Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 3SP
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.westsuffolkccg.nhs.uk/
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
Integrated Pain Management Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
West Suffolk CCG has reviewed pain services in the context of the wider Health and Care Review which has provided a vision for integrated pain services. Within West Suffolk, local providers have formed an Alliance to deliver acute, community and primary care. The CCG believes the vision for integrated pain services would be best delivered through this Alliance as they are uniquely placed to truly integrate services, secure the identified needs of the population, improve quality and efficiency of services, realise seamless service provision across the pathway and increase service sustainability. To achieve this vision, the intention is to deliver the services through the Alliance by delivery from two organisations working collaboratively under a single contract to deliver seamless community and acute care.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 701 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH14
Main site or place of performance:
This service is to be delivered to eligible patients living in the West Suffolk locality.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The West Suffolk Alliance is operational within the west Suffolk healthcare system formed of the following entities: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Suffolk GP Federation CIC and Suffolk County Council.
The providers listed currently deliver a comprehensive range of services within the localities. The CCG began a process to ascertain whether two of these organisations would be most capable of delivering the vision of an “Integrated Pain Management Service” through joint delivery of a single patient pathway, clinical governance and workforce management arrangements.
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Suffolk GP Federation currently deliver a wide range of pain management services, including a single point of referral; medical interventions; psychological support; holistic therapies; physiotherapy; inpatient pain management, and patient education and support with a strong emphasis on self-care management through shared decision making.
This process assessed whether the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Suffolk GP Federation CIC were the most capable providers and therefore uniquely placed to deliver the specifications and vision derived from an integrated service.
To demonstrate their ability the organisations were required to evidence that they were uniquely placed to deliver the level of integration across the pain management pathways; willing to work jointly together and with other statutory providers; experienced in multidisciplinary integrated care; able to mobilise at pace and capable of bringing about the innovation required for this service within the allocated budget.
The structured dialogue sessions covered a number of areas to allow the CCG to receive this assurance; an overview of the areas covered were as follows:
— organisational structure, governance and risk,
— clinical governance, clinical operations and clinical risk,
— finances and financial operating model,
— workforce; information management and technology and patient pathways.
At the end of the structured dialogue the CCGs reviewed the progress and documented evidence provided and concluded through evaluation against set criteria that the assurance had been received to evidence the organisations were the most capable providers of the service and presented a unique opportunity for innovation of the services.
This service will be contracted through a variation to the community services contract held by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Alliance, for the remaining term of up eight (8) years and six (6) months. The community services contract was awarded for a total of seven (7) plus three (3) years.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
An option to extend for an additional 36 months as mentioned within II.2.4. The aforementioned estimated contract value is for the five (5) + three (3) years, to make it co-terminus with the community contract which it will be varied into.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
On 9.2.2018 a PIN was issued calling for providers interested in delivering integrated pain management services to contact the CCG. Following this, the CCG have engaged in discussions with the existing West Suffolk Alliance providers and interested third party providers and now awarded the contract as set out above on the basis that the listed organisations are the only providers with the requisite capacity and capability to provide the integrated pain management services and that competition from other providers is absent.
On the 29.1.2019 a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency notice (2019/S 022-048760) was released stating the intention of the CCG to award the contract to the aforementioned providers.
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:
2019/S 022-048760
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Bury St Edmunds
UK
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.wsh.nhs.uk/Home.aspx
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Suffolk GP Federation CIC
Ipswich
UK
NUTS: UKH14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 701 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NHS West Suffolk CCG (the “CCG”) has worked on the redesign and recommissioning of integrated pain management services as part of the Suffolk Health and Care Review. As part of this commissioning exercise, the CCG has undertaken a process to ascertain whether the proposed organisations within West Suffolk are the most capable providers to best secure the delivery of integrated pain management services for the current population in each area. As a result of this process and an absence of wider competition the CCG has made the decision to award the above contract.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Endeavour House, Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/02/2019