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Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds in Sefton

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Buyer Address: No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park, Warrington, UKD61, WA1 1QY, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Helen Graham

Contact Email: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
1500000.0 GBP
Published
08 Apr 2025, 12:45
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
85120000 - Medical practice and related services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Primary Care 24 (Merseyside) Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who has appointed a provider of Medial Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton Place (Southport & Formby only). This service is to provide primary care support to medically optimised patient 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 0800 to 1830. 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 were subject to a procurement exercise at the same time as the Medical Cover procurement.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who has appointed a provider of Medial Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton Place (Southport & Formby only). The procurement took place in the financial year 2023-24 using the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract commenced on 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 £300,000 per annum with a total value of £1,500,000 over the 5-year period.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Service Delivery

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality and Governace

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Workforce

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): IM&T

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Information Governance

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Equalities

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value

Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Financial Model and Financial Risk

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