Official UK procurement notice
Covid Medicine Delivery Unit Referral Community Triage Service
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide community administration and clinical triage for the identification of eligible patients requiring treatment with prescription of antiviral Therapy as appropriate.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Covid Medicine Delivery Unit Referral Community Triage ServiceAwarded
Covid Medicine Delivery Unit Referral Community Triage Service. To provide community administration and clinical triage for the identification of eligible patients requiring treatment with prescription of antiviral Therapy as appropriate.
This is a direct award due to the urgency of the service provision required whilst a procurement process is followed.
The relevant authority intends to award this contract under the urgent circumstances provision under 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 lifetime value of the contract is £381066.36
Payments to be made to the provider in equal monthly instalments of £31,755.53 per month.
Contract Start Date: 01 July 2024
Contract End Date: 30 June 2025
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2024, 10:52 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2024, 10:52 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020062- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0478ffFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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. Regulation 14 has been applied because delaying the award of the contract would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Care Direct Limited | £381,066 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Covid Medicine Delivery Unit Referral Community Triage Service · Local Care Direct Limited
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2024
- Value
- £381,066
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Local Care DirectAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.