Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Brighton & Hove City Council
Hove Town Hall,Norton Road
HOVE
BN33BQ
edward.barfoot@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk
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
Public Health Community Nursing
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The PHCN service encompasses the delivery of Health Visiting and School Nursing services in Brighton and Hove. Health Visiting teams are based in the City's Children's Centres alongside community Midwifery teams. Health Visitors are supported by a team of Early Years Coordinators employed by the Council.
Health Visitors work closely with Children's Social Work in multi-agency safeguarding casework and with the Looked After Children's team providing the Healthy Futures offer to young and vulnerable mothers,
The School Nurse Team provides health and wellbeing support to pupils in school alongside delivery of Vision and Hearing Screening and National Child Measurement Programme Screening in Reception and Year 6.
School Nursing also plays a role in the delivery of immunisations in secondary schools and delivers preventative interventions including smoking, healthy eating, physical activity, sexual health and mental health and wellbeing.
Please note, the PHCN service is funded via the Public Health Grant. This Grant is awarded to local authorities from Central Government on an annual basis and as a result, precise levels of future funding are not currently known.
Additionally, national salary uplifts relating to NHS staff may have an impact on the delivery cost of this contract. Financial provision for addressing the cost of these uplifts is again subject to Central Government guidance.
As a result of these two factors, the estimated contract value below is based on current funding levels in 2023/24.
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: £4,860,945
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council intends to extend the existing contract with the incumbent NHS Trust for an additional year between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025.
It is considered that the current contract and proposed extension falls within the derogation detailed in Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The Council previous published a PIN as a Call for Competition on Find a Tender. Ref: 2022/S 000-027844
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:
It is considered that the contract falls within the derogation detailed in Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract is considered to fall outside of the scope of Part 2 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as the conditions in Regulation 12(7) are met, namely:
1. The contract is concluded between two Contracting Authorities, as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, being a local authority (the Council) and a body governed by public law, or an association formed by a body governed by public law namely Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust ('the Contractor' );
2. The contract and proposed extension establishes or implements a co-operation between those participating contracting authorities with the aim of ensuring that public services they have to perform are provided with a view to achieving objectives they have in common. In particular there is co-location and collaboration between relevant Council and Contractor employees to ensure the effective delivery of complementary services;
3. The implementation of that co-operation is governed solely by considerations relating to the public interest as its aim is to improve health and well-being outcomes for children aged 0-19 years in the Brighton and Hove area; and
4. The participating contracting authorities perform on the open market less than 20% of the activities concerned by the co-operation.
The current contract and the proposed extension period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 include an obligation on the Contractor to use any underspend on salary costs to expand services or to repay such spend to the Council to be used to improve outcomes for babies, mothers and families supported by the Health Visiting and School Nursing services which fall outside the contract.
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/concession
Title
Public Health Community Nursing
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 June 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £4,860,945
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
None
None
Country
United Kingdom