Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Brent CCG
Wembley Centre for Health and Care, 116 Chaplin Road
Wembley
HA0 4UZ
UK
E-mail: i.coombes@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI72
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://brentccg.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
Whole Systems Integrated Care (WSIC)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Modification of existing contract to enable an increase in clinical capacity of the service to support proactive management of the rising risk cohort of patients.
The additional capacity will include: community nurses – specialist respiratory and cardiology; mental health link worker; elderly care consultants; and specialist GPs.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
400 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI72
Main site or place of performance:
London Borough of Brent.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Modification of existing contract under Regulation 72(1)(b) for the provision of additional services by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, recognising that another contractor: cannot be made for economic and technical reasons due to requirements of interoperability with existing services; and that involvement in another contractor would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority.
In line with the national direction of travel for CCGs to have an ICP in place, the variation will include the provision of additional clinical capacity into the service to support the team with the proactive management of the rising risk cohort of patients. The additional capacity will include: community nurses – specialist respiratory and cardiology; mental health link worker; elderly care consultants; and specialist GPs.
The Integrated care partnership (ICP) is collaborative networks of care providers, bringing together healthcare professionals (including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and hospital specialists); the voluntary and community sectors; local council representatives; and service users and carers, to design and coordinate local health and social care services.
Given the specificity of the service required and the requirements for patient record access, the ICP working in collaboration with primary, acute, community and voluntary sector organisations are the only technically capable provider for this service.
Because the ICP is not a legal entity, harness care cooperative will act as the host and banker for the ICP in Harness locality, subcontracting with other organisations as and when required.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The original contract being modified was established 1.11.2018 for 29 months until 30.3.2021 having an annual contract value of 1 438 000 GBP. The modification of an additional 400 000 GBP will apply from 1.8.2019 for the remaining duration of this contract until 30.3.2021.
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
The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is collaborative networks of care providers, bringing together healthcare professionals (including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and hospital specialists); the voluntary and community sectors; local council representatives; and service users and carers, to design and coordinate local health and social care services.
Given the specificity of the service required and the requirements for patient record access, the ICP working in collaboration with primary, acute, community and voluntary sector organisations are the only technically capable provider for this service.
Because the ICP is not a legal entity, harness care cooperative will act as the host and banker for the ICP in Harness locality, subcontracting with other organisations as and when required.
The modification of the existing contract is being made under Regulation 72(1)(b), recognising that additional services to be supplied by the original contractor which have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, with the assessment being made that a change of contractor: cannot be made for economic and technical reasons including requirements of interoperability with existing equipment and services; and would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority.
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Modification of existing contract under Regulation 72(1)(b) for the provision of additional services by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement.
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Whole Systems Integrated Care (WSIC)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/06/2019
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
Harness Care Co-operative Ltd
10 Kingfisher Way
London
NW10 8TF
UK
NUTS: UKI72
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 400 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/07/2019