Opportunity

Integrated Community Equipment (ICE) Service

  • Warwickshire County Council
  • Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-014592

Published 23 May 2023, 10:17am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Warwickshire County Council

Shire Hall,Market Square

WARWICK

CV344RL

Contact

Heather Boyd

Email

heatherboyd@warwickshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1926412430

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Warwick

Email

heatherboyd@warwickshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/

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

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Integrated Community Equipment (ICE) Service

Reference number

15443

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) with Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to commission a single provider for an Integrated Community Equipment service.

To provide a community equipment loan service across Warwickshire for adults, children and young service user in community settings, care settings and education settings on behalf of commissioning partners who have statutory requirement duties under various legislation to provide community equipment for service user with an assessed eligible social or health care need.

The Commissioners of this service place great emphasis on the equipment provider maximising digital capability and ensuring that their IT capability is responsive to technological develops and will be able to be responsive to changes required as a result of service changes.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £70,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85312200 - Homedelivery of provisions

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG13 - Warwickshire
  • UKG33 - Coventry
Main site or place of performance

Within the county boundaries of Warwickshire and the city boundaries of Coventry

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is an open procedure to commission a single provider

the provision of Integrated Community Equipment.

During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services may be subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Council, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £70,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Start date

1 September 2024

End date

31 August 2034

two.2.14) Additional information

The initial contract term will be for 5 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 60 months (60 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant and available funding.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria

As detailed in the tender documentation.

The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own

evaluation of the tenderers' most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Credit safe where this is available. The Council may also impose a bond or performance guarantee on the successful tenderer. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Evidence as stated in the tender documentation

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

As stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure

Information about national procedures is available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

14 July 2023

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional information

Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest and download documents. The web address for CSW-JETS is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home Registration and use of CSW-JETS is free. All correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be via the CSW-JETS correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS please email us at: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk. Providers must register on CSW-JETS and express an interest in this project in order to download tender documents and be able to correspond with us about this procurement.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court for England and Wales

London

Country

United Kingdom