Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sutton Clinicial Commissioning Group
Priory Crescent, Cheam
Sutton
SM3 8LR
UK
Contact person: Mary Hopper
Telephone: +44 2036681200
E-mail: mary.hopper@swlondon.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.suttonccg.nhs.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Sutton End of Life Care Assessment and Coordination Service
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of a community based end of life care assessment and coordination service for patients within Sutton CCG area. This is a nurse led service supported by a multidisciplinary team of specialist palliative care community nursing and a social worker. The service will support the reduction of unnecessary hospital admissions for individuals who are in the last 12 months of their life.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 208 404.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI63
Main site or place of performance:
Epsom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Direct Award of contract with Sutton Health and Care Provider Alliance (SHCPA) through Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to include the delivery of end of life care assessment and coordination on 2 years’ basis with an option to extend these arrangements for up to a further 2 years extension to allow for alignment with Sutton Health and Care integrated care contractual solution currently anticipated from 2022. Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition)(No 2) Regulations 2013, the CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the provider will assure the safest solution and being considered the only technically capable provider at this time. The integrated solution will be delivered through the Alliance partners: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Sutton GP Services Ltd; London Borough of Sutton; and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Integration of services
/ Weighting: 80
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
2 year contract with reservation of rights to extend this for up to a further 2 years (4 years max).
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
Direct Award of contract with Sutton Health and Care Provider Alliance (SHCPA) through Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to include the delivery of end of life care assessment and coordination on 2 years’ basis with an option to extend these arrangements for up to a further 2 years extension to allow for alignment with Sutton Health and Care integrated care contractual solution currently anticipated from 2022. Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition)(No 2) Regulations 2013, the CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the provider will assure the safest solution and being considered the only technically capable provider at this time. The Alliance also includes Sutton GP Service Ltd; London Borough of Sutton; and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Sutton End of Life Care Assessment and Coordination Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/03/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane
Carshalton
SM5 1AA
UK
NUTS: UKI63
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 208 404.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/03/2019