Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Buckinghamshire Council
Walton Street Offices
Aylesbury
HP20 1UA
UK
Contact person: Mrs Ann Spence
E-mail: ann.spence@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ13
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (24 years for SEND) Integrated Public Health Nursing Service
Reference number: DN665621
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to recommission the Integrated Specialist Public Health Nursing Service 0-19 (24 years)
The contract will provide Health Visiting and School Nursing services for all children in Buckinghamshire, providing greater levels of support where needed with a targeted and specialist pathway as part of the service. There will also be an enhanced service provided for young or vulnerable first-time mothers.
The service will work closely with the child health, education and social care systems operating in Buckinghamshire. Through the universal reach of the service there is an invaluable opportunity, early in a child’s life, to identify families that need additional support and children who are risk of poor outcomes and ensure these children have the best opportunity to maximise their development.
The service will deliver for Buckinghamshire many aspects of the Healthy Child Programme and support every child to have the best start in life. School Nursing services will support the Public Health agenda within schools including the delivery of the national child measurement programme, and the vision screening programme.
The contract is for 5 years with a 2-year extension option. The contract will start 1st April 2024. A budget cap of £45,374,470 has been set for the five-year initial contract term. Any bids that exceed the cap will be disqualified from the procurement process.
TUPE may apply to this contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ13
Main site or place of performance:
Buckinghamshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to recommission the Integrated Specialist Public Health Nursing Service 0-19 (24 years)
The contract will provide Health Visiting and School Nursing services for all children in Buckinghamshire, providing greater levels of support where needed with a targeted and specialist pathway as part of the service. There will also be an enhanced service provided for young or vulnerable first-time mothers.
The service will work closely with the child health, education and social care systems operating in Buckinghamshire. Through the universal reach of the service there is an invaluable opportunity, early in a child’s life, to identify families that need additional support and children who are risk of poor outcomes and ensure these children have the best opportunity to maximise their development.
The service will deliver for Buckinghamshire many aspects of the Healthy Child Programme and support every child to have the best start in life. School Nursing services will support the Public Health agenda within schools including the delivery of the national child measurement programme, and the vision screening programme.
The contract is for 5 years with a 2-year extension option. The contract will start 1st April 2024. A budget cap of £45,374,470 has been set for the five-year initial contract term. Any bids that exceed the cap will be disqualified from the procurement process.
TUPE may apply to this contract.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
63 524 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
II.2.14) Additional information
There is an option to extend for a period of 24 months.
The Council is conducting the procurement under the "Light Touch Regime" as set out in regulations 74-77 in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).
The Contract Value in II.2.6 is the estimated value for the 7 year period i.e. 5 years initial term with a 2 year option to extend.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
All criteria are stated in the procurement documents accessed via www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
All criteria are stated in the procurement documents accessed via www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
All criteria are stated in the procurement documents accessed via www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
26/07/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice
London
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point when information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days and provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/06/2023