Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

I.1) Name and addresses

I.1) Name and addresses

I.1) Name and addresses

I.1) Name and addresses

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract

Title: 1 Complex Care

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

30/11/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 9

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

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: : 1.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Title: 2 Non-Complex Care

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

30/11/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 9

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

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: : 1.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

The unprecedented and unforeseen restrictions placed on the CCG due to Covid-19, the CCGs were unable to commence the service provision in April 2020 as stated in the original advert. Governance was awarded in May 2020, however the service provision will commence in December 2020, hence the delay in the publication of this award notice.

The establishment of this Pseudo dynamic purchasing system (PDPS) was intended to procure these services which fall within the light-touch regime (LTR — PCR 2015 Regulations 74-77). The Pseudo DPS will in many respects look and feel like a DPS set up under PCR 2015 Regulation 34, but the flexibility of the LTR will apply. None of the formal procedural rules have any direct application including the requirements of Regulation 34. The contracting authorities make this distinction to avoid implying that they will follow, or be bound by, the full procurement regime under PCR 2015 for this procurement. The total aggregate contract value is GBP 40 760 000 for the 3 years plus the option to extend for a further 2 years (5 years total) however there is no guaranteed activity within this contract and providers will receive payment upon actual service delivery. This service is in lots, with:

Lot 1 for complex and high levels of domiciliary care needs;

Lot 2 for non-complex, moderate and low domiciliary care needs.

NHS Basildon, Thurrock Castle Point and Rochford and Southend CCGs may join this framework at any time. Future opportunities for organisations to express an interest in this framework will be advertised and the service will be reviewed in September 2020. Potential bidders can request to participate by completing a qualification questionnaire to demonstrate how they meet the stated minimum selection criteria. In addition, potential bidders who wish to join the PDPS must provide information about their proposed ability to provide complex and non-complex domiciliary care services. The tender documents issued by contracting authorities for specific call-offs under this PDPS will fully confirm the specific terms and conditions applicable for the provision of services. Call-off contracts will be awarded by further competition via an invitation to tender issued by any of the participating contracting authorities. Providing that a potential bidder on the approved provider list has been identified as eligible to bid for a particular call-off contract via the PDPS filtering process, and they continue to meet the minimum selection criteria, they will be able to bid for the call-off contract. Each individual ITT for a call-off contract will include the detailed service specification and any required service elements relating to such call-off contract. The procurement documentation includes the relevant terms and conditions that may be utilised by the parties for subsequent call-offs under the PDPS (albeit contracting authorities are permitted to incorporate their own preferred forms subject to their ongoing compliance with the any relevant restrictions).

It should be noted that any dates of the framework opening to bidders are expected dates at the time of issuing this contract notice and may be subject to change. The CCG's reserve the right to make changes or amendments at any point. Any changes or amendments will be made explicit via notices or the e-procurement portal Bravo. The services within this PDPS procurement fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). Neither the inclusion of the bidder at qualification stage nor the use of the terms memorandum of information, qualification questionnaire, or invitation to tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the regulations save those applicable to public contracts for social and other specific services listed in schedule 3 of the Regulations (the ‘Light Touch Regime’).

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

04/12/2020