Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4, Spencer Close, St Margret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
UK
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH35
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.westessexccg.nhs.uk
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 Services in West Essex — Contract Award
Reference number: ACE-0397-2020-West
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract award notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (2020/S 110-268656) in OJEU on 9 June 2020 setting out the contracting authority's intention to award a contract for community services to its incumbent provider.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
32 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH35
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract award notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (2020/S 110-268656) in OJEU on 9 June 2020 setting out the contracting authority's intention to award a contract for community services to its incumbent provider.
West Essex CCG has an ambitious strategy to integrate the delivery of health and care for the population of West Essex. The end goal is a truly integrated Accountable Care Organisation. The West Essex system has been on a journey of integration with its incumbent providers for a number of years to develop integrated solutions for delivery of services across a number of different pathways.
The incumbent provider for community services in West Essex is Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT). EPUT are also a key partner within the One Health and Care Partnership (the West Essex Integrated Care Partnership). As a key partner the CCG has been working with EPUT to redesign services which deliver integration with both the local Acute and Primary Care providers. The current community services contract will end on 31 March 2021.
The new contract being proposed (covered by this contract award notice) will be for one year with the option to extend for a further year (1 April 2021-31 March 2022, with the option to extend from 1 April 2022-31 March 2023). The contract being negotiated with EPUT for this period will be split into four quadrants. These are:
— core services,
— community beds,
— care coordination centre,
— specialist services.
This additional time will allow the CCG to continue the transformational work with its incumbent providers, which aims to provide increased high-quality and joined up services to the patients of West Essex, without risking destabilisation of the transformational projects currently in place which enable successful delivery of this long term strategy. There is also a need to maintain a level of consistent service provision as the NHS enters recovery phase post Covid-19.
It might be that during the life of this contract, the CCG may decide to reduce the scope of services through removal of one or a number of, the quadrants as the transformational plans progress. The value stated within this Notice is a maximum value for the full scope of services and will reduce accordingly should the overall scope reduce.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There is an option to extend the contract for a further year from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
West Essex CCG has been working with its system partners for a number of years to develop an ambitious strategy to deliver truly integrated health services to its patient population.
This development has reached a crucial point with a number of key transformational programmes being both in development and in place at the moment which are being tested and evaluated.
To procure the service at this point will likely destabilise the excellent progress that has been made and will delay implementation of the integrated care programme. This delay will have an adverse impact on the patient population. There is also a need to maintain a level of consistent service provision as the NHS enters recovery phase post Covid-19.
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:
2020/S 110-268656
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
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
26/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Head Office, The Lodge, Lodge Approach, Runwell
Wickford
SS11 7XX
UK
NUTS: UKH31
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 32 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Following publication of the VEAT notice the contracting authority adhered to a voluntary 10-day standstill period pursuant to Regulation 99 (3) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice for England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4, Spencer Close, St Margaret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
UK
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/06/2020