Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Norwich Community Hospital, Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
UK
Telephone: +44 1603785866
E-mail: steven.worley@nchc.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH1
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.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
Health Services — Provision of Occupational Health Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Norfolk Community Health and Care has the requirement for one suitably qualified and experienced service provider to provide occupational health services to staff; enabling the Trust to meet its roles and responsibilities for staff welfare and well being.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH1
Main site or place of performance:
East Anglia.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk Community Health and Care requires one suitably qualified and experienced service partner to provide occupational health services to Trust staff; enabling the Trust to meet its roles and responsibilities for staff welfare and well being.
The contractor must be accredited as meeting the national standards for Occupational Health, SEQOHS (Occupational Health Service Standards for Accreditation), Faculty of Medicine 2010 across all seven domains i.e. business probity, information governance, people, facilities and equipment, relationship with purchasers, relationship with workers and the NHS specific domain that covers: prevention, timely intervention, rehabilitation, health assessments for work, promotion of health and well being and teaching and training.
The contractor will also provide advice to the Trust on any changes to statutory requirements and/or relevant case-law that may require review and or changes to the Trust’s occupational health policies, procedures and services.
This contract award is made under the guidance listed in Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) — using the Light Touch Regime procedure.
The award of this contract also aligns the Trust with the local STP agreement for unified provision of Occupational Health Services.
Under this agreement, the contract value listed is to be the maximum estimated value, net of VAT, of the activities to take place during all stages of the envisaged partnership.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This contract award is made in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations — under the light touch regime guidelines for health service contracts. The value of this contract is under the advertised threshold for health services — therefore it is out of scope of the regulations.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
N/A
Colney Lane
Norwich
NR4 7UY
UK
NUTS: UKH15
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:
: 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=484984301
GO Reference: GO-202042-PRO-16296854
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
UK
Telephone: +44 1603785866
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
UK
Telephone: +44 1603785866
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
UK
Telephone: +44 1603785866
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/04/2020