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

South Tyneside.

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)

North of England Commissioning Support, working for and on behalf of NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who wish to commission an Home Visiting Out of Hours Service for South Tyneside.

Please note this is a voluntary notice, as healthcare services are currently Part B regime, in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and therefore compliance to the full regulations is not mandatory. The new Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are now in force, however there is a delay in application of the Light Touch Regime (LTR) to the commissioning of health services for the purposes of the NHS. Regulation 120 provides that the LTR will only apply to the procurement (‘commissioning’) of health services for the purposes of the NHS from 18.4.2016. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed to commission the Home Visiting Out of Hours Service thus ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

It is anticipated that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply for this contract. Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence. It is the bidders responsibility to verify TUPE information with the incumbent service provider (details of which will be provided in the Tender Documentation).

The overall aim is to deliver a clinically safe, more streamlined and integrated urgent care service so that patients are seen, assessed and treated by a single clinician in the patient's home. By using a fully integrated care model with clinicians working collaboratively and flexibly, the service will meet the ‘urgent unscheduled care’ needs (including physical and mental health) of adults, young people and children. The service will provide value for money and be sustainable.

The local objectives of the service are to:

deliver high quality evidenced based safe health care e.g. latest NICE guidance, patient alerts;

achieve excellent patient outcomes e.g. survival, recovery, lack of adverse events and complications;

work to agreed clinical and referral care pathways to ensure seamless transition of care between the OOH Home Visiting Service and Primary Care and Community Services including Mental Health Services, Secondary Care or to self-care.

support patients in their home prior to hospital admission in times of surge;

work collaboratively with the admitting hospital and transport to provide a fluid, integrated admissions process;

support patients through integrated links with community services (e.g. district nursing) in order to enable patients to stay in their own homes and avoid unnecessary admissions

work and integrate with the CCG and local GP's to reduce hand-offs.

The contracting authority will develop the service model to incorporate the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, specifically:

How, what is proposed to be procured, might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area (area is the geographic area for which the procurement is taking place).

How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement.

Registering an Interest.

If your organisation would like to receive a copy of the tender documentation please go to: https://in-Tendhost.co.uk/necs and navigate to NECS020 — South Tyneside CCG Home Visiting Out of Hours Service. Please note that documentation will be available from the 31.3.2016 and the deadline for tender responses is 16:00 on 5.5.2016.

Please note that all communications in respect of this procurement exercise will be conducted via the In-Tend portal.

It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. A dedicated helpdesk is available should potential providers have any queries and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00) / support@in-tend.co.uk

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

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

III.1.4)

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

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

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

NECS020

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

Authorised representatives on behalf NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group.

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

Registering an Interest

If your organisation would like to receive a copy of the tender documentation please go to: https://in-Tendhost.co.uk/necs and navigate to NECS020 — South Tyneside CCG Home Visiting Out of Hours Service. Please note that the deadline for tender responses is 16:00 on 5.5.2016.

Please note that all communications in respect of this procurement exercise will be conducted via the In-Tend portal.

It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. A dedicated helpdesk is available should potential providers have any queries and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00) / support@in-tend.co.uk

(MT Ref:173051).

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 Contracting Authority will act in accordance with regulation 32 and Part 9 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) as amended by the Public Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 no 2992). Part 9 of these regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent