To Provide an Open-Access High-Quality, Efficient and Effective Foot Surgery Service to Central London Community Healthcare Trust

To provide the podiatric surgery services with theatre space, reception, recovery, theatre staffing and consumables. Anaesthetist provision will be provided for GA lists.

Central London Community Healthcare Trust is seeking to issue a direct award for 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months starting on the 1st of April 2025 for Podiatry Surgery.

Podiatric Surgery provides elective, daycase surgery for the foot and its associated structure. The range of surgery is extensive to encompass soft tissue lesions such as ingrown toenails, ganglions and neuroma; bone surgery such as osteotomies and arthrodesis (fusion) in the management of a variety of conditions including bunions, osteoarthritis of joints, particularly the big toe joint (hallux limitus/rigidus); more complex surgery can be undertaken to correct painful flatfoot conditions. The scope, therefore, of podiatric surgery includes the foot and its associated structures.

The award is being made to the existing service provider, as per the Provider Selection Regime, Direct Award Process C for up to 24 months at a value of £970,304.00.

The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard and has been assessed against the five key criteria. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award. 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period.

A Standstill Period is now in force pursuant to Regulations 12 and 14(3) of the PSR Regulations 2023; this period will end at midnight on Monday 16th December 2024 and Central London Community Healthcare Trust will not enter a contract pursuant to the award to the provider under direct award process C before this date.

Representations by providers must be made to decision-makers by midnight on Monday 16th December 2024 (8 working days following publication of this intention to award notice). Should providers wish to make a representation please submit to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

The relevant authority's governance/decision-making panel are making the award decision.

The relevant authority has considered the Five Key Criteria and applied the basic selection criteria. The rationale for the relative importance of the Key Criteria is to ensure service continuity will be maintained through a service which is clinically effective, safe and timely. The rationale for choosing the provider is that there is the confidence that the provider is likely to satisfy future performance against the new contract at a cost-effective price against the Key Criteria (service model, clinical governance, service innovation, monitoring the quality of the service provision, value, reduce health inequalities, improving access, service sustainability, social value and good practices identified).

There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.