Personal Assistants in Dementia Walsall
Six Personal Assistants — Dementia (PADs), to support people soon after a diagnosis of dementia, together with support for their family who may or may not be carers, for a period of up to 3 months from diagnosis.
United Kingdom-West Bromwich: Health services
2014/S 197-348295
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
For the attention of: Craig Stephens
B70 9LD West Bromwich
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: craig.stephens@nhs.net
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://mlcsu.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
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Walsall CCG
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: Contract is for Walsall GP registered population only.
NUTS code UKG35
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Six Personal Assistants — Dementia (PADs), to support people soon after a diagnosis of dementia, together with support for their family who may or may not be carers, for a period of up to 3 months from diagnosis. This service will receive referrals from and work very closely with Walsall Memory Assessment Service and Walsall learning disability services.
The PADs will provide support, information, practical assistance in the home and signpost to other forms of long-term support. This service forms part of Walsall’s implementation of the dementia strategy. Organisations interested in expressing an interest should first consider the essential requirements listed below:
— Experience in the provision of delivering specialised services to people with dementia and their carers
— Staff qualified, skilled and competent to work with people with dementia and their carers
— Evidence of suitable adult/child protection, safeguarding policies and procedures
— Ability to provide monitoring data on a quarterly basis
Expressions of interest from the Voluntary and Community Sector are encouraged.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years, with the possibility of extension for a further 2 periods of 12 months.
As future numbers of referrals are difficult to predict, NHS Walsall reserves the right to decrease or increase the number of PADs required during the lifetime of the contract. Spend is circa 183 000 GBP per annum with a total Contract value of circa 915 000 GBP. Figures provided are estimates only and should not be taken as a guarantee of activity.
To view the proposed specification of service detailing full technical requirements please visit https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml and select Project_320 – you will then be able to access the specification in full.
In order to express their interest bidders must complete PQQ_343 accordingly.
For Technical Support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-Desk on +44 8003684850 orhelp@bravosolution.co.uk
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85100000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: NHS Standard Contract
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Midlands and Lancashire CSU requires that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. Failure to respond to the PQQ as required will result in an incomplete expression of interest. Please refer to Section VI.3) below for additional information.
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
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
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.3)Additional information
Midlands & Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the PQQ and/or MOI for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.
Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information
This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands & Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (by completing a PQQ) through the portal as follows: i)Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. ii)Once registered, candidates must express interest by a) logging-in to the Midlands & Lancashire CSU eTendering portal, b)selecting response to advert and PQQ, c) select Open Access PQQ, d) search for and access listing related to this contract and view details, e) click on Express Interest link iii)Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page where you can download documentation (if required) and construct your reply as instructed. You must submit your reply on the website by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or help@bravosolution.co.ukThe healthcare services to which this advertisement relates falls within part b of
Schedule 3 to the public contracts regulations 2006 (the ‘Regulations’) and Annex IIB to council directive 2004/18/EC. Placement of this advertisement nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that walsall CCG intends to hold itself bound by any of the regulations, save those applicable to part B services.
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
B70 9LD West Bromwich
Internet address: www.experiencecounts.org.uk
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
B70 9LD West Bromwich
Internet address: www.experiencecounts.org.uk
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
B70 9LD West Bromwich
Internet address: www.experiencecounts.org.uk
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: