Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Wicker House, High Street
Worthing
BN11 1DJ
Contact
Sarah Rix
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
NHS Organisation Data Service
QNX
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service - NHS/SOEPS/21.826 - CAN
Reference number
NHS/SOEPS/21.826 - CAN
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice is to inform the market of the direct award of 24-month contracts for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Services, to East Sussex County Council for East Sussex and to the Alzheimer's Society for West Sussex and Brighton & Hove for NHS Sussex ('the Integrated Care Board') commencing 1st April 2023 for a period of 24 months.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £2,885,806
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Main site or place of performance
East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is to inform the market of the direct award of 24-month contracts for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Services, to East Sussex County Council for East Sussex and to the Alzheimer's Society for West Sussex and Brighton & Hove for NHS Sussex ('the Integrated Care Board') commencing 1st April 2023 for a period of 24 months.
NHS Sussex is directly awarding these 24-month contracts to East Sussex County Council and the Alzheimer's Society, to ensure key organisational change and transformation objectives, including the development of equitable Sussex wide approaches to service delivery, are delivered. This will include the development of convergent standards and performance metrics, benchmarking of investment based on population needs, evident Health Inequalities and will be informed by population health clinical intelligence.
This will provide the necessary additional time for NHS Sussex to complete and embed its necessary transformation work and to understand better and accurately specify future specifications for these services. This will then inform commissioning intentions which will be put to the market in 2024.
The direct award decisions have been made on a strategic and clinical basis, in the context of meeting patient need and improving service equity at a time of significant national and local strategic service delivery transformation.
Contract value for East Sussex County Council (covers East Sussex) = £1,569,688 over the two year period.
Contract value for Alzheimer's Society = £1,104,118 over the two year period (covers West Sussex) & £212,000 over the two year period (covers Brighton & Hove) = Total value £1,316,118
National strategy dictates that health care systems ensure that people living with dementia are supported to live at home with their families for as long as possible. Early diagnosis and intervention, advance care planning, timely access to specialist assessment and treatment, and effective support for carers are key components of good care. Post diagnosis support services are the cornerstone to ensuring that people living with dementia and those that care for them are supported throughout their dementia journey.
The services provide emotional support, practical facilitation, access to wellbeing interventions, guidance and information. Working with Primary Care, they support identification of issues leading to deterioration and provide Care Coordination and Advanced Care Planning. Service provision includes, Early Onset Dementia, complex, challenging and end of life/bereavement support. The services work alongside Memory Assessment Service provision to support virtual diagnostic assessment.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-032057
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
21.826 - East Sussex
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 December 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
East Sussex County Council
Lewes
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
East Sussex County Council, UK
SP00209
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,569,688
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
21.826 - West Sussex
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 December 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alzheimer's Society
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
296645
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,104,118
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
21.826 - Brighton and Hove
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 December 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alzheimer's Society
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
296645
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £212,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS South of England Procurement
Lewes
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Refer to South of England Procurement Services to trigger the review process. This process can be further escalated to NHS Improvement or High Court of England and Wales.