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Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Children's Community Services for NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council.
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85141200
85160000
85150000
33193000
85312500
85144100
85144000
85141000
85000000
85323000
85322000
85130000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
Bedfordshire, UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1: — Children's Community Health Services — for Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Bedford Borough Council, and Central Bedfordshire Council
The Children's services need to work closely with Education and Youth Offending Services.
The service delivery model is different from adults' services and the outcomes identified differ.
This lot covers the supply of the below services and has an initial funding envelope of 13 391 000 GBP per annum, inclusive of any applicable VAT, for the services to be provided. The Lot has the potential to grow by a further 6 270 000 GBP per annum inclusive of any applicable VAT in subsequent years as the future services listed are added.
Please note that whilst there is an intention to add the future services, the timing and extent (if at all), of addition of these future services will be at the sole discretion of the commissioning organisations and cannot be guaranteed.
Initial Chilidrens services will include:
Childrens Intermediate Care, Children LAC, Childrens OT, Nutrition and Dietetics Children (Includes Luton ), Childrens Community Nursing, Childrens Specialist Nursing, Community Paediatrics, Children's Eye service (includes Adults service), Children's continence service, Speech & Language — Children's, Children's Safeguarding, Health Visiting (0-5), Community Dental Services, School Nursing, Children and Young People's Drug and Alcohol Service, Wheelchair service (includes Adults Service)., Youth Offending Nurse.
Future potential Childrens services Include:
Integrated Discharge Planning/TB Service, Palliative Care Service,Special Needs Nursing, Audiology services, Childrens Community Nursing, Rapid Response service — early response to avoid A&E / hospital admissions, Assessment and coordination for children with neurodevelopmental presentations,
Long Term Conditions management support (to include respiraty, epilepsy, autism management, diabetes).
Please see procurement documents for further details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Depending on Contract extensions and depending on Service reviews, likely dates for the renewal process to commence will be either be 2022 or 2024.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As per the PQQ documents available at https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk this includes a requirement to complete sid4gov profile.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial Contract Term is for 60 Months with an option to extend up to a further 24 Months.
As per Regulation 72 (1), please be advised that the annual value and scope of the contract for each lot may change over the term of the contract, also by mutual consent providers may be asked to adopt an appropriate NHS (MCP) contract. See lot info and the procurement documents for further details.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The Services this notice relates fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke process that mirrors a Competitive dialogue process. The Contracting Authority do not intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable and listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Adult's Community Services for NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bedford Borough Council.
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85141200
85312500
85144100
85144000
85141000
85323000
85000000
85322000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
Bedfordshire, UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 — Adults Community Health Services — for Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bedford Borough Council
The Adults' service provision has been divided into two lots to recognise the different demographic make-up, the geographic variation and the location of hospitals which may offer opportunities for different types of service model to deliver Community Health Services.
Lot 2: Adults Community Health Services — for Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bedford Borough Council (This Lot).
Lot 3: Adults Community Health Services — Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Central Bedfordshire Council.
The supply of Adult Community Services for Lots 2 and 3 have a total initial funding envelope of £24,851,600 per annum, inclusive of any applicable VAT, for the services to be provided.
These Lots (2 & 3), have the potential to grow by a further £50,500,000 per annum inclusive of any applicable VAT in subsequent years as the future services listed are added.
It is expected that the split of the value of all services between lots 2 & 3 will be approximately as follows:
Lot 2 — Initially 9 600 400 GBP and then approximately 40 % of future growth values.
Lot 3 — Initially 15 251 200 GBP and then approximately 60 % of future growth values.
However the commissioners reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to move service lines, and the appropriate funds between lots 2 and 3.
This is likely be dependent on operational and efficiency reasons and can be raised at the ITPD /ITCD stage of the procurement.
Please note that whilst there is an intention to add the future services, the timing and extent (if at all), of addition of these future services will be at the sole discretion of the commissioning organisations and cannot be guaranteed.
Initial Adult services will include: Clinical Care at Home, Community Matrons, Complex Care Team, Discharge Planning, District Nursing, Geriatrician, Single Point of Access, Acquired Brain Injury, Chronic Fatigue service, Continence, Heart failure, Nutrition and Dietetics, Palliative care, Parkinsons Service, Podiatry, Podiatric Surgery, Foot health — podiatry, TB Nursing, Wound Care, Rapid Intervention, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Community Beds, Speech and language therapy. Rare Neurological Conditions service.
Future potential Adult services Include: Domiciliary Phlebotomy (not community caseload), Integrated COPD Rehab service, Integrated Community Diabetes Service, Continuing Healthcare — initiatives to support prevention of escalation, Complex Care Team, Care Homes, Domiciliary Care, Occupational Therapy service — (a wider range of services, including expanded OT assessments), Day Care, Falls Service, Telecare, Home care for sheltered housing, Reablement/Step Up/Step Down, Preventive services ( to help maintain independence and well-being), Centralised Community Phlebotomy, Imaging services (including: Ultrasound, x-ray, mobile MRI), Outpatients clinics (including: Community Geriatrics, Gynaecology, ENT, Opthalmology, some aspects of respiratory), Home Visiting service, Chronic Disease Management, Complex case management, Domiciliary physiotherapy services, GP APMS.
Please see Procurement documents for further details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Depending on Contract extensions and depending on Service reviews, likely dates for the renewal process to commence will be either be 2022 or 2024.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As per the PQQ documents available at https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk this includes a requirement to complete sid4gov profile.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial Contract Term is for 60 Months with an option to extend up to a further 24 Months.
As per Regulation 72 (1), please be advised that the annual value and scope of the contract for each lot may change over the term of the contract, also by mutual consent providers may be asked to adopt an appropriate NHS (MCP) contract. See lot info and the procurement documents for further details.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The Services this notice relates fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke process that mirrors a Competitive dialogue process. The Contracting Authority do not intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable and listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Adult's Community Services for NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Central Bedfordshire Council.
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85141200
85150000
85312500
85144100
85144000
85141000
85323000
85000000
85322000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
Bedfordshire, UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3:- Adults Community Health Services — Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Central Bedfordshire Council.
The Adults' service provision has been divided into two lots to recognise the different demographic make-up, the geographic variation and the location of hospitals which may offer opportunities for different types of service model to deliver Community Health Services.
Lot 2: Adults Community Health Services — for Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bedford Borough Council.
Lot 3: Adults Community Health Services — Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Central Bedfordshire Council (this Lot).
The supply of Adult Community Services for Lots 2 and 3 have a total initial funding envelope of 24 851 600 GBP per annum, inclusive of any applicable VAT, for the services to be provided.
These Lots (2 & 3), have the potential to grow by a further 50 500 000 GBP per annum inclusive of any applicable VAT in subsequent years as the future services listed are added.
It is expected that the split of the value of all services between lots 2 & 3 will be approximately as follows:
Lot 2 — Initially 9 600 400 GBP and then approximately 40 % of future growth values.
Lot 3 — Initially 15 251 200 GBP and then approximately 60 % of future growth values.
However the commissioners reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to move service lines, and the appropriate funds between lots 2 & 3.
This is likely be dependent on operational and efficiency reasons and can be raised at the ITPD /ITCD stage of the procurement.
Please note that whilst there is an intention to add the future services, the timing and extent (if at all), of addition of these future services will be at the sole discretion of the commissioning organisations and cannot be guaranteed.
Initial Adult services will include: Clinical Care at Home, Community Matrons, Complex Care Team, Discharge Planning, District Nursing, Geriatrician, Single Point of Access, Acquired Brain Injury, Chronic Fatigue service, Continence, Heart failure, Nutrition and Dietetics, Palliative care, Parkinsons Service, Podiatry, Podiatric Surgery, Foot health — podiatry, TB Nursing, Wound Care, Rapid Intervention, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Community Beds, Speech and language therapy,Rare Neurological Conditions service.
Future potential Adult services Include: Domiciliary Phlebotomy (not community caseload), Integrated COPD Rehab service, Integrated Community Diabetes Service, Continuing Healthcare — initiatives to support prevention of escalation, Complex Care Team, Care Homes, Domiciliary Care, Occupational Therapy service — (a wider range of services, including expanded OT assessments), Day Care, Falls Service, Telecare, Home care for sheltered housing, Reablement/Step Up/Step Down, Preventive services ( to help maintain independence and wellbeing), Centralised Community Phlebotomy, Imaging services (including: Ultrasound, x-ray, mobile MRI), Outpatients clinics (including: Community Geriatrics, Gynaecology, ENT, Opthalmology, some aspects of respiratory), Home Visiting service, Chronic Disease Management, Complex case management, Domiciliary physiotherapy services, GP APMS.
Please see presentments documents for further details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Depending on Contract extensions and depending on Service reviews, likely dates for the renewal process to commence will be either be 2022 or 2024.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial Contract Term is for 60 Months with an option to extend up to a further 24 Months.
As per Regulation 72 (1), please be advised that the annual value and scope of the contract for each lot may change over the term of the contract, also by mutual consent providers may be asked to adopt an appropriate NHS (MCP) contract. See lot info and the procurement documents for further detail.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The Services this notice relates fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke process that mirrors a Competitive dialogue process. The Contracting Authority do not intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable and listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Depending on Contract extensions and depending on Service reviews, likely dates for the renewal process to commence will be either be 2022 or 2024.
The Services to which this notice relates fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, multi stage application process that mirrors a Competitive dialogue process. Neither the inclusion of the Bidder Selection Stage nor the use of the terms Memorandum of Information, Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, Invitation to Tender or Competitive dialogue nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (the ‘Light Touch’ Regime).
The initial Contract Term is for 60 Months with an option to extend up to a further 24 Months. The total maximum contract term is 84 months.
As per Regulation 72 (1), please be advised that the annual value and scope of the contract for each lot may change over the term of the contract.
Please also note by mutual consent and agreement providers may be asked to adopt an appropriate NHS Multispecialty Community Provider (MCP) contract.
For details of these possible options for modifications during the contract term please refer to both the lot information in this notice and the procurement documents.