Prior information notice
This notice is a call for competition
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
County Hall, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QL
UK
Contact person: Garry Mitchell
E-mail: Scwcsu.clinical.procurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKK4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://devonccg.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
Suicide Postvention Support Services for Devon Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) — Market Engagement Activity
Reference number: SCW/NHSSCWCSU/00001210/2017
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Market engagement activity (Light Touch Regime):
NHS Devon CCG as lead commissioner is looking to invite discussion from the market in regard to commissioning suicide postvention support services for Devon STP, for delivery within the NHS Devon CCG footprint.
Provider engagement discussions will be conducted on a 1 to 1 basis on 18 November 2020. These discussions will be held virtually via MS Teams. A market engagement questionnaire will be published on the InTend procurement portal, the provider responses to which will form the basis of these discussions.
Based on the market awareness and findings gathered from this process the commissioner may or may not engage in a competitive process. If a competitive process is undertaken it is envisaged to commence in December 2020 with a 3-year contract awarded in February 2021 and contract start in April 2021.
This notice is a call for competition; as such any subsequent competitive process undertaken will not be advertised.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
609 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
85310000
75122000
85321000
85323000
85121270
85141000
85121200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK4
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Devon CCG as lead commissioner is looking to invite discussion from the market in regard to commissioning suicide postvention support services for Devon Sustainability and Transformation Partnership.
The service will provide support to those who have been bereaved, affected or exposed by suicide.
The commissioner is looking to explore opportunities to achieve the most benefit from this service in its delivery within the NHS Devon CCG footprint.
The service will provide support to those who have been bereaved, affected or exposed by suicide. The service will accept referrals from relevant agencies e.g. GPs, schools, etc.; but will actively enable self-referrals as well as working with partner agencies to enable real time surveillance so that the service can be proactive in reaching out to those bereaved.
The service pathway will be agreed with commissioners and based upon the preferred provider’s bid.
The service is open to anyone who has been bereaved, affected or exposed by suicide (recently or historically), who are registered with a GP within the NHS Devon CCG footprint.
This service is open to all regardless of age.
Aims of the service
• To provide effective and timely support for those bereaved following a confirmed or suspected suicide. This includes those bereaved, affected and/or exposed to suicide. Through supporting those bereaved, affected or exposed to suicide (confirmed or suspected; historic or recent), individuals will have improved resilience, mental health wellbeing; relationships and reduced risk of suicide.
• Ensure that the approach and principles of the CYP IAPT programme of ‘delivering with -delivering well’ are embedded.
• Ensure that the approach and principles of the Adults IAPT ‘effective and compassionately delivered care’ are embedded.
• Robustly evaluate the impact of support at an individual/family, service and system level in order to identify the health and financial benefits of suicide postvention support. This must include identifying potential return on investment.
• Ensure that the needs of children, young people, adults and their families are at the heart of everything; embedding the principles of THRIVE throughout development and delivery of the model of support.
Please note: within this specification where the term suicide is used, this should be interpreted as being either confirmed or suspected; recent or historic.
Please note: the term ‘bereaved by suicide’ will be used as a generic term for those either bereaved, affected or exposed to suicide.
Provider engagement discussions will be conducted on a 1 to 1 basis on 18 November 2020. These discussions will be held virtually via MS Teams. A market engagement questionnaire will be published on the InTend procurement portal, the provider responses to which will form the basis of these discussions.
Based on the market awareness and findings gathered from this process the commissioner may or may not engage in a competitive process. If a competitive process is undertaken it is envisaged to commence in December 2020 with a 3-year contract awarded in February 2021 and contract start in April 2021.
This notice is a call for competition; as such any subsequent competitive process undertaken will not be advertised.
To register an interest and respond to the engagement questionnaire, interested parties are asked to register on the commissioners eProcurement portal via the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Questionnaire returns must be submitted via the eProcurement portal by no later than Friday 13 November 2020 at 12.00 noon (Midday).
This notice is a call for competition; as such any subsequent competitive process undertaken will not be advertised.
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
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
Questionnaire returns must be submitted via the eProcurement portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home by no later than Friday 13 November 2020 at 12.00 noon.
This notice is a call for competition; as such any subsequent competitive process undertaken will not be advertised.
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 expressions of interest
Date:
25/11/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This notice is a call for competition; as such any subsequent competitive process undertaken will not be advertised.
This engagement is for information gathering and strategy formation purposes and there is no guarantee that a competitive procurement process will be undertaken as a result of this engagement taking place and therefore publication or response does not commit NHS Devon CCG or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHS Devon CCG will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the ‘current tenders’ list on the eProcurement system InTend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
In order to submit a response to the questionnaire, you will need to be registered on the eProcurement system and ‘express an interest’, and then complete the questionnaire as specified.
On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.
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).
The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority will not be bound by the regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these services.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the authority (‘Open’, ‘Restricted’, ‘Competitive Procedure with Negotiation’, ‘Competitive Dialogue’ or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive/Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
The contracting authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations. Unsuccessful bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the bidder/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the Regulations.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
Exeter
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/10/2020