Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers
Authority: WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) sites to be provided 24 hours per day 365 days a year. RMOs will support the substantive team including the arrest team, assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies leading the resuscitation team.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officer (RMO) for Warrington and Halton NHS…Awarded
The Trust requires 4 Resident Medical Officer (RMO) for Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust sites 24 hours per day 365 days per year to be an integral part of the team, including the arrest team during working hours and assume the role of team leader and respond immediately to clinical emergencies/lead the resuscitation team. Responsible for the provision of medical care to patients on a routine and emergency across Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust.
All RMO's is required to cover the following areas:
Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2DA - 1 x RMO 24/7.
CSTM Earls Way, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2HH - 1 x RMO 24/7
Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG- Medical cover 2 x part time RMO (40 hours per week) with flexibility to work across both sites.
Provider(s) are required to ensure that:
- The position is constantly filled 24hrs, 7 days a week for the full duration of the contract
- The reputation of the Trust is upheld through a high quality service
- A sleep-in service is available across all three sites for on-call weekend and overnight shifts. Accommodation for none-on-call clinicians will be arranged by the provider.
- Subsistence for non on call staff is to be arranged by the provider.
The RMO's will be expected to assist in the management of all patients and provide backup support to the surgical registrars, junior doctors and consultants, including undertaking detailed assessments of each inpatient when called to do so by the nurses, and to make complete, clear and legible medical records of the events with each patient. To clerk patients as requested who are being admitted to the wards.
The provider will submit a staffing rota to the Trust a month in advance with any amendments communicated at the earliest opportunity.
The provider will ensure that all RMO's are competent in spoken English and sufficiently proficient in written English.
The provider where appropriate will make arrangements for training of the RMO's. This shall include ensuring that RMOs have attended an European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) Advanced Paediatric Life Support (ALPS), or ALS, ACLS , or a certified training course which is recognised as current by the UK Resuscitation Council.
The RMO is accountable to the on-call non-resident Surgical Consultant at Halton and CSTM and appropriate Consultant.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £3,000,000
This contract is to replace an existing service and is awarded to the existing provider. Additional information: The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents
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- Suitability
Appropriate Background checks
Able to provide surgical and medical cover and have full GMC registration
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
A current curriculum vitae with a minimum of two recent satisfactory clinical references
Evidence of current General Medical Council (GMC) registration on the Principal List
Proof of qualifications - Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree or a degree which would be recognized as equivalent by the GMC.
2 Satisfactory References professional and personal
Up to date training record (Induction and annual basis training relevant to normal duties)
Valid professional indemnity cover (Medical Protection Society (MPS) or Medical Defence Union (MDU)) via a Specified Appointment Membership (SAM) Scheme.
Certificates of recognized training CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (Advanced Life Support (ALS) / Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)/Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) or equivalent.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Jul 2024, 12:13 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2024, 12:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Jul 2024 – …
- Authority reference
C294466- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033554- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047910Find a Tender
Publisher note: 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 the relevant authority by midnight 29th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Written representations should be sent to [email protected] The award decision makers included: CBU Manager GP Matron Associate Medical Director Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon There are no declared conflicts of interest. The relative importance of key criteria is detailed in the procurement documents and has been applied accordingly.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 23 Jul 2024, 12:01 BST
Timeline
23 Jul 2024 → 17 Oct 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline23 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened23 Jul 2024, 12:01 BST
- Notice published17 Oct 2024, 12:34 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Oct 2024, 12:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Medical ServicesSME | £3,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract for the Provision of Resident Medical Officers · Cape Medical ServicesSME
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2024
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cape Medical Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria