Contract

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG – Home Oxygen Service – Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR)

  • NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-014306

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02ea30

Published 24 May 2022, 2:22pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG

Magdalen House, Trinity Road

Bootle

L20 3NJ

Email

mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 1513178456

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD73 - Sefton

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

Buyer's address

www.southseftonccg.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

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG – Home Oxygen Service – Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR)

Reference number

M-20-09

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85141200 - Services provided by nurses

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is awarding a contract on behalf of NHS Southport & Formby Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group to procure a contract for a Home Oxygen Service – Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR).

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: £1,800,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD73 - Sefton

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is awarding a Home Oxygen Service – Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR) on behalf of NHS Southport & Formby Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group, who are the Contracting Authorities for this opportunity.

The aim of the Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service (HOS-AR) is to ensure that home oxygen is appropriately prescribed to those people who clinically need it. The provider will be required to deliver assessment and follow-up appointments in either a clinic environment or in the patient’s home, where appropriate. The service will clinically manage all adult patients where a potential need for home oxygen has been identified or a prescription for home oxygen has been initiated.

NICE guidance recommends that a specialised assessment needs to take place to enable the oxygen requirements of the patient is individually met.

The contract has been valued at approximately £300,000 per year; and the contract duration will be for 4 years with the potential to extend for a further 1 x 2-year period

All documentation can be accessed via https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

For technical support in submitting your Selection Questionnaire or tender submission, contact the Bravo Solution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80%

Cost criterion - Name: Cost Criterion / Weighting: 20%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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: 2021/S 000-025283


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG – Home Oxygen Service – Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

18 January 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP

Telephone

+44 1517062000

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD72 - Liverpool
Internet address

www.rlbuht.nhs.uk

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: £1,800,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,800,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This procurement was for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made

Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made

The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

The only selection for type of Procedure was “Open” and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this is not an Open procedure but “Other” procedure under the Light Touch Regime. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Heron House, 120 Grove Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 4LX

Email

midlands.lancashire@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 1782872500

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Heron House, 120 Grove Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 4LX

Email

midlands.lancashire@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 1782872500

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Heron House, 120 Grove Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 4LX

Email

midlands.lancashire@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 1782872500

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk