Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
UK
Contact person: Amy-Louise Richardson
Telephone: +44 7881404711
E-mail: amy.richardson@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX
UK
E-mail: amy.richardson@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.pah.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries – applicable national procurement law:
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
ENHT, PAHT - Security Services
Reference number: T/12-22/1327
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79710000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust ("ENHT”) and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (“PAHT”) ("the Authorities") sought to procure their Security Services via a competitive tender. <br/><br/>The Provider shall provide a Security Service to deliver the following:<br/>a) Maintaining a secure environment at the Authorities' sites<br/>b) Responding to security incidents within the Authorities' sites and alarm response at Hertford County Hospital (ENHT) and PAHT.<br/>c) CCTV Monitoring at PAHT only.<br/>d) Additional specified duties as set out in the specification<br/>e) Provide reassurance, customer service, crime prevention and control and restraint.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
12 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The objectives of this procurement are as follows:<br/><br/>1) Provide a security service to ensure the safety and security of all patients, staff, and bona fide visitors to the Sites.<br/>2) Provide a high profile and visible service that creates a safe and secure environment.<br/>3) Provide professional integrated security services on a scheduled and reactive basis, which are efficient, effective, and timely.<br/>4) Maintain the safety of all persons on the sites. This includes the protection of patients, staff, service providers and visitors against violent acts or abuse.<br/>5) Protect the sites and property of the authorities, staff, patients and visitors against theft, vandalism, malicious tampering, and criminal damage.<br/>6) Ensure only bona fide visitors are allowed access to the sites. This includes restricting access of undesirable persons to the sites in general and restricting access to sensitive areas to authorised personnel only.<br/>7) Support clinical staff with the management of challenging patients to maintain the safety of patients, staff, and visitors.<br/>8) Contribute to creating a pro-security culture within the authorities.<br/>9) Comply with and enforce the authorities’ Policies as appropriate.<br/>10) Deter smoking anywhere within Trust boundaries for PAHT and anywhere other than designated smoking shelters for ENHT.<br/>11) Undertake or assist in investigation as directed by the LSMS.<br/>12) Issue rest room access keys to trainee medical staff (as required)<br/>13) Vetting and training of security staff, in accordance with the Security Industry Authorities.<br/>14) Responding to all types of security incidents across the sites as detailed in the specific requirements.<br/>15) Patrols as scheduled in agreement with the authorities.<br/>16) Escort duties i.e., walking staff to accommodation or car parks if requested.<br/>17) Responding to Alerts/bleeps, major incident, alarms building/security alarms.<br/>18) Supervision of access & egress.<br/>19) Incident reporting.<br/>20) Crime prevention.<br/>21) Lost property.<br/>22) Supporting the fire response teams in the event of a fire alarm activation.<br/>23) Providing support to the on-call engineer in the event of an out of hours security alarm activation at Hertford County Hospital (ENHT) and PAHT.<br/>24) Responding to any other reasonable request made by the contract manager or authorities Executive on call.<br/>25) Supporting the LSMS in security initiatives as appropriate.<br/>26) Working in partnership with officers of Hertfordshire Constabulary/Police to encourage reporting of incidents and the prosecution of offenders when appropriate.<br/>27) Supervising patients to prevent harm to themselves or others.<br/>28) Preventing patients from absconding from the premises when appropriate authority has been issued in the interests of safeguarding.<br/>29) Report faults and hazards identified during routine internal and external patrols.<br/>30) Supporting the management of the authorities’ ID badge and access control cards out of hours.<br/><br/>The Authorities have appointed a Service Provider who can deliver the above objectives within a healthcare environment, and who will embrace and work in partnership with the Authorities and their wider stakeholders, tenants and clients, so future aspirations can be exceeded.<br/><br/>Furthermore, the Authorities required a Service Provider that appreciates that expectations and priorities of the Security Service are unique to each type of property, and thus are expected to adopt an approach that is property specific, proactive and responsive.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50%
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10%
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40%
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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-000538
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
22/09/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Carlisle Support Services
251 The Boulevard, Capability Green
Luton
LU1 3LU
UK
NUTS: UKH
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:
: 11 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/12/2023