Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road,
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
Contact
Senior Category Manager - Corporate (TEKH1223)
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ44 - East Kent
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/
Buyer's address
https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Applications or, where applicable, tenders must be submitted electronically via
https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
Applications or, where applicable, tenders must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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
Provision of sponsorship of EKHUFT stoma nursing care service
Reference number
TEKH1223
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Contracting authority requires a professional, competent and suitable provider to sponsor the current, and future, EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
The successful provider will be required from the Actual Services Commencement Date and throughout the Term to sponsor in full, and additionally support, the EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This concession is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33126000 - Stomatology devices
- 85110000 - Hospital and related services
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ44 - East Kent
Main site or place of performance
Stoma nurse-led clinics held in Ashford, Canterbury, Deal, Dover, Folkestone, Herne Bay, Margate and Whitstable.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contracting authority requires a professional, competent and suitable provider to sponsor the current, and future, EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
The successful provider will be required from the Actual Services Commencement Date and throughout the Term to sponsor in full, and additionally support, the EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
The EKHUFT stoma nursing care team provides specialist specialist stoma nursing care across the whole of East Kent and includes caring for patients in the Trust's three acute hospitals, in patients' homes and providing stoma clinics at other hospital sites and in GP practices.
The Trust has had an established stoma nursing care service and team for over twenty years, currently providing services six days a week, to all ostomates of any age and their carers. This includes colostomists, ileostomists, urostomists as the main stoma types, but also fistula management and internal ileo-anal pouch patients.
Further information about EKHUFT Stoma Service is available from https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/services/stoma/.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Concession is awarded on the basis of the criteria stated in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £2,500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the concession
Duration in months
60
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The estimated values in II.1.5 and II.2.6 are the estimated contract value of the sponsorship of the current, and future, EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
Bidders should seek independent legal and commercial advice in relation to the potential value of the opportunity.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions, indication of information and documentation required
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.2) Conditions related to the concession
three.2.2) Concession performance conditions
The successful provider will be required from the Actual Services Commencement Date and throughout the Term to sponsor in full, and additionally support, the EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for submission of applications or receipt of tenders
Date
22 March 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The expected duration of the concession is 60 months.
The Contracting authority may publish further notices either a) 30 months (if the Contracting authority decides not to extend the concession) or b) 42 months (if the concession is extended by at least 12 months) or c) 54 months (if the concession is extended by at least 24 months) after the Actual Services Commencement Date.
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR 2016) applies to this procurement.
The Contracting authority intends to follow a process similar to the Open procedure described in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR 2015). The Contracting authority reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the PCR 2015 in conducting the procedure using flexibilities permitted by the CCR 2016.
Professional, competent and suitable providers wishing to sponsor the EKHUFT Stoma Service must submit their Tender response via the Trust's e-Tendering system, BravoSolution, website address: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
Instructions for submitting your Tender are as follows:
i) access the Trust's e-Tendering portal at https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/
ii) click "View current opportunities and notices"
c) register for interest in the itt_4071 - Provision of sponsorship of EKHUFT stoma nursing care service.
d) download the document titled "itt_4071_Section A_Instructions" available from the Attachments section and thereafter follow the instructions contained therein.
e) if wishing to bid, accurately and fully complete the e-Tendering portal's Qualification and Technical Envelopes and submit your Tender by no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 22nd March 2023.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting authority reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this concession notice.
For information on the review procedure bidders are referred to Regulation 47 (Notice of decision to award a concession contract); Regulation 48 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 52 to 63 of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR 2016).
Following any decision to award the concession contract, the Contracting authority will provide debriefing information to unsuccessful bidders (in accordance with Regulation 47 of the CCR 2016) and observe a minimum 10 day standstill period (in accordance with Regulation 48 of the CCR 2016) before the concession contract is entered into.