Prior information notice
This notice is a call for competition
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group
1829 Building, Countess of Chester Health Park
Chester
CH2 1HJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1244385497
E-mail: richard.burgess3@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD63
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.westcheshireccg.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.nhssourcing.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.nhssourcing.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Intermediate Care Clinical Oversight
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking expressions of interest for a provider to deliver care and clinical leadership across its intermediate care system. This consists of: providing clinical oversight and care services to intermediate care acuity individuals within their own homes or within care homes, where the patient’s own GP is unable to provide the enhanced level of care, preventing hospital admission. In addition; providing clinical oversight and care services to individuals within the existing intermediate care bed infrastructure, to support hospital discharges and reduce delayed transfers of care.
Interested parties shall advise the Contracting Authority of their interest in the contract by expressing interest at www.nhssourcing.co.uk and completing the procurement documents.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
7 200 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD63
Main site or place of performance:
West Cheshired.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking expressions of interest for a provider to deliver care and clinical leadership across its intermediate care system. This consists of:
— providing clinical oversight and care services to intermediate care acuity individuals within their own homes or within care homes, where the patient’s own GP is unable to provide the enhanced level of care, preventing hospital admission.
— In addition; providing clinical oversight and care services to individuals within the existing intermediate care bed infrastructure, to support hospital discharges and reduce delayed transfers of care.
It is expected that a named medical director or medical consultant will hold clinical responsibility and accountability for all patients under the care of the service, regardless of where they reside. The service provider will be held accountable for bed utilisation occupancy and patient flow key performance indicators across the health economy to ensure a fully integrated approach is adopted and pro-actively managed.
As clinical oversight and care provision is to be delivered across a number of locations and in partnership with a number of care providers, both in primary and secondary care; physical health and mental health; it is essential that an integrated approach is adopted to ensure that all available capacity is being utilised and patient flow is optimised.
It is anticipated the service will provide clinical oversight to crica 6700 patients per annum.
Care will be provided to any patient registered with a GP Practice in West Cheshire Clinical commissioning group boundary that has been referred via;
— Single point of Access from Community matrons, Clinical team leaders, Paramedics and General practitioners from the community,
— Single point of access from out of area hospitals for West Cheshire patients.
— Integrated discharge team from the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Appropriate clinical oversight of the provision of intermediate care must be provided in all appropriate setting including;
— high dependency bed based care.
— low dependency bed based care.
— low dependency care provided in patient’s own home.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
7 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Contract is for 24 months, with the option of extending up to 24 months. The advertised value in section II.2.6 is for the full period, if the extended period is taken.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date:
13/04/2018
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures
03/09/2018
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
TThis opportunity is for a healthcare service, as described in regulations 74, 75 & 76, a light-touch regime approach is granted to this process, and therefore, the full regime of the regulations does not apply.
The Prior information notice (PIN) will be the only advertisement made for this opportunity. The exclusion criteria within the Standard Questionnaire (Appendix 1) included in this document must be met and satisfied before your expression of interest will be considered. Failure to meet the exclusion criteria will result in an automatic rejection from the process. (all procurement documents available with unrestricted access at www.nhssourcing.co.uk).
Following the receipt of successful expressions of interest to the process, successful bidders will then be invited to submit a tender. This 2 stage approach ensures minimum disruption to potential providers, to only invite those to tender who meet the minimum acceptable criteria to bid.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Chester
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulations 91 (Enforcement of duties through the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/03/2018