GP Streaming In the Emergency Department

Official notice

Authority: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD)

Awarded value£66,145published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 27 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Primary Care 24

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of short term GP streaming service in the Emergency Department (ED) to aid patient flow and ensure the continuation of safe and effective service provision, during high demand for ED services.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Supply of servicesAwarded

Supply of services. Additional information: Price weighting is to ensure value for money in resect of the use of public funds.

Delivery: North West · Whiston Hospital Warrington Road Prescot Merseyside L35 5DR

Extensions: The term can be extended for a further 4 weeks subject to a comprehensive needs assessment by the Trust, which will include the ongoing demand for ED services.

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 27 Jan 2025, 15:24 GMT
Last source update: 27 Jan 2025, 15:24 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-002734
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d680 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: The Trust had declared a critical incident in it's Emergency Department due the volume and complexity of patients attending for urgent treatment. To ensure the service remained safe and without risk, the Trust had to mobilise an addtional measure of primary care streaming in the ED, to ensure patients attending were seen in priority order, by an appropriate clinican, based on their presenting condition.

Publisher note: Not Applicable

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £66,1451 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Primary Care 24SME	£66,145 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 002734-2025-MWL/PC24/PSR012025-1 · Primary Care 24SME
Signed
27 Jan 2025
Value
£66,145
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MERSEY & WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Whiston Hospital, PRESCOT, North West, L355DRContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Primary Care 24Awarded supplierGB-COH: 10991987 4-6 ENTERPRISE WAY WAVERTREE TECHNOLOGY PARK, Liverpool, North West, L13 1FBContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.