Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group
Bexhill Hospital, Holliers Hill
Bexhill on Sea
TN40 2DZ
UK
Contact person: Chris McCarthy
Telephone: +44 1273485300
E-mail: christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://soeprocurement.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford
36-38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
UK
Contact person: Chris McCarthy
Telephone: +44 1273485300
E-mail: christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://soeprocurement.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group
36-38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
UK
Contact person: Chris McCarthy
Telephone: +44 1273485300
E-mail: christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://soeprocurement.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
East Sussex County Council
County Hall, St Annes Crescent
Lewes
BN7 1UE
UK
Contact person: Chris McCarthy
Telephone: +44 1273485300
E-mail: christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ22
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://soeprocurement.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service
Reference number: 17.325
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Children’s Integrated Therapy service will operate as a single combined therapy service including all therapies — speech and language, occupational therapy and physiotherapy and the prescribing of children’s equipment and orthotic requirements for children on the caseload.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
13 693 260.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85120000
85141000
85142100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ2
Main site or place of performance:
Service provided within the boundaries served by NHS Hastings and Rother CCG, NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG, NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG and East Sussex County Council.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service will provide therapy and equipment for children and young people up to their 19th birthday (0-18 years service), who are registered with an East Sussex GP.
The Children’s Integrated Therapy service will operate as a single combined therapy service including all therapies — speech and language, occupational therapy and physiotherapy and the prescribing of children’s equipment and orthotic requirements for children on the caseload.
The CITES service model will be offered through a team approach, each team being of a number of therapists and therapy assistants (across all 3 disciplines), and administrative support, who will work with children across the whole age range providing therapy services to meet the needs of children within their defined locality.
Therapy services will be delivered to children and young people aged 0-19 years across East Sussex, supporting children with complex disability, neurodevelopmental, and musculoskeletal conditions.
The provider is expected to ensure that services are offered in a range of venues, i.e. clinics shall be situated to give equity and ease of access to all within the boundaries of each of the commissioner localities. The provider may use the children’s centres available as well as health centres, schools and other community venues as appropriate subject to providers approaching those organisations directly.
Each child should have a named therapist appointed to their case. Individual therapists will use their professional judgement as to the appropriate pathway for each child and will liaise with parents and the early years setting/school/Children’s Services Department staff accordingly.
The primary period of the contract will be 3 years from commencement of the service with a single option of extending the term for a maximum period of up to a further 24 months. Contract extensions will be at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.
This service requirement falls within the Particular Procurement Regime (social and other specific services) as per Chapter 3 Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 will apply to this procurement process (former Part B services). The 2015 regulations are referred to as “the Regulations”.
Neither the publication of the advertisement, the inclusion of a bidder selection stage nor the use of the term “Pre-Qualification Questionnaire" nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority intends to hold itself bound by the full force of the regulations (save those applicable to the Particular Procurement Regime (also known as “light touch regime”).
The contract to be entered into by the contracting authority and the selected provider will be based on the current version at the time of signature of NHS Standard Contract and the provider of the service will be required to fully understand and comply with the terms & conditions and associated particulars. The NHS Standard Contract can be accessed here: http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/
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 value stated is for the 3 year primary contract period.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 133-272867
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Unit D, Hermitage Court, Hermitage Way, Barming
Maidstone
ME16 9NT
UK
NUTS: UKJ4
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 13 693 260.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
The equipment element of the service will be subcontracted.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The value stated is for the 3 year primary contract period.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Refer to South of England Procurement Services to trigger the review process. This process can be further escalated to NHS Improvement.
36-38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
UK
E-mail: christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://soeprocurement.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/01/2018