2.23 The contractors to the Bywest consortium consisted of Bouygues for construction and Ecovert for facilities management, part of the same group, which provided a unified approach to bidding. During the evaluation Bywest scored highest overall on quality (Figure 6). They were judged to have the strongest design in the key clinical areas and they were also deemed to have the best phasing and timetable for the scheme, ie. one which would cause the least disruption to the continued running of the hospital. Their apparent commitment to health and safety, training and quality assurance impressed the Trust and their human resources policy was considered better than that of their competitors16.
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Non-financial assessment scores of the three bidders |
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The Figure shows the Trust's scores for each of the bids in each category other than bid price |
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Assessment category |
Bywest |
NewHealth |
SUMMIT |
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Design and healthcare |
252 |
241 |
225 |
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Construction |
57 |
49 |
49 |
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Services approach |
167 |
147 |
153 |
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Human resources |
66 |
50 |
50 |
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Equipment |
25 |
25 |
25 |
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Overall impression |
34 |
20 |
24 |
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Grand total |
601 |
532 |
526 |
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Source: The Trust |
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2.24 The financial evaluation carried out by the Trust's financial advisers judged that the Bywest bid offered the best value for money (see Figure 7).
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The comparison of bid prices at preferred bidder selection |
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The Figure shows that Bywest had the lowest estimated present value of unitary payments |
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Bywest £000 |
NewHealth £000 |
Summit £000 |
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Net present value of the unitary payment discounted to 1/4/99 |
95,200 |
95,486 |
96,631 |
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Source: The Trust, KPMG |
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The NPV of the final contract with Bywest is £123.8 million. (See Figure 8 for movements after Bywest became preferred bidder.)
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16 The Trust addressed employment issues before completing the PFI deal and had included the HR policy of the bidders as one of the non-financial assessment criteria. Many non-clinical services had already been contracted out and the staff had already been transferred to the private sector. Only 22 NHS staff were transferred to Bywest's service provider, Ecovert, as a result of the PFI.