- 1. NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
- 2. NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
- 3. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
- 4. NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
- 5. NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
- 6. NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Business Park
Colchester
CO4 9QR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://improvinglivesnw.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
Gemini House, Cambridgeshire Business Park
Ely
CB7 4EA
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall
Luton
LU1 2LJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH21 - Luton
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://bedfordshirelutonandmiltonkeynes.icb.nhs.uk/
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
East of England Region Home Oxygen Service
Reference number
ACE-0691-2023
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85111700 - Oxygen-therapy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This contract award notice relates to a Home Oxygen Service.
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the host commissioner on behalf of the five commissioning partner organisations across the East of England region.
Hereafter all references to the Authority incorporates these organisations: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB, NHS Mid and South Essex ICB, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB, NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB, and NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB.
The Authority invited suitably qualified service providers to submit tenders for the provision of a Home Oxygen Service across the East of England Region.
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: £90,073,009
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 24111500 - Medical gases
- 24111900 - Oxygen
- 33157000 - Gas-therapy and respiratory devices
- 33157110 - Oxygen mask
- 33157200 - Oxygen kits
- 33157400 - Medical breathing devices
- 33157810 - Oxygen therapy unit
- 42996600 - Oxygenation equipment
- 44611100 - Air cylinders
- 44611200 - Breathing apparatus
- 44612100 - Gas cylinders
- 85111700 - Oxygen-therapy services
- 85141210 - Home medical treatment services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH - East of England
Main site or place of performance
East of England Region, including: Hertfordshire & West Essex; Mid & South Essex; Suffolk & North East Essex; Norfolk & Waveney; Cambridgeshire & Peterborough; and Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Home Oxygen Service will comprise of the following components:
(a) Responding to Home Oxygen Order Forms (HOOFs) for the Installation and Supply of Equipment, including identifying and providing the agreed equipment, facilities and services required to meet all the requirements set out in the contract and the Home Oxygen Service Specification.
(b) The ongoing risk assessments and servicing of equipment.
(c) The removal of Equipment for deducted patients E.g., upon request from a clinician (i.e., Relocation, safety incidents or deceased patients).
(d) Proactively checking for deceased patients and remove from the billing reports.
(e) Routinely recording electricity usage during risk assessment / servicing visits. Identifying and processing the re-imbursement of electricity costs.
(f) Providing business management information as set out within the Contract.
(g) Installation of equipment and the provision of consumables related to home oxygen supply to service users.
(h) Provision of a portal which complies with the minimum requirements set out within the Portal Service Specification contained within the tender documents.
(i) The service will be delivered 7 days a week to support patients being discharged from hospital during weekends and bank holidays and reduce the requirement for urgent 4-hour Home Oxygen Order Forms (HOOFs).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Quality / Weighting: 40
Price - Weighting: 60
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract term will be for an initial 84 months, with the option to extend by a further 36 months.
You are advised that the £90,073,009 value relates to the 10 years (7 years plus option to extend by a further 3 years).
The maximum contract value for the 7 year contract is £61,519,271.
The above figures are inclusive of annual population growth, inflation, efficiency and convergence.
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
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: 2023/S 000-029169
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
27 February 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Baywater Healthcare UK Ltd
Wulvern House, Electra Way,
Crewe
CW1 6GW
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD6 - Cheshire
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £90,073,009
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Authority may wish to introduce additional and/or expand the Service during the lifetime of the contract (“Contract modification(s)”. Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority and / or other Contracting Authorities, as named in the Contract Award Notice. To this end, providers should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract to include, but not limited to, additional modalities and warmed air dehumidifier services in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
London
London
Country
United Kingdom