Published date: 5 April 2022

Last edited date: 5 April 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 17 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£45,028,105

Procurement reference

tender_282643/1058347

Published date

5 April 2022

Closing date

17 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent CCGs sought to commission a GP Out of Hours service which aligns with the requirements of the NHSE Integrated Urgent Care national service specification. This service will come into effect from the 1st April 2022 via a multiyear contract.
Commissioners tendered for services split into two (2) LOTs:-
LOT 1 - NHS North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)and Stoke on Trent CCG
LOT 2 - NHS Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire & Seisdon Peninsula CCG, East Staffordshire CCG and Stafford & Surrounds CCG
In addition to the core GP OOH service requirements LOT 2, covering the South CCG regions also incorporates an out of hours' provision for the Staffordshire prisons.
The contract is now awarded and let for a period of five (5) years with the option to extend up to two (2) years.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent GP Out of Hours Service

  • Opportunity
  • Published 10 August 2021, last edited 10 August 2021

Additional text

This contract is for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('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.

As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these regulations also apply to this procurement. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these.

Transparency: the contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this service under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency. This service may be subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements guidance.
This contract is for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('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.

As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these regulations also apply to this procurement. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these.

Transparency: the contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this service under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency. This service may be subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements guidance.


Award information

Awarded date

24 March 2022

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£63,881,963

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Vocare Limited

Address

Cardinal Square, Nottingham Road, Derby

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

120 Grove Road, Fenton , Stoke on Trent
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
England

Email

elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net