Secondary Care Acute Services

Description

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides inpatient and outpatient services across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As their core contract, it covers provision of all NHS acute services they provide where Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are the designated responsible commissioning authority, as opposed to NHS England or other authority. As the one of three NHS Provider Trusts within the Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS), Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is a key system partner within Frimley ICS and furthermore is the only partner providing primarily acute services across all ages of patients within the ICS footprint including the provision of Type 1 and 2 urgent and emergency services (A+) and associated emergency inpatient services, alongside many more essential health services such as surgical and medical specialties (elective and non-elective), Diagnostic, screening and/or Pathology services, and Cancer and/or Radiotherapy Services within the core contract but excludes Adult Community services commissioned via separate contracts This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Award Notice A. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Lot 1: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides inpatient and outpatient services across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As their core contract, it covers provision of all NHS acute services they provide where Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are the designated responsible commissioning authority, as opposed to NHS England or other authority. As the one of three NHS Provider Trusts within the Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS), Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is a key system partner within Frimley ICS and furthermore is the only partner providing primarily acute services across all ages of patients within the ICS footprint including the provision of Type 1 and 2 urgent and emergency services (A+) and associated emergency inpatient services, alongside many more essential health services such as surgical and medical specialties (elective and non-elective), Diagnostic, screening and/or Pathology services, and Cancer and/or Radiotherapy Services within the core contract but excludes Adult Community services commissioned via separate contracts The contract term is 2 years commenced 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2026 The lifetime value of this contract is estimated at £1,286,000,000 comprised of £643m for 24/25 (excludes associate commissioning authorities' values), with year 2 being not yet finalised, subject to NHS Payment Scheme consultation and other changes to national requirements The Commissioner is directly awarding a contract to the existing provider Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in accordance with the criteria outlined in Regulation 6(3) and 7 Direct Award process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners, with decisions on the award being made by the Frimley ICB Provider Selection and Contracting Group (PSCG).