Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cornwall Council
County Hall, Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AY
UK
Contact person: Mr John Ward
Telephone: +44 1872326058
E-mail: john.ward@cornwall.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Care home services and care home redevelopment opportunities in Cornwall
Reference number: DN635670
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Cornwall Council (the ‘Council’) published a contract notice (2023/S 000-019524) on the 7th July 2023 to commence a procurement process (as described in II.2.4) for an opportunity titled 'Care home services and care home re-development opportunities in Cornwall - DN635670'.
Following the return date for this procurement process and the Council's evaluation of the responses received, the Council has taken a decision to abandon this procurement process and are now conducting some additional market engagement to further understand how the Council could potentially make this opportunity more attractive to potential applicants ahead of a potential second procurement process.
If you are interested in participating in the Council’s soft market engagement exercise please:
• Return your completed soft market engagement document via the ProContract system
https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk by 12 noon Friday 29th September 2023.
• Refer to VI.3. (Additional information) of this notice for further instructions.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
172 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45000000
70000000
71000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK3
Main site or place of performance:
Site 1 – Trefula Nursing Home, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5ET, and
Site 2 – Trengrouse, Trengrouse Way, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8BA.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Within the Council's abandoned procurement the Council sought to procure one (1) Service Provider to deliver care services and the redevelopment of the following two care home Sites located in Cornwall:
• Site 1 – Trefula Nursing Home, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5ET, and
• Site 2 – Trengrouse, Trengrouse Way, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8BA.
The Council's abandoned procurement required the Service Provider to:
1)Purchase of the freehold interest in the two (2) Sites with a restriction for the Service Provider to build and operate a care home on each Site.
2) Undertake the operational management of the existing nursing care home at Site 1 while the Service Provider redevelops Site 1 in accordance with the Contract that will include the provision of care services and dedicate access to a number of guaranteed beds for Council placements that must be priced either below or within the Council’s fee methodology,
3) Secure funding, to enable the Service Provider to design, obtain planning permission, redevelop and construct a scheme on each of the two (2) Sites. As a minimum each scheme must include a new build care home on each Site to provide accommodation that is fit for purpose, designed to modern standards and meets the Council’s design principles for new
build care homes, good practice for dementia friendly environments and any relevant CQC and legislative requirements. In addition to providing a new build care home on each of the two (2) Sites, the Service Provider will also be required to gain the best possible use of the wider Sites, and
4) Following completion of the schemes, to own and undertake the operational management of the scheme at each of the two (2) Sites and provide the provision of care services at the two (2) new build care homes developed on the Sites in accordance with the Council’s care services contract that requires the Service Provider to provide the Council with dedicated access to a number of the guaranteed beds and the ability to spot purchase additional beds for local authority placements that must be priced below or within the Council’s fee methodology
Full details of the Council's abandoned procurement process is also provided in the soft market engagement document.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
172 000 000.00
GBP
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
13/10/2023
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-019524
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
If you are interested in participating in the Council’s soft market engagement you are invited to:
a) Register on the Council’s Due-North system https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
b) Express an interest in the project titled “Care services and the re-development of two care homes in Cornwall - DN635670”
c) Download the soft market engagement document
d) Complete the “Information Required” section at the end of soft market engagement
document
e) Return your completed soft market engagement document via the ProContract system
https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk by 12 noon Friday 29th September 2023.
Providers participating in this soft market engagement are asked to note the following:
• This soft market engagement is an information gathering exercise only,
• Any proposals submitted by providers will be subject to the development and approval by the Council, and, as such, this exercise implies no commercial commitment and is not a formal tender document, and
• Participation in this soft market engagement will not prejudice a provider participating in any future procurement for the opportunity in this document.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/09/2023