Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
UK
Contact person: Sarah Beaumont
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
UK
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
UK
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://improvinglivesnw.org.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
Gemini House, Cambridgeshire Business Park
Ely
CB7 4EA
UK
E-mail: Sarah.Beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH12
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cpics.org.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall
Luton
LU1 2LJ
UK
E-mail: Sarah.Beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH21
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://bedfordshirelutonandmiltonkeynes.icb.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
East of England Region Home Oxygen Service
Reference number: ACE-0453-2021-HWE
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85111700
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The purpose of this notice is to confirm the outcome of the procurement process for the provision of Home Oxygen Services across the East of England Region. This notice is being published by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) as the lead commissioner on behalf of the other Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within the East of England Region. The previous process and notice was published by NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as the lead CCG on behalf of the other CCGs within the East of England Region prior to the ICBs being established on 1st July 2022.
The contract opportunity notice was published on the Find a Tender Service on 7th June 2021, reference: 2021/S 000-012732.
The advertised East of England Home Oxygen service comprised the following key elements:
- Responding to requests for the Installation and Supply of Equipment, including identifying and providing the agreed equipment, facilities and services required to perform the contract
- The ongoing maintenance and servicing of equipment
- Identifying and processing the re-imbursement of electricity costs
- Providing business management information as set out within the Contract
- Installation of equipment and the provision of consumables related to home oxygen supply to service users
- Provision of a portal which complies with the minimum requirements set out within the Portal Specification contained within the tender documents.
- The service will be delivered 7 days a week to support the expected increase in patients being discharged from hospital during weekends and bank holidays and reduce the requirement for urgent 4-hour Home Oxygen Order Forms (HOOFs).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
24111500
24111900
33157000
33157110
33157200
33157400
33157810
42996600
44611100
44611110
44611200
44612100
85111700
85141210
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this notice is to confirm the outcome of the procurement process for the provision of Home Oxygen Services across the East of England Region. This notice is being published by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) as the lead commissioner on behalf of the other Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within the East of England Region. The previous process and notice was published by NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as the lead CCG on behalf of the other CCGs within the East of England Region prior to the ICBs being established on 1st July 2022.
The contract opportunity notice was published on the Find a Tender Service on 7th June 2021, reference: 2021/S 000-012732.
The advertised East of England Home Oxygen service comprised the following key elements:
- Responding to requests for the Installation and Supply of Equipment, including identifying and providing the agreed equipment, facilities and services required to perform the contract
- The ongoing maintenance and servicing of equipment
- Identifying and processing the re-imbursement of electricity costs
- Providing business management information as set out within the Contract
- Installation of equipment and the provision of consumables related to home oxygen supply to service users
- Provision of a portal which complies with the minimum requirements set out within the Portal Specification contained within the tender documents.
- The service will be delivered 7 days a week to support the expected increase in patients being discharged from hospital during weekends and bank holidays and reduce the requirement for urgent 4-hour Home Oxygen Order Forms (HOOFs).
The procurement process has concluded, with no contract award being made to any bidder.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Quality criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial proposed contract period was for 7 years with the option to extend for an additional 36 months.
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
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-012732
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
Contract No: 1
Title: East of England Home Oxygen Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
UK
E-mail: sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/06/2023