Contract for Care Homes Refresh

Contract for Care Homes Refresh – Warwickshire

This tender is to allow further organisations to apply for a contract to provide care home services to Warwickshire County Council and the CCG’s, following the original tender earlier this year.

United Kingdom-Warwick: Social work and related services

2016/S 237-432045

Social and other specific services – public contracts

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Warwickshire County Council
PO Box 3, Shire Hall, Market Square
Warwick
CV34 4RH
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mrs M K Nagra
Telephone: +44 1926412026
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKG13

Internet address(es):Main address: www.warwickshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement

I.1)Name and addresses

NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Westgate House, Market Street
Warwick
CV34 4DE
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mrs M K Nagra
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKG13

Internet address(es):Main address: www.southwarwickshireccg.nhs.uk

I.1)Name and addresses

NHS Warwickshire North Clinical Commissioning Group
Lewes House
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mrs M K Nagra
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKG13

Internet address(es):Main address: www.warwickshirenorthccg.nhs.uk

I.2)Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://www.csw-jets.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Care Homes Refresh 2.

Reference number: 00004132

II.1.2)Main CPV code

85300000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

This tender is to allow further organisations to apply for a contract to provide care home services to WCC and the CCG’s, following the original tender earlier this year.

Warwickshire County Council (the Authority) is seeking to re-commission its contracts for care home placements. At the same time NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Warwickshire North Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG’s) are also seeking to re-commission their care home provision following conclusion of their previous framework.

The Authority will be acting as lead commissioner in this procedure.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

85144100

85144000

85311000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKG13

NUTS code: UKG

Main site or place of performance:

Generally within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council but also may be outside the boundaries.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

This tender is for all care home services for older people and adults with support needs which includes (but is not limited to):

— Residential and nursing;

— Physical disabilities;

— Learning disabilities and/or autism;

— Mental health needs;

— Dementia;

— Sensory impairment;

— Acquired brain injury;

— Cognitive impairment;

— Continuing healthcare.

The Authority also intends to use these new contracts to commission a range of care home based initiatives.

These services may also be subject to other modifications and changes in order to meet the changing needs and demands of the Authority, the CCG’s and the customers.

The new contracts are for the provision of care home services within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council, or where the customer is a patient of the Clinical Commissioning Group then the location where they live, which is generally within a reasonable distance of the boundaries.

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 610 000 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

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

Initial 4 year and 4 months contract with the option to extend for up to a further 5 years.

Coventry City Council and NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group intend to re-commission their care home services through separate arrangements. However it is possible that they may access care home services through these contracts in the future.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.4)Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

All as detailed in the tender documentation.

The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own evaluation of the Tenderers most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Creditsafe where this is available. The Council may also impose a Bond or Performance Guarantee on the successful Tenderer.

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

All as detailed in the tender documentation.

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Form of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.10)Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:

Information about national procedures is available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made

IV.1.11)Main features of the award procedure:

All as detailed in the tender documentation. Stage 1 — Suitability Assessment; Stage 2 — Fee Negotiation; Stage 3 — Award Stage.

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate / Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date: 13/01/2017

Local time: 14:00

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3)Additional information:

Electronic ordering, invoicing and payment may be used.

Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system (if they haven’t previously done so) in order to be able to express an interest in the project and download documents. The web address for CSW-JETS iswww.csw-jets.co.uk

Registration and use of CSW-JETS is free.

If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS, please email us at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412341.

All correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be submitted via the CSW-JETS correspondence function.

Providers must register on CSW-JETS and express an interest in this project in order to be able to correspond with us about this procurement.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

Warwickshire County Council
Warwick
United Kingdom

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

06/12/2016