Telemedicine Service - NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Concepts

• health services
• telemedicine service
• nhs cheshire
• nhs midlands
• cheshire & merseyside
• liverpool
• telemedicine services
• telemedicine service - nhs cheshire
• merseyside icb
• merseyside

Location

This notice applies to Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Liverpool Place only

Description

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 2023Contract End Date: 31st March 2025Option to Extend until 31st March 2026 £440,860 per annum.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 economicoperator for any of the following reasons:(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

Total Quantity or Scope

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.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Legal Justification

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.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This Contract Award (VEAT) is a necessary step to ensure service continuity, enable patient choice and deliver the recovery obligations following the COVID pandemic. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside wishes to inform the market of its action to directly award for Telemedicine services. The current contracted services expired on 31st March 2023. The ICB are awarding a contract for a period of 24 months until 31st March 2025 with an option to extend for a further 12 months (31st March 2026).The provision also ensures the continued support for elective recovery across the Cheshire and Merseyside system which is a key component of the NHS England 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance.The services delivered by Independent Sector Providers (ISPs) should provide high qualityand cost effective services to ensure that all patients are treated appropriately in line withadopted NICE clinical guidelines, including local Individual Funding Request PolicyGuidelines, clinical thresholds and referral criteria. Services should achieve all local andnational waiting time targets and other key national and local key quality and performancetargets.In line with the requirement to offer patient choice of provider, any approaches frompotential new providers of consultant led, elective services in our region, who could meet therequired specification and standards, would be considered on a case by case basis.The expected outcomes of the service are to:• Provide safe and effective care in line with national best practice and local guidelines tooptimise clinical outcomes;• Deliver timely assessment, diagnosis and treatment for our population within NHSConstitutional waiting times;• Engage our communities and patients in the delivery of their healthcare, to support selfcare,informed decisions and better personal experience and outcomes;• Develop confident working relationships with referrers and consultant colleagues in otherlocal providers to serve the best interests of the patient by minimising delays, providingadvice, avoiding unnecessary tests or treatment, referring on or back when appropriate andproviding clear communication and information;• Participate in and contribute to local educational forums independently or in partnershipwith our other providers;• Meet the quality, safety and reporting arrangements as outlined in the NHS contract,ensuring a safe, effective and positive experience for the patient; and• Stimulate efficiencies and improvements through innovation to support a sustainable localhealth economy.