Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Aylesbury Clinical Commissioning Group
Aylesbury Vale District Council offices, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury
HP19 8FF
UK
Contact person: John Gibbs
E-mail: john.gibbs4@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.aylesburyvaleccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group
Ground Floor, Chiltern District Council Offices
Amersham
HP6 5AW
UK
Contact person: John Gibbs
E-mail: john.gibbs4@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.chilternccg.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Bucks.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Aylesbury and Chiltern CCGs sought to commission an interim Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Service following early notice being received on an existing contract from the incumbent provider for the area of Buckinghamshire. Due to the timeframes required it was determined that a provider needed to be appointed urgently to mobilise the services to manage continuity of services for patients.
The scope of the services includes:
1. Clinical Assessment Service NHS Continuing Healthcare (Adults)
2. Continuing Care (Children and Young People )
3. S117 client clinical assessment and on-going review (Brokerage and contracting provided by BCC)
4. Brokerage and contracting.
5. Complex case reviews
6. Funded Nursing Care (FNC)
7. Invoice verification
8. Returns to NHSE etc.
9. Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) for CHC clients
Oxford Health Foundation Trust (OHFT) has been identified to provide the interim services for a period of 10 months. The value of the interim services is 1 491 015 GBP.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 491 015.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Aylesbury and Chiltern CCGs sought to commission an interim Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Service following early notice being received on an existing contract from the incumbent provider for the area of Buckinghamshire. Due to the timeframes required it was determined that an interim provider needed to be appointed urgently to mobilise the services. This was to guarantee continuity of services for patients (adults, children and young people) across the Buckinghamshire area.
The scope of the services includes:
1. Clinical Assessment Service NHS Continuing Healthcare (Adults),
2. Continuing Care (Children and Young People),
3. S117 client clinical assessment and on-going review (Brokerage and contracting provided by BCC),
4. Brokerage and contracting,
5. Complex case reviews,
6. Funded Nursing Care (FNC),
7. Invoice verification,
8. Returns to NHSE etc.,
9. Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) for CHC clients.
An options appraisal identified that the optimum long term solution for Buckinghamshire will be to draw on the strengths from across the commissioners Accountable Care System (ACS), and this work will be undertaken in due course. This includes expertise in CHC from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) which already delivers CHC services to the population of Oxfordshire, expert knowledge of local hospital and community services and discharge pathways and an ability to recruit and retain nursing staff from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT); combined with knowledge of the local care home and domiciliary care market and procurement expertise and capacity available in Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC). This will simplify and speed up CHC processes and so improve the quality of the experience for patients. Given these strong existing relationships, knowledge and experience, OHFT were identified as the only reasonable option for delivering the urgent step in service in a limited period of time. This approach enables integration of local services to release significant benefits to patients and is also expected to improve the use of public funding.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) has therefore been identified to provide the interim services for a period of 10 months from the 1.12.2017 to the 30.9.2018. The value of the interim services is 1 491 015 GBP.
This decision has been determined as Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is the only provider identified that is capable of supplying the interim services required for the commissioner within the imposed timeframe. A Negotiated procedure without a call for competition has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) ‘competition is absent for technical reasons’ has been applied where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)
/ Weighting: 50
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the ‘Light Touch Regime’ contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The award decision has been determined as Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust are the only provider identified that is capable of supplying the interim services required for the commissioner within the imposed timeframe. A Negotiated procedure without a call for competition has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) ‘competition is absent for technical reasons’ has been applied where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
NHS Aylesbury and Chiltern CCGs sought to commission an interim Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Service following early notice being received on an existing contract from the incumbent provider for the area of Buckinghamshire. Due to the timeframes required it was determined that an interim provider needed to be appointed urgently to mobilise the services. This was to guarantee continuity of services for patients (adults, children and young people) across the Buckinghamshire area.
An options appraisal identified that the optimum long term solution for Buckinghamshire will be to draw on the strengths from across the commissioners Accountable Care System (ACS), and this work will be undertaken in due course. This includes expertise in CHC from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) which already delivers CHC services to the population of Oxfordshire, expert knowledge of local hospital and community services and discharge pathways and an ability to recruit and retain nursing staff from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT); combined with knowledge of the local care home and domiciliary care market and procurement expertise and capacity available in Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC). This will simplify and speed up CHC processes and so improve the quality of the experience for patients. Given these strong existing relationships, knowledge and experience, OHFT were identified as the only reasonable option for delivering the urgent step in service in a limited period of time. This approach enables integration of local services to release significant benefits to patients and is also expected to improve the use of public funding.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) has therefore been identified to provide the interim services for a period of 10 months from the 1.12.2017 to the 30.9.2018.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Bucks
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/10/2017
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
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Trust HQ, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington
Oxford
OX3 7JX
UK
NUTS: UKJ1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 491 015.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The award decision has been determined as Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust are the only provider identified that is capable of supplying the interim services required for the commissioner within the imposed timeframe. A Negotiated procedure without a call for competition has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) ‘competition is absent for technical reasons’ has been applied where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Aylesbury Vale Clinical Commissioning Group
Aylesbury Vale District Council offices, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury
HP19 8FF
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.aylesburyvaleccg.nhs.uk/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Aylesbury Vale Clinical Commissioning Group
Aylesbury Vale District Council offices, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury
HP19 8FF
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.aylesburyvaleccg.nhs.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As described in VI.3, deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/10/2017