Insourcing of Clinical Services - Vascular Ultrasound Waiting List Reduction

Description

This paper proposes to seek approval of a contract award for Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Vascular Ultrasound pathway within King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is to enable our pathway quickly so that we can validate our waiting list and demonstrate performance improvement, specifically intended through the SIF funding allocation at King’s College Hospital. The contract is to be awarded under the direct award of Insourcing of Clinical Services Framework to UK Vein Clinic via Framework Reference: SBS10203.

Key facts

Procedure

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Framework agreement

Yes — a framework or dynamic purchasing system, not a single contract

Lots

1

Contact

Zeeshan Ali

zeeshan.ali10@nhs.net

Category

services

Awarded suppliers

• UK Vein Clinic Ltd · GB-FTS-187739 · UKJ4

Ground given for limiting competition

The buyer’s own stated reason for awarding without open competition, as published. Their assertion, not a finding.

This paper proposes to seek approval of a contract award for Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Vascular Ultrasound pathway within King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is to enable our pathway quickly so that we can validate our waiting list and demonstrate performance improvement, specifically intended through the SIF funding allocation at King’s College Hospital. The contract is to be awarded under the direct award of Insourcing of Clinical Services Framework to UK Vein Clinic via Framework Reference: SBS10203.