate reports that Primary Care physicians have concerns about, or are reported as 'Amber'. The utilisation of Advice and Guidance responses to reports can also act as a filter to ensure those that need outpatient care can receive it in the most efficient manner. The service reduces demand on secondary care at a time when waiting times are high in secondary care and demonstrates value for money when comparing to national tariffs. On this basis the intention is to issue a new contract for 2024/25." ### Lot Information Lot 1 The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The final contract value is still to be finalised as it is dependent on the national NHS planning guidance which is still to be released. As an indication the 2023/24 contract value is PS190,518. Contract Start Date: 01 April 2024 Contract End Date: 31 March 2025 ### Procurement Information This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 09 April 2024 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice)]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021636-2024 | | 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 | Large | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Jul 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 29 Feb 2024 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £190,518 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE | | Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne | | Postcode | NE15 8NY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | | ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside | | Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne | | Electoral ward | Lemington | | Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85121231 - Cardiology services ## Release History - 15 Jul 2024 at 10:58 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021636-2024 - 26 Mar 2024 at 11:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009770-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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