Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Aspen House, Stephenson Road
Colchester
CO4 9QR
UK
Contact person: Charles Kirabo
E-mail: charles.kirabo@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.neessexccg.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.1) Name and addresses
Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK
Contact person: Charles Kirabo
E-mail: charles.kirabo@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ipswichandeastsuffolkccg.nhs.uk/Home.aspx
Address of the buyer profile: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.1) Name and addresses
West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
West Suffolk House, Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 3YU
UK
Contact person: Charles Kirabo
E-mail: charles.kirabo@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.westsuffolkccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Integrated Urgent Care service (Including NHS111, Clinical Assessment Service and GP Out-of-hours)
Reference number: ACE-0320-2018-Ipsw/W Suff/NEE
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group seek to jointly commission an Integrated Urgent Care Service across Suffolk (minus Waveney) and North East Essex.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
80 360 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79512000
85141220
85312310
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
Suffolk (minus Waveney) and North East Essex.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The 3 CCGs are all within the same Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) footprint and seek to award a contract to a single legal entity responsible for the provision of a functionally integrated 24/7 urgent care access, clinical advice and treatment service (incorporating NHS 111 and OOH services). The Service will also include the provision of Primary Care streaming in ED for the Suffolk CCGs.
The contract may be amended in terms of the original services supplied through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The potential developments include, but are not limited to the following areas: In the Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and West Suffolk CCG area only: a Care Co-ordination Centre (CCC) which currently provides the single point of access and pathway coordination for community health services (adults and children) responding to urgent and non-urgent care demands. This Single Point of Access for the CCC will be integrated as part of the national NHS 111 patient pathway for care and treatment and will provide the local response, underpinned by local pathways and services (as set out in the Directory of Services (DoS)). Over the lifetime of the contract we would foresee the Provider working closely with the system to develop further links to or consolidation of other contact points such as those provided by the local authority, in-hours primary mental health and acute sectors. We also foresee that the Integrated Urgent Care Service would use its position to innovate in the fields of telehealth, telemedicine and telecare.
Commissioners working with local system partners are reviewing current mental health crisis services and how to better integrate these. As part of this we are reviewing opportunities to create a single mental health crisis access point and clinical triage and wish to work with the IUC Provider on this in due course which may include linking this through the IUC Service and onwards to mental health organisations as appropriate. The successful Provider will also be expected to join the emerging three alliance partnerships within Suffolk and North East Essex. The Provider will be expected to work collaboratively with North East Essex CCG’s Urgent Treatment Service Alliance (including primary care and wider urgent care services) so that patients view urgent care as one seamless service irrespective of any different providers. Further detail is in the Service Specification.
Please note that the deadline for ITT responses is 12:00 noon on 15.3.2018.
To register interest in applying, please go to: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk
Click on “Register here” and follow the on screen instructions.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
80 360 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/10/2018
End:
30/09/2023
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Depending on Contract extensions and depending on Service reviews, likely dates for the renewal process to commence will be either be 2022 or 2024.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
An option to extend for an additional 2 years. Further options are mentioned within II.2.4). The aforementioned estimated contract value is for the 5 + 2.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
15/03/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
15/03/2018
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The Service to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). As such, the procurement of the Service is being run as a bespoke process akin to the Open Procedure, involving the process outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authorities do not intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.
You are advised that the budget will be in the region of GBP 11.480m and 12.756m per year inclusive of CQUIN at 2.5 % across the period of the contract, therefore 80.36m to 89.292m total contract value, for the potential 7 years, which is a combination of 5 years, plus a possible extension of up to 2 years. The maximum budget for the evaluated 5 years is GBP 63 784 231 which includes CQUIN at 2.5 %.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Business Park
Colchester
CO4 9QR
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2018