CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Care Homes Support Service.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Calderdale Area.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) wishes to appoint a single service provider and/or a consortium with a lead provider, to deliver a high quality Care Homes Support Service.

Quest for Quality in Care Homes – NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group.

Quest for Quality is part of a three stage process driven by Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group.

The key element of this project is to invest in an integrated professional and clinical approach to support anticipatory care planning that aims to ensure standards are applied consistently through care homes to reduce variation across the patch.

The new model, which is being rolled out across 25 care homes in Calderdale, includes the development of a multi-disciplinary team that will provide a structured, proactive and multi-disciplinary approach to care with co-ordinated teams working together, built on primary care and supported by a range of specialists including geriatric medicine, specialist community nursing, mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Partnership working between healthcare professionals care homes and social care professionals is crucial to the success of this model. This includes sharing information, assessments, policies, training and learning to support quality improvement.

The dedicated multi-disciplinary team commissioned from the specification will improve quality by working across the specified care homes to:

embed and standardise processes,

provide planned and proactive care, support timely, safe and sustainable discharges and encompassing preferred place of care and end-of-life plans, with care home residents at the centre of decisions about their care (inc the involvement of families and/or other nominated advocates)

be the first point of contact for advice, including by phone, prior to a GP visit being requested provide a seamless approach to case management; and ensure residents are supported to regain their maximum potential and mobility.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

This is a voluntary notice for the purpose of advertising this tender. As the procurement falls under Part B of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, it is only andatory for the procurement to comply with Regulation 5 (2). Accordingly neither the publication nor content of this Notice shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends operating the process in accordance with or to be bound by any of the Regulations other than Regulation 5 (2). Information concerning the process will be contained in the tender documentation.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice