Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
Hereford
HR4 0LE
UK
Contact person: Mr Mark Cage
Telephone: +44 1432383605
E-mail: mark.cage@herefordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Integrated Community Equipment Service
Reference number: DN439544
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Herefordshire Council and NHS Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have statutory requirement duties under various legislation to provide community Equipment for people with an assessed eligible social or health care need. Under a Section 75 agreement this service is integrated, with Herefordshire Council acting as the lead commissioner.
The existing integrated community equipment service is central to the delivery of the prevention and wellbeing priorities of the council and its partners with changing demand in social and health care, this service needs to continue to evolve to better meet the demands of stakeholders.
The service supports around 7 000 people per year with approximately 20 000 items of equipment. It delivers,installs, collects, recycles and maintains a wide range of basic and complex equipment.
The council welcome bids from organisations that can deliver an end to end service in line with the specification.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
8 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG11
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Herefordshire Council seeks to appoint a suitably accredited and demonstrably experienced organisation to provide an integrated community equipment service for Herefordshire.
Herefordshire Council and NHS Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have statutory requirement duties under various legislation to provide community equipment for people with an assessed eligible social or health care need. Under a Section 75 agreement this service is integrated, with Herefordshire Council acting as the Lead Commissioner.
The existing Integrated community equipment service is central to the delivery of the prevention and wellbeing priorities of the council and its partners with changing demand in social and health care, this service needs to continue to evolve to better meet the demands of stakeholders.
The 2 primary functions of the service are in relation to:
(a) the purchasing of equipment both standard catalogue stock and special equipment and self-purchase functions;
(b) the logistics in relation to placing orders, delivering, installation, maintenance, collection, storing and cleaning of equipment.
The service supports around 7 000 people per year with approximately 20 000 items of equipment. It delivers,installs, collects, recycles and maintains a wide range of basic and complex equipment.
The following organisations will be able to call-off against this tender Herefordshire Council, NHS Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
The council welcome bids from organisations that can deliver an end to end service in line with the specification.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: cost
/ Weighting: 30
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
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 194-470754
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
17/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nottingham Rehab Ltd (Trading as NRS Healthcare)
Coalville
UK
NUTS: UKG11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 8 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Herefordshire Council
Hereford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/02/2020