Community Health Service East Sussex

A range of community health services in the area of High Weald Lewes Havens, East Sussex.

United Kingdom-Lewes: Community health services

2014/S 200-353321

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

NHS High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group
36-38 Friars Walk
For the attention of: Chris McCarthy
BN7 2PB Lewes
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1273485300
E-mail: christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.highwealdleweshavensccg.nhs.uk/

Further information can be obtained from: IN-Tend eTendering on South of England Procurement Service
IN-Tend eTender system via link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: IN-Tend eTendering on South of England Procurement Service
IN-Tend eTender system via link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: IN-Tend eTendering on South of England Procurement Service
IN-Tend eTender system via link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Health

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Community Health Service (Ref 14.199).

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: High Weald Lewes Havens, East Sussex.

NUTS code UKJ2

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

A range of community health services in the area of High Weald Lewes Havens, East Sussex.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85323000, 85141200, 85141220, 85121000, 85121200, 85141000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

High Weald Lewes Havens CCG wants to commission:
— A range of services to improve the health of patients in High Weald Lewes Havens.
— To develop care pathways with local secondary care providers to facilitate seamless health and social care.
— Services that work together so that patients receive seamless healthcare and treatment that is designed around their individual needs.
— Services that build on the existing skills and expertise of community based teams and working together with local patients to deliver services that meet the specific health needs and geography for the people of High Weald Lewes Havens.
— More choice of care settings for patients.
— Increased patient involvement in decisions about their care.
— Care that meets the individual needs of each patient.
— Courses of treatment and care planned from start to finish.
— More care delivered closer to patient’s homes, reducing the need to go outside the CCG boundary.
— Reduced waiting times for services.
— Demonstrable increase in patient satisfaction.
— Closer working between health and social care providers.
— A community service that delivers value for money.
Services to be commissioned: district nursing, advanced community nurse practitioners, minor injuries and illness units, community diagnostics, intermediate care beds, community occupational therapy, dietetics, speech and language therapy, community respiratory service, community heart failure service, community neurological rehabilitation service, rapid response service, continence service, tissue viability service, Parkinson’s disease specialist nurse service, multiple sclerosis specialist nurse service, end of life care service.
The value GBP 65 000 000 is an estimate only and not a guaranteed amount of the total value over the 5 year period. Please refer to the Memorandum of Information for additional information.
The documentation (Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire) accessible through the IN-tend eTender system will be available on 17.11.2014.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available through the eTender system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available through the eTender system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available through the eTender system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available through the eTender system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available through the eTender system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

competitive dialogue

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged number of operators: 3

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available through the eTender system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

14.199

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

17.11.2014 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

The documentation (Memorandum of Information and Prequalification Questionnaire) accessible through the IN-tend eTender system will be available on 17.11.2014.
This is a voluntary notice, as these are ‘Part B’ services. Although the CCG is following a procedure which is akin to the competitive dialogue procedure, the use of a voluntary Contract Notice and of terminology which reflects the competitive dialogue procedure does not indicate that the CCG accepts that it is bound by the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and/or the Public Procurement Directive (2004/18/EC) save for the provisions of the Regulations and the Directive which apply to Part B services.
An electronic procurement process is being used for this procurement.

Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the IN-tend eTender system website (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current) to gain access to further information and obtain the tender documents to be completed and returned for consideration.

All correspondence will be dealt through this website.
Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to obtain further documentation using the electronic process.
Returns must be submitted using the prescribed process by no later than 12:00 (midday) on 17.11.2014.
Suppliers Instructions of how to express interest and participate in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once):

— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current and click the link to register.

— Read and accept the terms and conditions and click ‘Continue’.
— Enter your correct business and user details.
— Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete.
— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender:
— Login to the portal with the user-name/password.
— Click the ‘Tenders’ link and then select ‘Current’. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier.)
— Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content.
— Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the bottom of the page.
— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My Tenders’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
— You can now access any attachments.
— You can now use the ‘Clarifications’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification.
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT.
— There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Publish Response’ button at the top of the page.
If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

14.10.2014