Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Rushbrook House, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford
Ipswich
IP8 4DE
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
Telephone: +44 1473770195
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ipswichandeastsuffolkccg.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
I.1) Name and addresses
West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
West Suffolk House, Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 3YU
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.westsuffolkccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
I.1) Name and addresses
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Aspen House, Stephenson Road
Colchester
CO4 9QR
UK
Contact person: Jane Garnett
E-mail: jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.neessexccg.nhs.uk/Home.html
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
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://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
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
Integrated Urgent Care Services.
Reference number: WSCCG – 00000027
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group seek to jointly commission an Integrated Urgent Care Service across Suffolk (minus Waveney) and North East Essex. The scope of this tender includes NHS 111, Out of Hours and potentially Care Co-ordination services.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
85 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85312310
79512000
85141220
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
Suffolk (minus Waveney) and North East Essex.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The 3 CCGs are all within the same Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) footprint.
The aim is for — 1) An NHS 111 service across the STP footprint that fulfils the national requirements including the need for a multi-disciplinary clinical hub and additionally integrates effectively with all other areas of urgent care locally such that the combined health and social care systems covered by the Commissioners move towards having a single point of access for urgent care.
2) A GP led Out of Hours service across the STP footprint that fulfils the national requirements and effectively integrates with local GP led care such that there is a seamless 24 hour a day, 7-day a week service that integrates effectively with the rest of the Commissioners' health and social care system.
As an early development in the contract but not delivered from the outset of the contract: In the Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and West Suffolk CCG area only: a Care Co-ordination and Case Management Service that integrates effectively with Suffolk Community Healthcare services in the first instance with the potential to expand to other parts of the Suffolk health and social care system over time. This will incorporate professional and patient access to Community Health Services such that existing Community Health patients and referrers have access to the clinical expertise of the Integrated Urgent Care Service, and in return the Integrated Urgent Care Service would be able to call upon and coordinate care for appropriate planned and urgent community responses. Over the lifetime of the contract we would foresee the Provider(s) working closely with the system to develop further links to or consolidation of other contact points such as those provided by the local authority, in-hours primary mental health and acute sectors. We also foresee that the Integrated Urgent Care Service would use its position to innovate in the fields of telehealth, telemedicine and telecare.
Contract review provision: Specifically for North East Essex — Please note that the services and associated specification and prices, commissioned within this contract may be subject to review and change. Moving forward it is NEE's intention to undertake a review of its community Urgent Care services. This review includes the provision of A&E minors, minor injury units and the walk in centre to determine whether the current models are the most sustainable and clinically effective in supporting the North East Essex urgent care system. Therefore, the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the outcomes of the urgent care service review including the potential introduction of a larger population to support the STP footprint. i.e. the contract and specification may be amended to also deliver community urgent care services, through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Additionally, the contract may also be amended in terms of the original services supplied, where, following assessment of the reasonable alignment of out of hospital urgent care services, it is identified that it is logical for additional services to be delivered in conjunction with this contract and by the lead provider, both in terms of actual service delivery and to avoid duplication of costs. These services may include but are not limited to other services and specialities formally delivered in an urgent care setting where it is foreseen that these services can be delivered more effectively as part of this contract. This may include the following (or elements of): ambulatory care, minor injury activity including diagnostics, minor illness activity. This may also include the delivery of the existing community gateway service and adult social care connect, again where it may be foreseen that these services could be more effectively delivered under the Contract. The review may also impact upon number of calls.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
85 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/10/2017
End:
30/09/2022
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 2021 or 2022.
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:
An option to extend for an additional 24 months. Further options are mentioned within II.2.4). The aforementioned estimated contract value is for the 5+2.
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:
18/11/2016
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
18/11/2016
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, 2 stage application process akin to the Restricted Procedure, involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. Please note that the Invitation to Tender stage will include face to face clarification discussions. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.
You are advised that the budget will be in the region of 11 400 000 to 12 150 000 GBP per year across the period of the contract, therefore 80 000 000 to 85 000 000 total contract value, for the potential 7 years, which is a combination of 5 (5) years, plus a possible extension of up to two (2) years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Rushbrook House, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford
Ipswich
IP8 4DE
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/10/2016