NHS London Procurement Partnership (LPP) intends to establish a joint working agreement with 1 or more Suppliers (maximum 3) to provide support to NHS organisations to make savings from operational PFI contracts.
The Supplier(s) appointed must be able to provide a wide range of specialist PFI advice to include financial, legal and technical services. The Supplier(s) will be required to provide at least 1 of the services in-house. The remaining services may be delivered through the use of sub-contractors identified by the tenderer at tender stage. The PFI advisers will work collectively as a team.
The PFI advisers will be a practical, hands-on organisation with a team of experienced individuals including PFI lawyers, technical advisors and financing experts with extensive experience of delivering PFIs from within the public sector.
To maintain impartiality, the external PFI Supplier(s) appointed by LPP shall have any vested interest in operational PFI projects across the NHS other than a desire to see third party services being delivered more effectively and efficiently. This collaborative initiative is based on the fundamental need to support NHS Organisations to undertake PFI efficiency reviews.
LPP is an NHS owned collaborative procurement organisation hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, that exists to provide a cost effective and efficient procurement service to member organisations located across the NHS in England. LPP brings health sector expertise, in-depth data on NHS expenditure as well as strong relationships in the health economy and more widely.
LPP is required to recover the costs of any work undertaken to support trusts to review their operational PFI Contracts but have no profit maximising objective.
LPP and the external PFI advisers appointed by LPP will work on the basis of a fixed or capped fee based on a standard day rate that reflects the blend of resources supplied by each organisation. The savings made will be retained by the NHS Organisation and used for front-line services.
LPP will collect payment from NHS trusts for the services rendered. The external PFI advisers shall invoice LPP in accordance with the time-scales and frequency agreed for each assignment. LPP will pay the agreed charges within 30 days of the date of the invoice.
Where a NHS Organisation conducts a competitive or single tendering exercise for a PFI adviser and the contract is awarded to LPP (in the name of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust as host of the LPP), LPP will be the lead service provider. LPP will be responsible to the client for the delivery of the entire service, and for the co-ordination of the work undertaken by the external Service Provider.
The intention shall be for LPP to engage the external PFI advisers under the same terms and conditions (NHS Terms and Conditions for the Provision of Services) and pricing agreement (either fixed fee, capped fee or day rate) as entered into with the client for each assignment.