- 1. NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
- 2. NHS Bedford Clinical Commissioning Group
- 3. NHS Luton Clinical Commissioning Group
- 4. NHS Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group
- 5. NHS East and North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group
- 6. NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group
- 7. NHS Ipswich and Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
- 8. NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
- 9. NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
- 10. NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
- 11. NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group
- 12. NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group
- 13. NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group
- 14. NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
- 15. NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, St Margret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH35 - West Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.attain.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Bedford Clinical Commissioning Group
Capability House
Silsoe
MK45 4HR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Luton Clinical Commissioning Group
3rd Floor Arndale House, The Mall
Luton
LU1 2LJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group
The Forum, Marlowes
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1DN
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS East and North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group
Lockton House, Clarendon House
Cambridgeshire
CB2 8FH
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Ipswich and Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.ipswichandsuffolkccg.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
West Suffolk House, Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 3YU
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Lakeside 400, Old Chapel Way, Broadland Business Park, Thorpe St Andrew
Norwich, Norfolk
NR7 0WG
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.norfolkandwaveneyccg.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group
Civic Offices, 2nd Floor, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group
Pearl House, 12 Castle Road,
Rayleigh
SS6 7QF
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.castlepointandrochfordccg.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group
6th Floor, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS1 9SB
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Severalls Business Park, Aspen House, Stephenson Road
Colchester
CO4 9QR
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Wren House, Colchester Road
Chelmsford
CM2 5PF
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
www.attain.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
www.attain.bravosolution.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate 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
East of England Region Home Oxygen Service
Reference number
ACE-0453-2021-West
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85111700 - Oxygen-therapy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The East of England region Clinical Commissioning Groups wish to invite suitably qualified and capable providers to submit a bid in response to the tender opportunity to provide Home Oxygen Services across the East of England region. West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group are the lead commissioner on behalf of the 15 commissioning partners across the East of England region set out within this Contract Notice.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £85,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
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
- 44611110 - Compressed-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
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The East of England region Clinical Commissioning Groups wish to invite suitably qualified and capable providers to submit a bid in response to the tender opportunity to provide Home Oxygen Services across the East of England region. West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group are the lead commissioner on behalf of the 15 commissioning partners across the East of England region set out within this Contract Notice.
The full scope of services can be found within the specification included within the tender pack. The services comprise the following elements:
- Responding to requests for the Installation and Supply of Equipment, including identifying and providing the agreed equipment, facilities and services required to perform the contract
- The ongoing maintenance and servicing of equipment
- Identifying and processing the re-imbursement of electricity costs
- Providing business management information as set out within the Contract
- Installation of equipment and the provision of consumables related to home oxygen supply to service users
- Provision of a portal which complies with the minimum requirements set out within the Portal Specification contained within the tender documents.
The service will be delivered 7 days a week to support the expected increase in 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
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: £85,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 April 2022
End date
31 March 2029
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The contract may be extended for a further 36 months subject to agreement by all parties (extension period 1st April 2029 - 31st March 2032).
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Authority may wish to introduce additional and/or expand the scope of services 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 Notice. To this end, the Bidder 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).
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 value contained within this Contract Notice is a maximum limit which is inclusive of all potential options and extensions which may be introduced within this contract during its life.
The maximum financial value of the contract at commencement is £49,547,026 over the 7-year period.
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
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
12 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
12 July 2021
Local time
12:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice for England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, St Margaret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
Country
United Kingdom