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

NHS Leeds South and East CCG Social Prescribing 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

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

NHS Leeds South and East CCG wish to contract with providers for a Social Prescribing Service for patients registered with a Leeds GP Practice.

Brief Description of Service Requirements: the aim of the service is to facilitate, manage, assess and signpost service users to community based services for patients requiring Social Prescribing.

Social Prescribing is often referred to as: ‘A means of enabling primary care services to refer patients with social, emotional or practical needs related to their health and well-being to a range of local, non-clinical services, often provided by the voluntary and community sector, and to broader universal services’Age Concern (2011).

The objectives of the service are:

— Increase the number referrals made by GP’s, health, social care and other relevant professionals to local community activity provision, targeting communities most in need and leading to more local people accessing local community activity in areas of greatest need;

— Increase the number of local people accessing local community activity provision;

— Improve the social support available for individuals by supporting, signposting and connecting people to community groups, activity and provision in the local area;

— Reduce social isolation and improve community connectiveness to contribute to overall improvements in the health and well-being of individuals and communities;

— Apply to all residents of LSE, of all ages and operates a flexible, inclusive service to meet diverse needs.

All provisions of this service will be expected to meet and comply with NHS standards for IT Governance, Data Protection, security of general and personal information, data and records held and processed and transmitted (via and over all mediums).

The successful provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.

Potential Providers are asked to please note the Following:

— Service specifications, Standard NHS Contract and the electronic application form can be found online at www.nhssourcing.co.uk

— Applications will be received until 3.7.2015;

— Applicants are advised to review the service conditions and general conditions for the NHS standard contract before making their applications, these can be found at the following link:

NHS England — 2015/16 NHS standard contract

— If applicants are asked clarification questions during the evaluation stage they will have 48 hours to respond.

The contract will last for 3 years.

As the procurement falls under Part B of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, it is only mandatory for the procurement to comply with Regulation 5(2).

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

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

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.

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