CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wishes to support the re-modelling of the Shepton Mallet Community Hospital site as it is re-developed into a Health and Wellbeing Campus. Somerset CCG would like to commission a lead provider in order to maximise the potential and to reduce duplication, streamline services and bring new illness prevention and self-help services onto the site.

The shared vision for the site is to develop a health and wellbeing campus, providing primary and secondary care on the same site alongside health and wellbeing services that encourages people to self-care and support the illness prevention agenda. It is envisaged that a GP practice, a community pharmacy (for NHS scripts) and dental access centre will be incorporated into the site, although these will not form part of this procurement.

Somerset CCG would like to update the infrastructure on site to ensure it is fit for 21st Century healthcare and wellbeing service provision. We are seeking a lead provider that will deliver services and proactively work with the CCG to re-design the site. It is currently envisaged that the services will be introduced to the contract in two phases:

Phase 1 will commence on the contract start date December 2016.

Phase 2 is estimated to begin 3 years from the contract start date; the timing will be dependent on the build development plans for the site.

The re-development of the site will be planned, and take place during phase one of the contract.

There may be an opportunity for the lead provider to assist with the capital financing of the re-development of the site.

The Commissioner is clear that phase 2 is a key deliverable of the procurement and that the full scope and costing of phase 2 will be agreed and implemented through a contract variation during the contract duration. While the scope of activity to be delivered from the site may vary during the term of the contract, it is currently anticipated that it will include:

Phase 1 (years 1-3 of contract);

Specific outpatient specialties;

Diagnostic procedures;

Therapeutic procedures;

Specific elective/ medical specialties;

Minor Injury Unit provision;

General rehabilitation inpatient bed provision with medical input (beds are planned to have flexible use and therefore should a stroke patient be medically suitable for Early Supported Discharge (ESD), but cannot be cared for in their home environment, they could be cared for in these beds with ESD team visiting them as if they were at their home location). ESD is not included in the procurement;

Day case ambulatory care;

Support services for the site such as catering;

Phase 2 (in addition to phase 1 from approximately year 3 onwards);

Services to support the illness prevention and self-help agenda via the provision of a Health and Wellbeing Centre (where the lead provider will be expected to collaborate with local charities and voluntary groups);

Medically led assessment beds.

Further details are contained in the Memorandum of Information (MOI).

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Parent company and other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances see the invitation to tender for further details.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

Joint and severable liability.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

The Authority will also be utilising the supplier information database (SID4Gov) to manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. As well as responding to the tender via SWCS In-Tend, candidates are requested to provide or update their profile on the SID4Gov as follows:

a) candidates should register on SID4Gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by clicking on the Register for sid4gov option listed under Join Us.

b) to continue with the registration process Suppliers must have a current DUNS Number. If a Supplier does not have a DUNS Number there is a link to the D. and B. UK website to request a DUNS Supplier Number.

c) Suppliers who already have a published profile on SID4Gov must confirm that information is up to date; i) candidates should ensure all relevant sections of their SID4Gov profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short listing criteria applicable to this contract. Where access to SID4Gov is unavailable, please contact SID4Gov Support Centre on +44 8452992994

Please note all responses to OJEU should be made through SWCS In-Tend eSOURCING system (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/swcsu/aspx/Home) — registration is required on SID4GOV to update or provide company profiles only.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

The CCG will utilise a PQQ to shortlist expressions of interest. The criteria for shortlisting will be set out in the PQQ documentation. The PQQ and associated documentation will be available upon successfully registering your interest.

Criteria for shortlisting at each stage of the process will be defined in the appropriate tender documentation.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

SWCSU/NHSNSCCG/00000038/2015

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

This is a procurement for healthcare services falling with Schedule 3 (Social and Other Specified Services) of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 (the 2015 Regulations).

Regulation 120 of the 2015 Regulations exempt CCGs from the requirements of the new regulations for the procurement of healthcare services commenced before 18.4.2016.

Therefore, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) (the 2006 Regulations) together with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013 remain relevant and apply to the conduct of this procurement exercise.

Accordingly, the CCG is voluntarily advertising this requirement in the OJEU given the flexibilities applying to Part B services under the 2006 Regulations. The CCG intends to conduct a negotiated procedure similar to the form of competition set out in the 2006 Regulations. However, the CCG in procuring a Part B services contract is not bound by many of the formalities of the 2006 Regulations and reserves the right to vary the form and manner of the competition accordingly.

The procurement exercise will be conducted in accordance with the information contained in the tender documentation.

The Authority has voluntarily advertised this procurement exercise in the Official Journal, solely in order to reach as wide an audience as possible. The Authority has been constrained by the forms used by the Publications Office to describe the procurement procedure as Negotiated but the Authority does not bind itself to conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Negotiated Procedure, as described in the Regulations, nor to abide by any other part of the Regulations which does not expressly apply to procurements for Health Services.

Neither a reference during or after this procurement process to the Regulations or the use of language or terminology common to the Regulations shall require the Authority to conduct a full procurement in accordance with the Regulations. This notice is being placed for advertising purposes only.

As part of the tendering process bidders will be required to complete a mandatory PQQ stage.

To receive more information about this tender, including the Memorandum of Information (MoI) and any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/swcsu/aspx/Home

Once you have successfully registered your Expressions of Interest you will be issued with the Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire for completion.

Note: Potential Subcontractors should follow the instructions contained within the MoI.

Note: A potential Lead Provider who also wishes to take part as a Potential Subcontractor to another bidder should ensure that appropriate measures are taken within its organisation to prevent conflicts of interest or flow of information between its bid to act as Lead Provider and any proposal to act as a Potential Subcontractor to another organisation. Failure to do so may result in disqualification. This is a continuing obligation throughout this tendering process.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

The NHS Somerset CCG intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 32 of the 2006 Regulations.

Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 32 and Regulation 47 of the 2006 Regulations.

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice