Concession notice
Section I: Contracting
authority/entity
I.1) Name and addresses
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road,
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
UK
Contact person: Senior Category Manager - Corporate (TEKH1223)
E-mail: ekh-tr.procurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ44
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/
Address of the buyer profile: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
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
Provision of sponsorship of EKHUFT stoma nursing care service
Reference number: TEKH1223
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Contracting authority requires a professional, competent and suitable provider to sponsor the current, and future, EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
The successful provider will be required from the Actual Services Commencement Date and throughout the Term to sponsor in full, and additionally support, the EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33126000
85110000
85140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ44
Main site or place of performance:
Stoma nurse-led clinics held in Ashford, Canterbury, Deal, Dover, Folkestone, Herne Bay, Margate and Whitstable.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contracting authority requires a professional, competent and suitable provider to sponsor the current, and future, EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
The successful provider will be required from the Actual Services Commencement Date and throughout the Term to sponsor in full, and additionally support, the EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
The EKHUFT stoma nursing care team provides specialist specialist stoma nursing care across the whole of East Kent and includes caring for patients in the Trust's three acute hospitals, in patients' homes and providing stoma clinics at other hospital sites and in GP practices.
The Trust has had an established stoma nursing care service and team for over twenty years, currently providing services six days a week, to all ostomates of any age and their carers. This includes colostomists, ileostomists, urostomists as the main stoma types, but also fistula management and internal ileo-anal pouch patients.
Further information about EKHUFT Stoma Service is available from https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/services/stoma/.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 60
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The estimated values in II.1.5 and II.2.6 are the estimated contract value of the sponsorship of the current, and future, EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
Bidders should seek independent legal and commercial advice in relation to the potential value of the opportunity.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
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
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The successful provider will be required from the Actual Services Commencement Date and throughout the Term to sponsor in full, and additionally support, the EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
22/03/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
The expected duration of the concession is 60 months.
The Contracting authority may publish further notices either a) 30 months (if the Contracting authority decides not to extend the concession) or b) 42 months (if the concession is extended by at least 12 months) or c) 54 months (if the concession is extended by at least 24 months) after the Actual Services Commencement Date.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR 2016) applies to this procurement.
The Contracting authority intends to follow a process similar to the Open procedure described in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR 2015). The Contracting authority reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the PCR 2015 in conducting the procedure using flexibilities permitted by the CCR 2016.
Professional, competent and suitable providers wishing to sponsor the EKHUFT Stoma Service must submit their Tender response via the Trust's e-Tendering system, BravoSolution, website address: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
Instructions for submitting your Tender are as follows:
i) access the Trust's e-Tendering portal at https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
ii) click "View current opportunities and notices"
c) register for interest in the itt_4071 - Provision of sponsorship of EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
d) download the document titled "itt_4071_Section A_Instructions" available from the Attachments section and thereafter follow the instructions contained therein.
e) if wishing to bid, accurately and fully complete the e-Tendering portal's Qualification and Technical Envelopes and submit your Tender by no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 22nd March 2023.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
UK
E-mail: ekh-tr.procurement@nhs.net
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting authority reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this concession notice.
For information on the review procedure bidders are referred to Regulation 47 (Notice of decision to award a concession contract); Regulation 48 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 52 to 63 of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR 2016).
Following any decision to award the concession contract, the Contracting authority will provide debriefing information to unsuccessful bidders (in accordance with Regulation 47 of the CCR 2016) and observe a minimum 10 day standstill period (in accordance with Regulation 48 of the CCR 2016) before the concession contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/02/2023