Published date: 16 September 2021

This notice was replaced on 4 July 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 4 July 2022)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Supply services of medical personnel - 79625000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

tender_282254/995885

Published date

16 September 2021

Closing date

1 October 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2023

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.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

Early engagement / prior information notice published on 4th August 2021 via the external website link:

www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/ee4f0cc9-5ca7-462c-8091-f81055cd066c?origin=SearchResults&p=1

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Trust is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced provider of fully vetted, high-quality Resident Medical Officers ('RMOs') to seamlessly provide 24/7/365 RMO cover (on a rotational fixed shift basis) across its three acute hospital sites at:

1) Kent and Canterbury Hospital ('KCH'), Canterbury, CT1 3NG.
2) William Harvey Hospital ('WHH'), Ashford, TN24 0LZ.
3) Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Hospital ('QEQM'), Margate, CT9 4AN.

The Trust expects:

- the RMOs provided to be an integral part of the team responsible for the provision of safe practice to patients on a routine, and emergency, basis.
- the provider to meet all statutory regulations, and all other reasonable standards, applicable to the provision of RMOs to the NHS, including the provision of standby RMOs.

RMOs shall be required in accordance with the needs of the Trust, as amended from time to time during the Contract team.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of Resident Medical Officers

  • Early engagement
  • Published 4 August 2021

Additional text

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at the Trust's e-Tendering system, Bravo Solution, website address:

commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/

Suitably experienced providers wishing to bid for this opportunity must submit their Tender response via the Trust's e-Tendering system.

Instructions for submitting your Tender are as follows:

a) click 'View current opportunities and notices'
b) express your interest in the project ITT_3869 - Provision of Resident Medical Officers.
c) accurately complete and fully submit your Tender within the e-Tendering system by no later than 12:00 noon of Friday, 1st October 2021.

About the buyer

Address

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
England

Email

neil.baigent@nhs.net