Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
UK
Telephone: +44 1216121500
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD41
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
Blackburn
BB1 2FD
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD41
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://blackburnwithdarwenccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS East Lancashire CCG
Nelson
BB9 8AS
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD46
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://eastlancsccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Blackpool CCG
Blackpool
BB1 2FD
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD42
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://blackpoolccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Fylde and Wrye CCG
Wesham
BB9 8AS
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD44
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.fyldeandwryeccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
Lancaster
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD44
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.morecambebayccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Lancashire CCGPostal
Ormskirk
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD47
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.westlancashireccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG
Preston
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD47
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.southribbleccg.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Preston CCG
Preston
UK
E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD45
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.greaterprestonccg.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
Pan Lancashire and South Cumbria Audiology Services AQP Plus
Reference number: L-19- 06
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85140000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The aim of the procurement is to identify suitable providers to deliver an innovative service which is a comprehensive patient-centred integrated hearing service across the Lancashire and South Cumbria area.
The service will include the provision of hearing aids for age related hearing loss (for patients aged 50 years and over) in line with national guidance and in local requirements for the registered population of the NHS commissioning organisations.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
17 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD4
Main site or place of performance:
Area covered by GP services registered to the CCGs indicated in the ITT but generally covering Lancashire and South Cumbria.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The aim of the procurement is to identify suitable providers to deliver an innovative service which is a comprehensive patient-centred integrated hearing service across the Lancashire and South Cumbria area.
The service will include provision of hearing aids for age related hearing loss (patients aged 50 years and over)in line with national guidance and local requirements for the registered population of the NHS commissioning organisations. The vision is for people with age related hearing loss to receive high quality, efficient services delivered closer to home, with short waiting times. The service must deliver patient focused outcomes in response to the needs of individual patients/families/carers in the community where they live and which is free of charge at the point of care.
The CCGs are looking to award the service to providers that meet the any qualified provider plus standards.Activity will be paid on a cost per case basis at a local tariff rate (to be published in the procurement documentation). There will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contracts awarded. The estimated value of the contract will be 17 500 000 GBP over a 5 year period (on a 3 year initial contract with an option to extend a further 2 years).
This procurement is for clinical services which are subject to the light-touch regime for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. Applicants are also invited to confirm as part of the tender which CCG areas of Lancashire and South Cumbria they wish to deliver the service from.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 116-284984
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: L-19-06-02
Title: Pan Lancashire and South Cumbria Audiology Services AQP Plus
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/10/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackpool
UK
NUTS: UKD42
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Beacon Medical Services Group Ltd
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UKD33
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Scrivens Ltd
Birmingham
UK
NUTS: UKG31
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Specsavers Optical Group
St Andrews, Guernsey
UK
NUTS: UKZ
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Outside Clinic
Swindon
UK
NUTS: UKK1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 17 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
Blackburn
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/10/2019