Provision of Services for Out of Hours GP Support to Devon Community Hospitals (South and West Regions)

Description

NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) seeks to commission a Provision of Services for Out of Hours GP Support to Devon Community Hospitals - South and West Regions. The service will be provided to patients residing as in-patients in the Devon Community Hospitals - South and West Regions. To provide urgent (as opposed to emergency or routine) primary care support to Devon's Community Hospitals during the out-of-hours period where it is required, and the patients' needs cannot be appropriately met in the in-hours period. Hospital staff will be able to seek the advice of a clinician, who will arrange for a GP to attend the hospital to undertake a face-to-face assessment if clinically indicated. The total value of the Out of Hours GP Support for Devon Community Hospitals (South and West Regions) is £95,000 for the initial 6-month period. There is an extension option for a further 6-month period. The total value of the contract including the extension period is £190,000. Additional information: The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). The procurement process began prior to the implementation of the Provider Selection Regime, therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 remained the applicable legislation.