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Published 17 Jun 2022, 16:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Temporary Agency Medical Locum Doctors

Official notice

Authority: NHS National Services Scotland (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Framework ceiling (notional)£420,000,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 18 Jul 2022awarded 30 Sept 2022

Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The provision of agency temporary Medical locum doctors to NHS Scotland Entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service

(Scotland) Act 1978 ( ie all Health boards, special Health Boards, Health Improvement Scotland and the Common services Agency )

CPV: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 40 suppliers · 37 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.9 per place) · 41 appointed (full)
Electronic auction: yes

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · 1 with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot

Lot #1Temporary Agency Medical Locums all Grades & SpecialitiesAwardedRenewalPublished value£420,000,000

Supply of Temporary agency Medical Locum Doctors

Delivery: Scotland · NHS Scotland entities pursuant to National Health Service (Scotland) act 1978 ie all Health boards, special Health boards, Health Improvement Scotland and the common service agency)

Extensions: The Common Services Agency shall be entitled ( at its sole discretion)to extend the duration of the Framework agreement by two 12 calendar month periods · The Framework Agreement duration will be 3years (36 months) with 2 twelve months extensions available The Common Services Agency shall be entitled ( at its sole discretion)to extend the duration of the Framework agreement by two 12 calendar month periodsVariant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Lot #2Temporary Agency Medical Locums Neutral VendorAwardedRenewalLot estimate not published

The provision of agency temporary Medical locum doctors via Neutral Vendor provider to NHS Scotland Entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ( ie all Health boards, special Health Boards, Health Improvement Scotland and the Common services Agency )

79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

Lot	Quality	Price	Split
1 · Temporary Agency Medical Locums all Grades & Specialities	50%	50%
2 · Temporary Agency Medical Locums Neutral Vendor	100%	—

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
(1) Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide a statement covering the 3 years previous financial years including the overall turnover of the Potential Framework Participants in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
(2)Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide statements of account or extracts relating to their business.
(3) Please attach your bankers statement outlining the current cash and credit facility position and confirming the Contractor’s economic and financial standing.
(4)see contract/tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the ESPD (Scotland) and the financial period of reporting is
the previous 3 financial years.
(5) Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide confirmation of Employers Liability, Public Liability and any other
relevant insurances.
Minimum: All candidates must demonstrate a minimum turnover of 500,000 UKGBP per annum Potential Framework Participants must confirm the limits of indemnity per occurrence and aggregate for Public Liability for any one incident in any one year, and any other relevant insurances are above …
Technical & professional ability
Potential Framework Participants must be able to demonstrate experience in providing an efficient, responsive and effective service for the provision of registered medical practitioners on an agency/locum basis (including an understanding of the need to accurately assess the skills and capabilities required against those offered by individual doctors) and the capability to provide Agency Services to Participating
Authorities across Scotland. Potential Framework Participants for Lot 2 must be able to demonstrate experience in providing efficient, responsive and effective service for the provision of registered medical practitioners on an Neutral Master Vendor basis
Minimum: Potential Framework Participants for Lot 1 must submit with their tenders at least two (current) references from NHS bodies or registered healthcare providers attesting to the appropriate nature, quality and effectiveness of services provided by the potential Framework Participan…

What this means for your bid

Price carries 50 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 5 points.
“Temporary Agency Medical Locum Doctors” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 40 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 17 Jun 2022, 16:54 BST
Last source update: 20 Oct 2022, 12:42 BST
Award evaluation window: 18 Jul 2022 – …
Authority reference: NP50022
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-029582
Classification (CPV): Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034802 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: electronic ordering
Performance terms: Minimum conditions relating to worker pay and commission rates are detailed in the ITT

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Framework Agreement has be entered into will not affect the Framework Agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the Framework Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages

Publisher note: The Authority is seeking to establish a multi supplier framework under Lot 1 and envisages to appoint approximately (30) potential framework Participants to the framework, but reserves the right to appoint a greater number for clinical coverage of appropriate disciplines, with a further (10) potential framework suppliers on Lot 2 for Neutral Vend providers (SC Ref:709093)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Appointment period ends: 18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

18 Jul 2022 → 20 Oct 2022 · 3 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Notice published
20 Oct 2022, 12:42 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2022

Status changed to complete
20 Oct 2022, 12:42 BST
Buyer details updated
20 Oct 2022, 12:42 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 41admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 3710 from SMEs · busiest of 2 lots

Contracts signed 2latest 30 Sept 2022

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £135,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Temporary Agency Medical Locums all Grades & Specialities
Signed
30 Sept 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Temporary Agency Medical Locums Neutral Vendor
Signed
30 Sept 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1 · Temporary Agency Medical Locums all Grades & Specialities	37bids · 37 electronic	10	—	—
2 · Temporary Agency Medical Locums Neutral Vendor	7bids · 7 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS National Services Scotland

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareNational or federal agency/officeHealth Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth Edinburgh, ScotlandContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

41 commercial parties on the notice

A&E Agency LimitedFramework contractor Turnford Place, Great Cambridge Road, Turnford, Broxbourne, UK, Broxbourne, UK, EN106NHContact phone
Abicare Health Solutions LtdFramework contractor 272 Bath Street,, Glasgow, UK, G2 4JRContact phone
Agile Workforce Services LimitedFramework contractor 4th floor, 1 Belle Vue Square, Skipton, UK, BD23 1FJContact phone
Arevna LimitedFramework contractor Unit 8b Lancaster Court, Coronation Road, High Wycombe, South East, HP12 3TDContact phone
Athona LimitedFramework contractor 2nd Floor, Kingsgate House, 1 King Edward Road, Brentwood, East of England, CM144HGContact phone
Clarity Workforce Teechnology LtdFramework contractor Unit 3, Lagare Apartments, 51 Surrey Row, London, UK, SE1 0BZContact phone
Clinical Employment ServicesFramework contractor 31-34 Freetrade House, Lowther Road, Stanmore, UK, HA7 1EP
DRC LocumsFramework contractor Partis House Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, UK, MK5 8HJContact phone
Direct Medics Ltd.Framework contractor Direct Medics Ltd., 33A Stockman's Way, Belfast, UK, BT97ET
Empire Medical LocumsFramework contractor Meriden Hall, , Main Road, Meriden, West Midlands, CV7 7PTContact phone

Show 31 more suppliers

Fresh Recruitment Ltd (ta) Fresh Medical RecruitmentFramework contractor Meriden Hall, Main Rd,, Meriden, UK, CV7 7PT
HCL Doctors LtdFramework contractor 33 Soho Square, London, UK, W1D 3QUContact phone
Holt Doctors LimitedFramework contractor 4th Floor, 1 Belle Vue Square, Broughton Road, Skipton, UK, BD23 1FJContact phone
ID Medical Group LimitedFramework contractor ID House, 1 Mill Square, Wolverton Mill South, Milton Keynes, UK, MK12 5ZDContact phone
Immediate Medical Solutions LtdFramework contractor 18 Raven Road,, South Woodford,, London, UK, E18 1HBContact phone
Interact MedicalFramework contractor 1a Garforth Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, UK, MK5 8PGContact phone
Litmus Workforce Solutions LimitedFramework contractor 9 Devonshire Square, London, UK, EC2M 4HPContact phone
MEDLINE RECRUITMENT LTDFramework contractor 11 Weaver Terrace,, Aberdeen, UK, AB24 4SDContact phone
Maxxima LtdFramework contractor Turnford Place, Great Cambridge Road, Turnford, Broxbourne, London, EN10 6NHContact phone
Med Team Primary Care ServicesFramework contractor 120 Gower Road, Sketty, Swansea, UK, SA2 9BT
Medacs Healthcare PlcFramework contractor 800 The Boulevard, Capability Green, Luton, UK, LU1 3BAContact phone
Medecho LtdFramework contractor 501 Cumberland House, 80 Scrubs Lane, London, UK, NW10 6RFContact phone
MedicsPro LimitedFramework contractor 111-115 North Street, Romford, UK, RM11ESContact phone
Mylocum ltdFramework contractor Neptune House 8-11 Clements Court, , Clements Lane, Essex, UK, IG1 2QZContact phone
NC Healthcare LtdFramework contractor 4th Floor, 166 College Road, Harrow on the Hil, Middlesex, UK, HA1 1BHContact phone
NISI Staffing - Locum & Healthcare ServicesFramework contractor 3 Oswin Road, Leicester, UK, LE3 1HRContact phone
National LocumsFramework contractor 7 Clarendon Drive, Wymbush, Milton Keynes, UK, MK8 8EDContact phone
PLUS US WORKFORCE SERVICES LLPFramework contractor 340 Firecrest Court, Centre Park, Warrington, UK, WA11RGContact phone
Pertemps Medical LimitedFramework contractor Meriden Hall, Main Road, Coventry, UK, CV7 7PTContact phone
Pulse Healthcare LimitedFramework contractor Turnford Place, Great Cambridge Road, Turnford, Broxbourne, UK, EN10 6NHContact phone
RIG Locums Limited t/a CPL UK HealthcareFramework contractor Northside House,, 69 Tweedy Road, Bromley, UK, BR1 3WAContact phone
RM MEDICSFramework contractor 1-3 SILVER STREET, BEDFORD, UK, MK40 1SYContact phone
RMR Recruitment LimitedFramework contractor Jubilee House, 3 The Drive, Brentwood, UK, C1M3 3FRContact phone
Recruitment Express Limited t/a The Locum ConsultancyFramework contractor Unit 2 Mill Square, Featherstone Road, Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes, South East, MK12 5ZDContact phone
Retinue SolutionsFramework contractor 5th Floor 4 Coleman Street, London, United Kingdom,, London, UK, EC2R 5ARContact phone
Seven ResourcingFramework contractor 2nd Floor, Oberon House, BT Adastral Park, Ipswich, Suffolk,, Ipswich, UK, IP5 3REContact phone
TXM HealthcareFramework contractor Walnut House, Blackhill Drive, Wolverton Mill, UK, MK12 5TS
Templars Medical Agency (UK) LtdFramework contractor High Laithe , Gargrave Road, Broughton, Skipton, UK, BD233AQContact phone
Total Assist Recruitment LtdFramework contractor Blackburn House , 22-26 Eastern Road, Romford, UK, RM1 3PJContact phone
Unite Medical LimitedFramework contractor 630 Milton Keynes Business Centre, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, UK, MK14 6GDContact phone
Your World Recruitment LimitedFramework contractor 5th Floor Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, UK, EC2A 2EWContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.