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
Anna Roberts
anna.roberts@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD61 - Warrington
NHS Organisation Data Service
QYG
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
Cheshire Community and Palliative Care Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has directly awarded contracts via a contract modification for Cheshire community and palliative care services to the incumbent provider.
Community Services for East Cheshire only, commenced on the 1st October 2023 for 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months.
Palliative Care Services for Cheshire East and Cheshire West commenced on the 1st October 2023 for 18 months to 31st March 2025.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £33,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Palliative Care Services in Cheshire East and Cheshire West
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD62 - Cheshire East
- UKD63 - Cheshire West and Chester
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Palliative Care in Partnership (PCIP) service is a Cheshire-wide collaboration which provides home (domiciliary) care to people in Cheshire who have palliative care needs and who are receiving end of life care. The service supports patients and those important to them in their own home, to ensure that patients care needs are met to maximise quality of life during their final weeks.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Community Services for Cheshire East
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD62 - Cheshire East
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Community Service delivers local, accessible services such as district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, podiatry, treatment room care.
The Community Services contract for Cheshire East was previously put out for tender and then recommissioned in 2016 on the basis of the 'most capable provider'. There was a 2 year extension option included in the contract which was enacted in 2021 and expired at the end of September 2023
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below:
- Additional deliveries by by the original supplier
Explanation:
This is a Contract Award Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17 September 2023
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
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Middlewich Road
Crewe
CW1 4QJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD6 - Cheshire
NHS Organisation Data Service
RBT
Internet address
https://www.nhs.uk/services/acute-trust/mid-cheshire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/RBT
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £33,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £33,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1QY
Country
United Kingdom