Official UK procurement notice
NHS Barnsley CCG : Consultant Led Teledermatology Service- Primary Care Initiated Referrals
Authority: NHS Barnsley CCG (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) ( the ‘Authority') intends to extend a contract without competition during the period 1st January 2022 – 30 March 2023 with a contract value of £138,480 to the incumbent providers as detailed below:
Clinical Partnership, The Octagon, Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, East Yorkshire,
HU13 0LH
The current Consultant Led Teledermatology service contract in Barnsley is used by GP Practices in Barnsley.
CPV: Miscellaneous health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service aims to facilitate diagnosis and treatment plans for patients using…
The service aims to facilitate diagnosis and treatment plans for patients using technology, remote advice and guidance to allow patients to be treated in Primary Care where appropriate and to reassure patients regarding benign diagnosis. Referrals identified as appropriate for the suspected cancer 2 week wait pathway are directly referred to Barnsley Hospital by the current provider. This has been particularly important during the current pandemic reducing the need for a potential appointment at the hospital. All referrals to the teledermatolgy service are dealt with by Consultant Dermatology level staff.
The Consultant Led Teledermatology pilot commenced in June 2019 and was for initial duration of 10 months ending 31 March 2020. The pilot was extended until 31st July 2020 to allow further time to effectively evaluate the pilot’s impact.
On 22 July 2020 in the middle of the first period of the pandemic it was agreed, subject to the issue of a VEAT notice, to extend the service to the current provider for a term of a further 17 months (to 31.12.2021) rather than run a competitive tender process. In deciding on this course of action NHS Barnsley CCG was mindful that continuity of service was of paramount consideration, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic situation, during which period the service needed to continue without interruption, as not doing this could cause hidden harms for patients. The initial pilot contract value was £41,667.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/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
- 10 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Authority reference
SYPS/BARN/TS/21/53- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-030890- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030021Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The rationale for the extension of the Teledermatology Service is:
- The main impact of re-tendering this service or stopping the provision is that it will impact negatively on supporting the recovery and resilience of BHNFT hospital and Primary Care to cope with the Pandemic. It will also have the impact of taking away resources from delivering patient care.
- This is because the current service delivery would be disrupted and a new providers system would take at least three months to be fully mobilised. This gap in service delivery and referrals would mean an increase into Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, at a time they need to focus on managing the impact of the pandemic and system pressures. Primary Care needs to focus on a continuity of care for patients and so this is not the time to have a new referral and equipment process to train staff and patients to use. i.e. by taking away resources from delivering patient care.
- A contract extension will also allow any procurement process to take place post-winter (i.e. we are not asking possible bidders/services to respond at the peak of winter / during additional waves of COVID19) and take away resource from delivering patient care.
- By continuing with the current service it also helps to keep patients safer by keeping them closer to home and avoiding an appointment at the hospital, which will occur if there is a an interruption in the service due to a new provider being commissioned.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical PartnershipSubcontracting: declared | £138,480 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NHS Barnsley CCG : Consultant Led Teledermatology Service - Primary Care Initiated Referrals · Clinical Partnership
- Signed
- 10 Dec 2021
- Value
- £138,480
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS ImprovementReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clinical PartnershipAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.