Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group
Fifty Pembroke Court, Pembroke, Chatham Maritime
Medway
ME4 4EL
UK
E-mail: sharease.gibson@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.medwayccg.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
Community Health Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Community health services help people get well and stay well either in their own home or close to home. They have a number of objectives, including:
— Promoting health and healthy behaviours.
— Supporting people to manage long term conditions such as diabetes.
— Providing treatment in a setting that avoids hospital or residential care wherever possible.
Community health services are defined as those provided outside of hospitals in community settings, including in people’s homes and in community clinics.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
23 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Medway Clinical commissioning group ('the CCG') are redesigning adult Community health services in Medway in line with national policy and local strategic direction. The redesign is closely linked to the ‘Medway Model’ a new way of joining up local services to deliver care closer to people’s homes and involve them staying healthy. This responds to the need to manage the challenges posed by people living longer and with more complex health issues, and at a time when there are constraints on future NHS spending. This programme will be critical to the development of the local vision – redesigning and improving the way in which community services are accessed and provided locally, supporting reductions in health inequalities, improving patient experience in using the services, which in turn, will ensure that patients remain well and cared for in their place of choice (home). This will also reduce the demand for A&E and inpatient care as well as continuing to support appropriate early discharge, and improving the use of technology. The CCG is engaging directly with any interested providers as it develops this model and develops an appropriate procurement process. It is currently planned that the new contract opportunity will be advertised in Autumn 2018 and go-live 1.4.2020. To enable the necessary detailed planning and market engagement to optimise the longer term solution, the CCG has decided to award a short-term extension to the incumbent community services provider to safeguarding essential service provision.
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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The interim 2 year contract is necessary in order to allow the CCG to engage with the market to develop its revised service specification and deliver a procurement process for the new contract.
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
This interim contract is necessary to enable the CCG to develop and validate its new service requirements. The CCG has already begun engagement with the market to assist development of its future specification of requirements, with the intention of informing the process and to award substantive contracts for delivery of the new model of care from 1.4.2020.
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
12/03/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NHS Medway Community Healthcare
Gillingham
UK
NUTS: UKJ
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 35 137 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
A small proportion of the contract value, circa 686 000 GBP is delivered by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/05/2018