Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
15C
Marlborough Street South Plaza
BRISTOL
BS13NX
UK
Contact person: Donna Harrington
E-mail: donnaharrington@nhs.net
NUTS: UKK13
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.bnssg.icb.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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
Men's Crisis House in Bristol
Reference number: WA14442
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board ("BNSSG") and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust ("AWP") are commissioning a 7 year contract with option to extend for a further 2 years, to deliver and evaluate an 8-10 bedded non-clinical crisis house for men and trans men aged 18+ who would otherwise require and acute stay. This includes both men avoiding an admission and men who may need a stay as part of a step down from an inpatient stay.
This service forms part of the BNSSG crisis pathway. The service will be delivered by the successful provider but will require close partnership with AWP crisis and community teams.
Commissioners are seeking an organisation that can demonstrate:
• An ability to work with people experiencing significant emotional distress and a period of crisis in their mental health, including those who may feel suicidal
• The ability to work collaboratively with clinical services and other system partners to support flow through the BNSSG acute and crisis pathway.
• A commitment to co-production and embedding lived experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of services;
• A commitment to delivering inclusive services which meet the needs of our diverse population in BNSSG, actively working to address inequalities and improve outcomes (including improved qualitative/quantitative data capture and analysis);
The successful organisation, partnership or alliance of providers would need to deliver the full specification of services from approximately 1st June 2024, dependant on the availability of the property.
The contract term is 7 years plus an optional extension of up to 2 years.
The contract value will be £520,000 per annum. An additional £100,000k will be available in year one only for set up costs making the total value or £4.78 million over the full 9 year period.
Inflationary uplifts for the contract will be considered through BNSSG ICB planning processes and would be expected to be aligned to approaches taken with other non-statutory providers.
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
3 740 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK13
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board ("BNSSG") and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust ("AWP") are commissioning a 7 year contract with option to extend for a further 2 years, to deliver and evaluate an 8-10 bedded non-clinical crisis house for men and trans men aged 18+ who would otherwise require and acute stay. This includes both men avoiding an admission and men who may need a stay as part of a step down from an inpatient stay.
This service forms part of the BNSSG crisis pathway. The service will be delivered by the successful provider but will require close partnership with AWP crisis and community teams.
The aims of the service are:
• To support people experiencing crisis to avoid admission to an inpatient bed
• To support people waiting for onward accommodation to step down from inpatient care as soon as possible, providing the benefits of a less restrictive environment and enabling people to maintain their social networks and activities of daily living skills
• To support the BNSSG system to maintain flow through the acute pathway maximising acute bed capacity and helping to keep people who do need acute beds within BNSSG
The contract term is 7 years plus an optional extension of up to 2 years.
The contract value will be £520,000 per annum. An additional £100,000k will be available in year one only for set up costs making the total value or £4.78 million over the full 9 year period.
Inflationary uplifts for the contract will be considered through BNSSG ICB planning processes and would be expected to be aligned to approaches taken with other non-statutory providers.
The service is anticipated to commence 1st June 2024.
This processed is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.
If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
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 are 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
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
11/10/2023
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
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.
If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.
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 are 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 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 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 Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of 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 87 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.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/09/2023