Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Bury St Edmunds
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
Address of the buyer profile: www.westsuffolkccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Ipswich
IP8 4DE
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ipswichandeastsuffolkccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS South Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Norwich
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH17
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.southnorfolkccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group
Cambridge
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH12
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Suffolk County Council
Ipswich
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.suffolk.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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 Services.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and West Suffolk CCG have been working on the Health and Care Review for a number of years which has culminated in a vision for integrated/accountable care organisations (ICO/ ACO) being formed between health and social care providers (listed in II.2.4) within 2 systems (East and West Suffolk). To achieve the vision the CCGs believe true integration of services vertically and horizontally would best secure the identified needs of the population, improve quality and efficiency of services, realise seamless service provision across pathways and increase system sustainability. To achieve this vision community services would fall within the services provided by the ICO/ACO. The community services which are subject of this notice include a range of adult general and specialist community services, including Local Healthcare Teams, children's specialist services and equipment services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
243 809 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH14
Main site or place of performance:
The Integrated care organisations will function across 2 localities, Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk. For the purposes of this notice the locality is West Suffolk.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
An ICO (alliance) has been formed within each healthcare system between the following entities:
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust;
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust;
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust;
The Suffolk GP Federation CIC;
Suffolk County Council.
The providers listed currently deliver a wide range of services within the localities, including, acute, community,mental health, primary care and social care services. The CCGs began a process to ascertain whether the ICOs would be most capable of delivering the vision of the Health and Care Review through integrating delivery of the listed community services with their own service provision. This process assessed whether the ICOs were the most capable providers and therefore uniquely placed to deliver the specifications and vision derived from the Health and Care Review.
To demonstrate their ability the alliances were required to evidence that they were uniquely placed to deliver the level of integration across the pathways; willing to work with other statutory providers; experienced in multidisciplinary integrated care; able to mobilise at pace; capable of financially holding and managing the scale of risk.
The structured dialogue sessions covered a number of areas to allow the CCGs to receive this assurance; an overview of the areas covered were as follows:
General Information and Overview;
Alliance Commitment and Integration;
Service Management and IM&T;
Outcomes Development;
Service Delivery (Experience and knowledge);
Human Resources and Training;
Cost;
Regulation;
Governance;
Stage 1 reassurance gateway outcome.
At the end of the structured dialogue the CCGs reviewed the progress and documented evidence delivered through the most capable provider process and concluded through evaluation against the set criteria that the assurance had been received to evidence that the ICOs were the most capable providers of the service(s) and presented a unique opportunity for delivery of the services. As the assurance had been received the CCGs progressed through to stage 2 and the end stage gateway.
Stage 2 focused on generating plans, documentation and direction for the duration of the contract. Working together the ICOs produced mutually agreed delivery and innovation plans and service contracts.
The services covered by the arrangement may change and expand as the alliances / ICOs develop through a contract of up to ten (10) years. This contract is formed of 7 years plus an extension period of 3 years.
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
On 4.11.2016 a PIN was issued in OJEU calling for providers interested in providing community services as part of an existing integrated care organisation (‘ICO’) to contact the CCGs. Following this, the CCGs have engaged in discussions with the existing ICO providers and interested third party providers and have now awarded the contract as set out above on the basis that the listed organisations are the only providers with the requisite capacity and capability to provide the community services and that competition from other providers is absent.
On the 23.9.2017 a Voluntary ex ante transparency notice 2017/S 183-375766 was published to declared the commissioners intention to award the contract.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 183-375768
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
29/09/2017
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
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Bury St Edmunds
UK
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
URL: www.wsh.nhs.uk
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 243 809 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and NHS West Suffolk CCG (the ‘CCGs’) have been working on the redesign and recommissioning of community healthcare services, GP Out-Of-Hours and 111 services as part of the Suffolk Health and Care Review. As part of this commissioning exercise, the CCGs have undertaken a process to ascertain whether the proposed Integrated Care Organisations within both East and West Suffolk are the most capable providers to best secure the delivery of community healthcare services for the current population in each area. As a result of this process and an absence of wider competition the CCGs have awarded the above contracts.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Ipswich
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/10/2017