Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton General Hospital ,1st Floor, Arundel Building
Brighton , Elm Grove
BN2 3EW
UK
Contact person: Dagmar Hagen-Machell
E-mail: dagmar.hagen@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sussexcommunity.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
Provision of Remote Monitoring Solutions
Reference number: C323172
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33195000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (“SCFT”) and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts (“ESHT”) (the “Authority”) issued an Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to procure a new remote monitoring solution (RMS) to support their virtual health programme.<br/><br/>The procurement was a further competition under the Shared Business Services Technology Enabled Care Services 2 (SBS10144) Framework, Lot 1 Remote Clinical Monitoring.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
129 729.80
GBP/ Highest offer:
199 127.47
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33195000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ21
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (“SCFT”) and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts (“ESHT”) (the “Authority”) issued an Invitation to Tender ("ITT") to procure a new remote monitoring solution (RMS) to support their virtual health programme.<br/><br/>The procurement was a further competition under the Shared Business Services Technology Enabled Care Services 2 (SBS10144) Framework, Lot 1 Remote Clinical Monitoring.<br/><br/>The programme is seeking to build on the existing remote monitoring capacity to support an increased number of patients at multiple levels of acuity and therefore a flexible contractual model that allows ramping up and down of concurrent bed capacity is preferred. Some key additional detail about the Sussex model is provided below:<br/><br/>• Pathways: the current solution covers Respiratory, Frailty and Heart Failure pathways. Over the course of the contract with the incoming supplier, the intention is to extend this solution also to support patients on Maternity, Palliative and End of Life Care (likely Oncology virtual ward), Children and Young People and general ward pathways.<br/><br/>• Scales of acuity: The current solution supports patients on Level 4 (Virtual Ward) but the Trusts are seeking to expand the support to patients at Level 2 (Self-monitoring of low acuity conditions) and Level 3 (Remote monitoring of complex, palliative or high-risk patients).<br/><br/>• Concurrent bed capacity: Initial capacity of 100 beds with a target to scale up to 239 in 24/25.<br/><br/>• Length of stay: Official virtual ward pathway is 14 day stay however, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) patients are supported with a length of stay up to 32 days.<br/><br/>• Intermittent & Continuous monitoring requirements: 90% intermittent monitoring, 10% continuous monitoring.<br/><br/>• Approach to contract: 2-year contract with option to extend for a further 2 x 12-month periods.<br/><br/>• Service requirements: Minimum of software, devices and logistics. Costings to be provided for additional levels of service such as onboarding/compliance monitoring and clinical services to support decision-making.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60.00%
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10.00%
Cost criterion: Pricing
/ Weighting: 30.00%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The procurement is a further competition under the Shared Business Services Technology Enabled Care Services 2 (SBS10144) Framework, Lot 1 Remote Clinical Monitoring.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
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
05/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Doccla UK Limited
12206481
184 Shepherds Bush Rd, Hammersmith, London, England
Hammersmith
W6 7NL
UK
Telephone: +44 7769676855
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
URL: www.doccla.com
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 129 729.80
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/03/2025