Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Contact person: Mr Barry Messenger
Telephone: +44 3330130223
E-mail: barry.messenger@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
INTERMEDIATE CARE/REABLEMENT SERVICES FOR ESSEX
Reference number: 1022 – IC 2023/2024
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council works with NHS Partners to jointly commission services which make up the Intermediate Care pathway, for people requiring short-term support within the community or following hospital admission, including reablement. Referrals to ECC’s Intermediate Care services can be via discharge teams in acute hospitals, or from the community to support hospital admission avoidance.
To ensure ongoing availability of this service, the Council will be tendering for the delivery of reablement services to support the core service delivery from our Local Authority Company. The Additional Reablement Capacity contracts, known as ARC, will address further service demands across the county, divided into 5 distinct geographical locations. Significant efforts have been made to enhance intermediate care services across the county. This includes aligning contracts and fostering collaboration. Additionally, a dedicated project has been initiated to shape the future of Intermediate Care in Essex.
For the purposes of this Prior Information Notice, one Lot is included. The eventual Contact Notice, initiating the procurement process, will include 5 separate Lots:
- North Essex (Colchester and Tendring Districts)
- Mid Essex (Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon Districts)
- South-East Essex (Rochford and Castle Point Districts)
- South West Essex (Basildon and Brentwood Districts)
- West Essex (Uttlesford, Epping Forest and Harlow Districts)
This Prior Information Notice initiates a period of market engagement, to inform the tendering specification and ensure alignment between market deliverables and the strategic direction of the Council's intermediate care services.
Further stages of this engagement process, in order to refine the nature of the Intermediate Care may include the issue of questions, meetings (both face-to-face and virtual) and group presentations to the market.
The publishing of this Notice does NOT represent a commencement of the tender process, an attempt to reduce overall tender timescales, a call for competition or a partial release of the tender documentation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
25 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Essex County Council works with NHS Partners to jointly commission services which make up the Intermediate Care pathway, for people requiring short-term support within the community or following hospital admission, including reablement. Referrals to ECC’s Intermediate Care services can be via discharge teams in acute hospitals, or from the community to support hospital admission avoidance.
To ensure ongoing availability of this service, the Council will be tendering for the delivery of reablement services to support the core service delivery from our Local Authority Company. The Additional Reablement Capacity contracts, known as ARC, will address further service demands across the county, divided into 5 distinct geographical locations. Significant efforts have been made to enhance intermediate care services across the county. This includes aligning contracts and fostering collaboration. Additionally, a dedicated project has been initiated to shape the future of Intermediate Care in Essex.
For the purposes of this Prior Information Notice, one Lot is included. The eventual Contact Notice, initiating the procurement process, will include 5 separate Lots:
- North Essex (Colchester and Tendring Districts)
- Mid Essex (Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon Districts)
- South-East Essex (Rochford and Castle Point Districts)
- South West Essex (Basildon and Brentwood Districts)
- West Essex (Uttlesford, Epping Forest and Harlow Districts)
This Prior Information Notice initiates a period of market engagement, to inform the tendering specification and ensure alignment between market deliverables and the strategic direction of the Council's intermediate care services.
Further stages of this engagement process, in order to refine the nature of the Intermediate Care may include the issue of questions, meetings (both face-to-face and virtual) and group presentations to the market.
The publishing of this Notice does NOT represent a commencement of the tender process, an attempt to reduce overall tender timescales, a call for competition or a partial release of the tender documentation.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
30/04/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This Prior Information Notice initiates a period of market engagement, to inform the tendering specification and ensure alignment between market deliverables and the strategic direction of the Council's intermediate care services.
Interested party are invited to indicate interest in this market engagement process, via email to:
barry.messenger@essex.gov.uk,
following which a market engagement briefing document will be issued, including a number of specific questions aimed at obtaining information to support the future delivery of intermediate care/reablement services.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/03/2024