Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0HB
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: Davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.hertsprocurement.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
99 Waverley Road
St Albans
AL3 5TQ
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Unit 1a, Howard Court, 14 Tewin Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1BW
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.hct.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group
The Forum, Marlowes
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1DN
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://hertsvalleysccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
10 Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.enhertsccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
West Essex CCG
Building 4 Spencer Close, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
UK
Contact person: David Beaven
E-mail: davidbeaven@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://westessexccg.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.htm
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.htm
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Hertfordshire and West Essex STP — Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Reference number: HP_20528
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85147000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The NHS organisations of Hertfordshire and West Essex STP are seeking to procure a single provider to deliver its Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) for approximately 20 000 staff. The supplier shall provide access to a range of experts and mental health professionals and must provide a service that meets confidentiality, recognised standards and will underpin the services with robust clinical governance.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH2
Main site or place of performance:
UKH.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contracting authorities are:
— West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust,
— East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
— Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust,
— Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust,
— Herts Valleys CCG,
— East and North Hertfordshire CCG,
— West Essex CCG.
The supplier shall provide support to contracting authorities personnel over the full range of work related or personal matters that may impact on workplace performance and seek to resolve those issues where possible. Core requirements must include an online portal, telephone triage and support services which shall include advice and support, management support services, face to face counselling services including therapeutic intervention, case management, policy guidance and trend management, health and wellbeing promotion and awareness and publicity and promotion.
The services shall be available to all contracting authorities personnel and their dependants and relatives including those working remotely, both in the UK and travelling overseas and provide sufficient flexibility of approach to accommodate different organisational.
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: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend 12 + 12 months.
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 procurement documents issued.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/12/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
24/12/2019
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/11/2019