Medical Recruitment Framework
The NHSCPP is putting in place a national clinical staffing framework agreement for the sourcing, introducing and supply of high quality, trained and fully vetted nursing and midwifery staff, medical and dental staff and other clinical staff.
United Kingdom-London: Recruitment services
2016/S 049-081594
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (as host of the NHS London Procurement Partnership)
Guy’s Hospital Great Maze Pond
For the attention of: Jane Bratley — Category Manager
SE1 9RT London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
Electronic access to information: www.lppsourcing.org
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.lppsourcing.org
Further information can be obtained from: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (as host of the NHS London Procurement Partnership)
Guy’s Hospital Great Maze Pond
For the attention of: Jane Bratley — Category Manager
SE1 9RT London
UNITED KINGDOM
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (as host of the NHS London Procurement Partnership)
Guy’s Hospital Great Maze Pond
For the attention of: Jane Bratley — Category Manager
SE1 9RT London
UNITED KINGDOM
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (as host of the NHS London Procurement Partnership)
Guy’s Hospital Great Maze Pond
For the attention of: Jane Bratley — Category Manager
SE1 9RT London
UNITED KINGDOM
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (as hosts of East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub)
Hardwick Lane
IP33 2QZ Bury St Edmunds
UNITED KINGDOM
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (as hosts of North of England NHS CPC)
2150 Century Way
LS15 8ZB Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (as hosts of NHS Commercial Solutions)
18 Mole Business Park, Leatherhead, Surry, KT227AD
RH2 7DG Reigate
UNITED KINGDOM
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 22: Personnel placement and supply services
NUTS code UKD,UKJ,UKF,UKC,UKH,UKK,UKG
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 0
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 750 000 000 and 2 000 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000, 85100000, 79610000, 79620000, 79624000, 79625000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 750 000 000 and 2 000 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Number of possible renewals: 2
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: 1A Employment Business Service delivery model: Nursing and midwifery staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000, 79610000, 79620000, 79624000, 79625000, 85100000
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Lot 1B Employment Business Service delivery model: Medical and dental staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000, 79625000, 79610000, 79620000, 85100000
Lot No: 1 Lot title: 1C Employment Business service delivery model: Other clinical staff, , including without limitation, allied health professionals, emergency services personnel (including ambulance staff) and health science services staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000, 79625000, 79610000, 79620000, 85100000
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Lot 1 D Employment Business service delivery model: All clinical staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Lot 2 A Employment Agency service delivery model: Nursing and midwifery staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Lot 2 B Employment Agency service delivery model: Medical and dental staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Lot 2 C Employment Agency service delivery model: Other clinical staff, including without limitation, allied health professionals, emergency services personnel (including ambulance staff) and health science services staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Lot 2 D Employment Agency service delivery model: All clinical staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Lot 3 Neutral supply chain managed service provision: All clinical staff
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79600000, 79610000, 85100000, 79625000, 79624000
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: See Invitation to Tender.
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As detailed in the tender documents.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the LPP eSourcing portal. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered as suppliers on: www.lppsourcing.org
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See Invitation to Tender.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
See Invitation to Tender.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Invitation to Tender.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
This framework is compliant with the ‘Price caps for agency staff: rules’ (Monitor, November 2015) (as varied, amended, supplemented, extended, restated and [or] replaced and any subsequent guidance or requirements issued by Monitor and/or the NHS Trust Development Authority or any other regulatory body). 1. The purpose of the service for lot 1 is for the supply of fully vetted Temporary Agency Workers from Suppliers (acting as Employment Businesses) for hire by Participating Authorities on Assignments. The purpose of the service for lot 2 is for the introduction of fully vetted Work-Seekers from Suppliers (acting as Employment Agencies) for direct employment by the Participating Authority on fixed term, or permanent, Engagements. The purpose of the service for lot 3 is a Neutral Supply Chain Management Service delivery model for the sourcing, introduction and managing the supply of appropriately vetted Temporary Agency Workers from Participating Authority approved Sub-Contractors for hire by Participating Authorities on Assignments. The framework agreement will bring together a comprehensive range of suppliers providing a mix of national, local, niche and speciality coverage for: Nursing and Midwifery and nursing related services Doctors, GPs including Dental Other Clinical Staff Including AHP/HSS This Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of all NHSCPP member bodies (whether full, associate or other members) and any additional new NHSCPP members for the duration of the contract, plus any other NHS/Public Sector bodies located in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to the approval of NHSCPP, including but not limited to Acute Trusts, Foundation Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Ambulance Trusts, Care Trusts, Hospital Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Community Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Health Boards, NHS Commissioning Boards, Commissioning Support Units and other health organisations (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), Health and Social Care Trusts (Northern Ireland), Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, Social Enterprises, NHS Collaborative Procurement Hubs/Organisations, GP Practices, Primary Care Commissioners, Department of Health, Public Health England and Local Authorities (where Local Authorities are engaged in the provision or commissioning of health related services, for example (but not limited to) the fields of healthcare, social care, early years care and public health). Listings of the entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NHSCPP, can be found at: Acute Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs): http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx Mental Health Trusts:http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx Ambulance Trusts:http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx Care Trusts:http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA): http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/ Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx Arms Length Bodies:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arms-length-bodies/our-arms-length-bodies NHS England: http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/d-com/and other organisations involved in commissioning of primary care services via Clinical Commissioning Groups — CCGs supported by the Commissioning Support Units — CSU’s which will be responsible for commissioning most aspects of NHS care (or equivalent body/bodies established pursuant to legislation enacted as a result of, or in connection with, the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS published July 2010. CCG: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/ccg-details/ CSU: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/appointments/csu NHS Professional Regulator:http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/healthregulators/Pages/professional-standards-authority.aspx The Clinical Commissioning Board, Area Teams: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx and other organisations involved in commissioning and/or overseeing General Practitioner services and GP consortia and GP Practices: and any other provider of primary medical services: a) who are a party to any of the following contracts: — General Medical Services (GMS), — Personal Medical Services (PMS), — Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) and/or b) Commissioned by NHS England or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above. Social Enterprises: http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/ Local Authorities: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/org/la-data.do NHS Wales (National Health Service for Wales) including but not limited to: Welsh Health Boards, Primary care services — GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/localservices/localhealthboards/ NHS Scotland (National Health Service for Scotland) including but not limited to: NHS Boards, Hospitals, Primary care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.aspx NHS Northern Ireland (National Health Service for Northern Ireland) including but not limited to: Health and Social Care Trusts, Primary care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, social care services and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services: http://www.hscni.net/ Included also are UK: Prison services: https://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder, Police forces: https://www.police.uk/forces/ , Fire services: http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs Publically funded educational establishments: http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/quickSearchResult.xhtml and Community Interest Companies The members of the NHS London Procurement Partnership may be found at: http://www.lpp.nhs.uk/about-lpp/our-members/ The members of the East of England NHS CPH may be found at :https://www.noecpc.nhs.uk/current-members The members of North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative may be found at https://www.noecpc.nhs.uk/ The members of the NHS Commercial Solutions may be found at: http://www.commercialsolutions-sec.nhs.uk/trusts.php. It is expected that public sector bodies and those associated with public sector activities will make use of this framework arrangement (whether acting individually or on behalf of or together as members of any consortium). 2. The NHSCPP expressly reserves the right (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the competition and in no circumstances will the NHSCPP be liable for any costs incurred by operators. If the NHSCPP decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with a successful operator, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent call off contracts being awarded by the public sector bodies identified below. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to both Framework Agreement and call off contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of the operator. Any Orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate call off contract under the scope of the Framework Agreement between the specific public sector body and the successful operator. NHSCPP and the public sector bodies identified below calling off under the Framework Agreement reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the Framework Agreement. The duration referenced in Section II.1.4 above if for the placing of Orders (award of specific call off contracts) under the Framework Agreement. Operators should note that there will be no guaranteed volumes under any Framework Agreement awarded and the value provided in Section II.1.4 above is only an estimate, based upon current analysis of likely usage and the value may be subject to change. NHSCPP cannot guarantee operators any business through this Framework Agreement. 3.The total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement cannot be calculated accurately or guaranteed, but has nevertheless been estimated with the range given for the duration of the Framework Agreement. 4. Suppliers may bid for 1 or all lots and sub lots.
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: