Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Moorgate Road
Rotherham
UK
Contact person: Sue Grundy
E-mail: susan.grundy@nhs.net
NUTS: UKE31
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/workingtogethernhs/aspx/home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
Community Unit with Nursing
Reference number: TRFT 03951
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85140000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Authority is looking to work with a capable provider to supply a community unit with nursing to support individuals on a short-term basis who either cannot remain at home but do not require consultant led acute care or who are being discharged from acute care but are not yet able to return home. The supplier will work with health and social care providers to support discharge to assess, recovery, rehabilitation and reablement care plans to facilitate independence and enable as many people to return home as is possible.Individual therapy programmes will be formulated with the individual to achieve the following objectives :-• Return home at the earliest opportunity and/or;• Increase or maintain independence, choice and control and/or;• Instigate planned treatment and care to manage deterioration in health and wellbeing.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 882 880.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE31
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The development of a new reablement and intermediate care offer is a priority within the Rotherham Health and Social Care Place Plan. The NHS Long Term Plan and, more recently, national discharge guidelines introduced in response to the Covid Pandemic, outline an integrated ‘discharge to assess’ model based on ‘Home First’ principles. The aim is to develop community services to support more people to be discharged home directly from an acute setting or to remain at home during an exacerbation or acute incident. However, this is not always possible and there will be times when a person does not require consultant led care in an acute hospital, but cannot be safely cared for at home. There is therefore a need to provide community beds with nursing for short-term care. The required service will sit within the overarching Discharge to Assess Framework, supporting adults aged 18 years and over, providing step up and step down beds for those people whose needs cannot be met at home. Where appropriate, there will be a particular focus on recovery, reablement and rehabilitation to the level the individual can achieve. Suppliers will work with a multi-disciplinary health and social care team to asses an individual’s needs including their capacity for independent living and any potential ongoing care and support needs and the requirement will be to provide 24-hour nursing care beds support that focuses on reablement appropriate to each individual’s need.
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:
2 882 880.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option of 1 x 12 month renewal, subject to satisfactory provision of service.
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:
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
II.2.14) Additional information
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:
CQC registration required.
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.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing 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:
31/08/2021
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
31/08/2021
Local time: 17:00
Place:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement will be conducted via the In-tend e-Tendering Portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/workingtogethernhs/aspx/home. Candidates wishing to access documents and submit tenders relating to thisopportunity must register at the above via the "Register" tab, otherwise, please follow the 'Login' tab and enter your registered email address and password. You will be able to access further information to the projectrequirements from 'Tenders' and under 'Current'. Once the opportunity is visible, it will be possible to 'View Details' and then 'Express Interest' in the opportunity. There may be steps required within the system relatingto company information before you may access the project documents. For technical support in submitting your response, please contact In-tend Support team at support@in-tend.co.uk (or call 0845 557 8079).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Moorgate Road
Rotherham
S60 2UD
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/07/2021