HCQ Screening Service & R1M1 Monitoring Service

CPV: Health services

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

13 Apr 2021, 15:08 BST

Last source update

13 Apr 2021, 15:08 BST

Authority reference

F14347

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-007723

Classification (CPV)

Health services

Delivery area

South East (UKJ3)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-02a59c Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

Offering a direct award to the Health Intelligence Limited (HIL) will:

• enable a proactive, rapid response to reduce impact on patients as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic;
• reduce the need for additional clinical capacity and space which requires off site diagnostic capacity to meet local demand;
• enables rapid deployment at the required level and scale of service, which might otherwise take 6 - 12 months to mobilise, because HIL already -

 have the staffing, equipment, capacity and established governance processes within each of the local HES's;

 deploy a contractually agreed minimum reporting dataset for oversight of quality and activity arrangements;

 have a proven call and recall system which links with primary care and secondary care clinical systems, enabling accurate and timely data transfer;

 have in place, system compatible information technology for imaging and data sharing;

 have authenticated secure networking connections in situ;

• Align with Southampton City CCG contract to offer a single service for all Hampshire patients;
• Benefit from established clinical relationships that have already fostered confidence in service delivery;
• Provider is already known to local patients;
• Significantly reduce cross border challenges for equitable patient access;
• Take advantage of equipment investment already present in the area, providing better value for money from an existing service provider, which eliminates the need to invest in new specialised equipment for additional services;
• Align with services within local service pathways to and from the four local HES's.

• Health Intelligence LimitedAwarded supplier Beechwood Hall, Kingsmead Road, High Wycombe, South East, HP11 1JL

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