High Impact Team for Care Homes Milton Keynes
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit is seeking expressions of interest for the Provision of a 7 day multi-discipline team to support Care Homes’ staff on behalf of Milton Keynes CCG and Milton Keynes Council.
United Kingdom-Northampton: Health services
2015/S 047-081415
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Francis Crick House, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park Industrial Estate
For the attention of: Rosalind Carter
NN3 6BJ Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1604651103
E-mail: rosalind.carter@gemcsu.nhs.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.miltonkeynesccg.nhs.uk/ & http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.gemcsu.nhs.uk/
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: The service will be provided to 28 care homes in Milton Keynes.
NUTS code UK,UKF23
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The overall objectives of this service are to improve resident experience, support the development and capability of care home staff and reduce secondary care costs.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85100000, 85144100
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: The 2015/16 NHS Standard Contract (http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/) and will comply with the requirements of the Service.
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: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.ukand click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username 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 username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (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 top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box.
3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification – Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk. The closing date for submitting expression of interest and your organisations fully completed pre-qualification questionnaire (Bravo reference pqq_108) is by 17:00 on Thursday 9.4.2015.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Please refer to the Memorandum of Information in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: For full details please refer to the Memorandum of Information section Part 2 Section 2.2.6. The top 4 Bidders ranked upon the scores achieved plus passing the mandatory pass/fail elements of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire will qualify for participation in the ITT stage.
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
The services to which this procurement relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (‘the Regulations’). Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage nor the use of the term Pre-qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Part B services. The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Providers wishing to express interest in providing these services must in the first instance contact rosalind.carter@gemcsu.nhs.uk
Your organisation should now register on the Bravo website https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk to access the Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to continue through the next stages. For any support in submitting your response please contact the eTendering Help-desk at +44 8000112470 or help@bravosolution.co.uk
The closing date for submitting expression of interest and your organisations fully completed pre-qualification questionnaire (Bravo reference pqq_108) is by 17:00 on Thursday 9.4.2015.
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Francis Crick House, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park Industrial Estate
NN3 6BJ Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: