CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

NHS Harrow CCG are inviting suitably qualified and experienced Bidders to deliver Community Services.

Within the scope of the Community Services re-procurement are 2 proposed contract lots:

— Lot 1: Community services which includes Community and Specialist Nursing.

This contract will go live in October 2015 and will include provision of a Single Point of Access (SPA) for health and social care professionals. Services will need to be delivered as part of GP led multi-disciplinary teams which will operate a sub-network level.

— Lot 2: Intermediate Care Services.

This contract will go live in April 2016 and will incorporate provision of a rapid response team to prevent hospital admission, home base rehabilitation and an early supported discharge team.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

Joint and several liability.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

To those conditions stipulated within the procurement and contract documentation.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender. Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

As stated in the pre-qualification and subsequent documents, but bidders are invited to submit the most economically advantageous tender as defined by a combination of cost and quality.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

MA/041114/HCCG

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

All documentation can be downloaded from https:nhssbs.eu-supply.com

Where a bidder is not already registered documents can only be access following registration. The registration process is simple and will take a few moments. Once registered bidders are able to access this opportunity through the list of projects and/or through using the search functionality. If you experience any difficulty in registering and/or technical issues in obtaining documentation please contact the help desk — contact details are listed on the EU Supply home page.

The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process initiated by this notice and in such event will not be liable for any costs incurred by any party.

Bids will be evaluated so as to provide the most economically advantageous outcome for each public body using the award criteria listed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and subsequent Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD), and Invitation to Submit Final Tender (ISFT) documentation.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

NHS Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the decision to award the contract is communicated to tenderers. This decision notice will incorporate the award criteria, the reasons for the decision, the reasons why a tenderer did not meet any technical specification, the identity of the successful tenderer(s) and a precise statement of when the standstill period is expected to end. Any appeal or challenge against the award decision must be communicated to the address stated within the standstill period. If an appeal or challenge regarding the decision to award the contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have suffered harm or are at risk of harm by a breach of the procurement rules to take action in the High Court (England Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought within 3 months (NB this time limit may be reduced to 30 days in circumstances where the contract award has been publicised to all participants in accordance with the Regulations).

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This contract will go live in October 2015 and will include provision of a Single Point of Access (SPA) for health and social care professionals. Services will need to be delivered as part of GP led multi-disciplinary teams which will operate a sub-network level.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

Single Point of Access (SPA).

Within the scope of the SPA element of the service is the provision of a single point of access to community services for health and social care professionals in Harrow; in particular, GPs; the acute provider and Harrow Council.

The SPA will play a key part in reducing hospital admissions by facilitating the provision of responsive services within the community. It will also coordinate arrangements for hospital discharge back into the community.

It will also be incentivised to make the optimum use of community services which includes the community and specialist nursing resource to maximise patient quality of life and to maximise the utilisation of the resources available.

Community Services (which includes Community and Specialist Nursing).

Within the scope of this element of the specification are the following functions:

— Community Nursing Services for Housebound Patients;

— Healthcare Assessments, Patient Wellbeing and Care Plans (Core Community Nursing):

Maintaining Care (Holding) (Core Community Nursing);

Patient Treatments (core District Nursing);

— Podiatry Services;

— Cardiology Care Management;

— Continence (Level 1);

— Diabetes Pathway (Diabetes Specialist Nursing Service);

— HIV Service;

— Respiratory Pathway;

— Tissue Viability Service;

— Community Equipment;

— Community Consultant.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This contract will go live in April 2016 and will incorporate provision of a rapid response team to prevent hospital admission, home base rehabilitation and an early supported discharge team.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

Within the scope of this specification will be the services currently provided as part of the existing STARRS Scheme (Short Term Assessment, Reablement and Rehabilitation Scheme). These functions include:

— Rapid Response Team, which provides support for patients at high risk of hospital admission following a referral from a GP for up to 5 days;

— Early Supported Discharge, which provides intensive support for patients at home following discharge from hospital (including community transport); and

— Short term rehabilitation, which provides intensive clinical therapies for up to 6 weeks following hospital discharge.