Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group
Sackville House, Brooks Close
Lewes
BN7 2FZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastsussexccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group
Wicker House, High Street
Worthing
BN11 1DJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.westsussexccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group
Hove Town Hall, Norton Road
Hove
BN3 4AH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.brightonandhoveccg.nhs.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning
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
Stroke Recovery Service NHS/SOEPS/21.809 PINCC
Reference number
NHS/SOEPS/21.809 PINCC
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 Contracting Authorities intention to directly award a 1 year contract with a 1 year contract extension option to The Stroke Association. In addition, the contract will be amended to provide a service to patients in the north of the Coastal West Sussex area (not previously covered).
The proposed contract will commence on 1st April 2022. If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority shall enter into a contract with the incumbent provider to ensure continuity of services, relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice.
If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of this PIN further, please make contact by sending a portal message via the Intend e-Tendering portal in the first instance.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £708,098
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove
- UKJ22 - East Sussex CC
- UKJ27 - West Sussex (South West)
- UKJ28 - West Sussex (North East)
Main site or place of performance
East Sussex CCG area
West Sussex CCG area
Brighton and Hove CCG area
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is to inform the market of the Contracting Authorities intention to directly award a 1 year contract with a 1 year contract extension option to The Stroke Association. The proposed contract will commence on 1st April 2022. In addition, the contract will be amended to provide a service to patients in the north of the Coastal West Sussex area (not previously covered).
A Stroke Recovery Service is currently provided in Sussex by The Stroke Association. Each CCG has a slightly different scope of service, but each is in place to provide support by The Stroke Association to stroke survivors on discharge from hospital, assessment, review, education on life after stroke, links and sign-posting to grants, peer support and other community and voluntary organisations, and including in some places a formal six-month review post discharge.
There is a need to align current stroke recovery services with national Integrated Stroke Delivery Network (ISDN) guidance and requirements, however the establishment of the Sussex ISDN and its work has been delayed due to local and national Covid-19 response and priorities.
There is a need to ensure continuity and consistency of service across Sussex prior to the future re-commissioning. Commissioners and Sussex ISDN managers will work with providers to ensure these requirements are appropriately developed on a local basis, and the proposed extension of this contract will support this. The current provider is currently working with NHS England on ISDN guidance. By taking this direct award action an equitable service is being made available to all Sussex residents/patients
As part of this continuity of service, the West Sussex service will be extended into the North Coastal West Sussex area, and this is to be added to the current contract under the same scope, service specification, and KPIs, and will equalise the service provision in West Sussex while further work is taking place across the Sussex Health and Care Partnership and with the ISDN to ensure the service will be developed in line with national requirement as well as local patient need.
If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority shall enter into a contract with the incumbent provider to ensure continuity of services, relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice.
If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of this PIN further, please make contact by sending a portal message via the Intend e-Tendering portal in the first instance.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £708,098
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Duration in months
24
two.2.14) Additional information
12 months with optional 12 month extension period.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
14 March 2022
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note: NHS England and Improvement have announced that the Sussex Health and Care Partnership, which is made up of all health and care organisations across East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, has successfully met the criteria to become an Integrated Care System (ICS). An ICS is a way of working across health and care organisations that allows them to work closer together, to take collective responsibility of the health and wellbeing of populations across large areas.
It is not anticipated that the statutory responsibility or accountability of the individual health and care organisations working as an ICS will be affected, save for the expectation that CCG organisations will be abolished and functions transferred to the ICS. As a result of these intended healthcare reforms, the Contracting Authorities, currently NHS West Sussex CCG, NHS Brighton and Hove CCG and NHS East Sussex CCG, may change during the life of the contract.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS South of England Procurement Services
Sackville House, Brooks Close
Lewes
BN7 2FZ
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.