Opportunity

Liverpool Social Health Model: Enhanced Social Prescribing Services

  • NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-005156

Published 15 February 2024, 5:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA11QY

Contact

Siju George

Email

icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 1512967000

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD61 - Warrington

NHS Organisation Data Service

QYG

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

Additional information can be obtained from another address:

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Liverpool

Email

icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD72 - Liverpool

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the following address:

icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Liverpool

Email

icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD72 - Liverpool

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.cheshireandmerseyside.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

Liverpool Social Health Model: Enhanced Social Prescribing Services

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) is looking to procure an enhanced social prescribing service for Liverpool in order to equip, systematically, universal and first level health services with rapid access to a core determinants response for their patients. This service will be core element in the delivery of a proportionate and integrated model of social health in Liverpool, improving the way health and care services routinely respond to non-clinical risk factors, particularly those associated with deprivation and mental distress. The service will integrate with priority healthcare pathways and primary care based social prescribing schemes across the city.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85100000 - Health services
  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD72 - Liverpool

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The main objectives of setting up a Social Model of Health Services contract is as follows:

 Provide a social welfare offer which is fully integrated into primary care and social prescribing services

 Provide a blended social welfare and wellbeing offer for patients from mental health, pathway 0, perinatal, cancer, respiratory, urgent care services

 Improve well-being, quality of life, social inclusion, community connectedness

 Promote economic wellbeing and economic resilience

 Support redistribution of demand for primary care, acute and social care services for better preventative health outcomes

 Reduce duplication and fragmentation across social prescribing and well-being services in Liverpool

 Contribute to the outcomes and evidence-base for social prescribing

 Promote self-care

 Promote the five ways to wellbeing

 Provide advice clinics in health and community settings for patients

 Support individuals to identify and access appropriate activities, assets, information and advice, develop and improve social connections

 Help build health and wellbeing capacity in communities

 Develop and strengthen effective partnerships and pathways

 Appropriately support the service user to achieve their personal objectives

 Collate, analyse and report to Commissioners on model impact

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £5,500,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

24 months

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

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


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-001157

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

14 March 2024

Local time

4:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

14 March 2024

Local time

5:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

This contract notice is to alert potential providers, who are professionally and technically capable to provide an Enhanced Social Prescribing Service, to contact the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB via email icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk to express their interest to participate in the Invitation to Tender process. The ICB Procurement Team will assist the Bidders to access the full tender pack. All correspondence must be through email icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk. This email also can be used to submit the completed bid response documents.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Liverpool

Country

United Kingdom