Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group
Pearl House, 12 Castle Road
Rayleigh
SS6 7QF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://castlepointandrochfordccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group
6th Floor, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS1 9SB
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group
Civic Offices 2nd Floor, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.thurrockccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Wren House, Colchester Road
Chelmsford
CM2 5PF
Contact
NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Grou
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
Specialist Emergency Lifting Chairs for Care Homes in Mid and South Essex
Reference number
ACE-0451-2021-ALC
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 33192600 - Lifting equipment for health care sector
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
This is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract awarded by NHS Castle Point & Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group (the "CCG") as lead commissioner on behalf of the Mid and South Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups: NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Basildon & Brentwood CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG.
The contract award is made to Felgain's Ltd for the provision of Specialist Emergency Lifting Chairs in care homes and rapid response teams, building on a previous falls pilot across Mid and South Essex. The aim of the original pilot was to safeguard the lives of residents by ensuring they are lifted promptly after a fall, reduce avoidable hospital admission, and keep residents ‘at home’ and reduce impact on the emergency services and associated healthcare professionals.
The contract will run 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2023, with an option to extend for up to a further 24-month period from 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2025, at a total aggregate contract value including extensions of £249,999.78 (£208,333.15 + VAT).
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: £249,999.78
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract awarded by NHS Castle Point & Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group (the "CCG") as lead commissioner on behalf of the Mid and South Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups: NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Basildon & Brentwood CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG.
The contract award is made to Felgain's Ltd for the provision of Specialist Emergency Lifting Chairs in care homes and rapid response teams, building on a previous falls pilot across Mid and South Essex. The aim of the original pilot was to safeguard the lives of residents by ensuring they are lifted promptly after a fall, reduce avoidable hospital admission, and keep residents ‘at home’ and reduce impact on the emergency services and associated healthcare professionals.
The contract will run 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2023, with an option to extend for up to a further 24-month period from 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2025, at a total aggregate contract value including extensions of £249,999.78 (£208,333.15 + VAT).
To date the pilot has provided:
• Additional capacity and specialist portable moving and handling equipment within the urgent nursing intervention team and Essex care homes.
• Enhanced support to care homes to influence the way they currently manage patients who have fallen redirecting calls away from the local ambulance service.
• Influenced local 111 tele-triage service, incorporating urgent nursing intervention team as a possible alternative referral pathway for suspected non-injurious falls.
• Deployment of emergency lifting chairs within seven acute wards to support patient safety and dignity of care and staff health and wellbeing, and the Trust has now rolled this model out to all hospital sites across MSE.
In order to continue to realise additional and significant benefits in terms of quality of care for residents/patients and support to the staff caring for them, as well as maximise benefit of consistency of product being deployed across the STP and consistency of the training being received within care homes and urgent nursing intervention teams, the CCG’s have taken a decision to purchase additional specialist emergency lifting chairs to deploy across more care homes and rapid response teams in Mid and South Essex.
After conducting market analysis regarding the manufacture of the required products, including UK distributors and availability of other sourcing routes being exhausted, the CCG deems that using the negotiated procedure without prior publication is permitted on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.
As such, the CCGs published a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) on 24th February 2021 in Find a Tender Service, expressing their clear intention to enter into the contract with Felgain’s Ltd. The 10 day standstill period expired on 6th March 2021 and upon no appeals being received, the CCGs proceeded to formally award the contract on 12th March 2021.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
There is an option to extend the contract at the sole discretion of the CCG's, for up to a further 24 months.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract awarded by NHS Castle Point & Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group (the "CCG") as lead commissioner on behalf of the Mid and South Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups: NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Basildon & Brentwood CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG.
The contract award is made to Felgain's Ltd for the provision of Specialist Emergency Lifting Chairs in care homes and rapid response teams, building on a previous falls pilot across Mid and South Essex. The aim of the original pilot was to safeguard the lives of residents by ensuring they are lifted promptly after a fall, reduce avoidable hospital admission, and keep residents ‘at home’ and reduce impact on the emergency services and associated healthcare professionals.
The contract will run 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2023, with an option to extend for up to a further 24-month period from 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2025, at a total aggregate contract value including extensions of £249,999.78 (£208,333.15 + VAT).
To date the pilot has provided:
• Additional capacity and specialist portable moving and handling equipment within the urgent nursing intervention team and Essex care homes.
• Enhanced support to care homes to influence the way they currently manage patients who have fallen redirecting calls away from the local ambulance service.
• Influenced local 111 tele-triage service, incorporating urgent nursing intervention team as a possible alternative referral pathway for suspected non-injurious falls.
• Deployment of emergency lifting chairs within seven acute wards to support patient safety and dignity of care and staff health and wellbeing, and the Trust has now rolled this model out to all hospital sites across MSE.
In order to continue to realise additional and significant benefits in terms of quality of care for residents/patients and support to the staff caring for them, as well as maximise benefit of consistency of product being deployed across the STP and consistency of the training being received within care homes and urgent nursing intervention teams, the CCG’s have taken a decision to purchase additional specialist emergency lifting chairs to deploy across more care homes and rapid response teams in Mid and South Essex.
After conducting market analysis regarding the manufacture of the required products, including UK distributors and availability of other sourcing routes being exhausted, the CCG deems that using the negotiated procedure without prior publication is permitted on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.
As such, the CCGs published a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) on 24th February 2021 in Find a Tender Service, expressing their clear intention to enter into the contract with Felgain’s Ltd. The 10 day standstill period expired on 6th March 2021 and upon no appeals being received, the CCGs proceeded to formally award the contract on 12th March 2021.
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: 2021/S 000-003751
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Specalist emergency lifting chairs for Mid and South Essex Care Homes
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 March 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Felgains Ltd
33 Knightsdale Rd
Ipswich
IP1 4JJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH14 - Suffolk
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £249,999.78
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom