Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract 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.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current
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.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
NHS Hastings and Rother CCG, NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG, NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG, and East Sussex County Council, existing contract for the provision of a Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service is due to expire 31.3.2018 and the Contracting Authority is undertaking this project to re-procure.
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 CITS service model will be offered through a team approach, each team being of a number of therapists and therapy assistants (across all three 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.
The value stated is an estimate for the contract period of 3 years (4 400 000 GBP per year).
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 and Conditions and associated Particulars. The NHS Standard Contract can be accessed here: http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/
An electronic procurement process is being used for this procurement.
Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the IN-tend eTender system website (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current) to gain access to further information and obtain the procurement documents.
All correspondence will be dealt through this website.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
13 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
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
Completed PQQ submissions must be received no later than 12:00 on the date stated.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
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
Restricted procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 103-206079
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/08/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Instructions to access the Intend portal:
1. Browse to the SoEPS Commissioning Support portal
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning
2. Click the ‘Register’ link on the left-hand side of the page.
3. Enter your correct business and user details (your organisation may already have registered, please check with your internal bid department if you have one before reregistering).
4. Note the email address and password chosen and Click ‘Register My Company’ when complete.
5. Login to the portal with the username/password.
6. You will be prompted to change your password on first login.
7. Hover your mouse over the ‘Tenders’ button on the main toolbar and choose the relevant option:
— ‘My Tenders’ shows a list of the opportunities in which you have already expressed an interest or to which you have been invited,
— ‘Awarded’ shows a list of tenders awarded on the system (where these are were open to all),
— ‘Current’ shows a list of all the advertised opportunities on the system (i.e. open to all) in which you are able to express an interest,
— ‘Forthcoming’ shows a list of pipeline projects (including those in which providers can still express an interest — i.e. deadlines not yet reached).
8. Click on the ‘View Details’ button for relevant opportunity to access the content, clicking ‘Express an Interest’ where required to do so.
9. Click the relevant procurement as required then click the ‘Opt-In’ at the bottom of the page to start building your submission to the procurement stage. This will move the project over to your ‘My Tenders’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only).
10. Note the deadline for completion and follow the on screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT, accessing any attached documents as required.
11. Any questions on specific opportunities should be directed through the portal messaging facility.
If you have any questions on the above or general questions around tendering with NHS South of England Procurement Services Commissioning Support please contact:
commissioning.tenders@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
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
11/07/2017