Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
1 Staffordshire Place
Stafford
ST16 2LP
Contact
Paulo Sousa-Cabral
Telephone
+44 1216110106
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
NHS Organisation Data Service
05D
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home
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
Provision of All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Service
Reference number
PC01
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands & Lancashire (MLCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB), intended to follow the Most Suitable Provider process (MSP) in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for its provision of All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Service, with the CPV codes 85100000-0 (Healthcare Services) and 85323000-9 (Community health services, but only in respect of community health services which are delivered to individuals).
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: £14,663,578.50
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE FOR MOST SUITABLE PROVIDER PROCESS FOR PROVISION OF ALL AGE CONTINUING CARE (AACC) SERVICE FOR NHS STAFFORDSHIRE AND STOKE-ON-TRENT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (SSOT ICB)
NHS Midlands & Lancashire (MLCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB), intended to follow the Most Suitable
Provider process (MSP) in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for its provision of All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Service, with the CPV codes 85100000-0 (Healthcare Services) and 85323000-9
(Community health services, but only in respect of community health services which are delivered to individuals).
The MSP process involves awarding a contract to provider(s)
without running a competitive process, because the relevant authority (SSOT ICB) is of the view it could identify the most suitable provider(s).
The dates between which the services are intended to be provided is 1st of April 2025 to 31st of March 2028, with the possibility of extension for up to another 2 years. The PIN that advertised the Intended Approach indicated a service start date of 1st of December 2024, but to delays related to the UK's national General Elections, this has been amended to the new service commencement date of 1st of April 2025.
The SSOT ICB has set an indicative contract annual value of £2.93m per annum, with a £14.66m value for the lifecycle of the contract (including extensions), providers are encouraged to submit their costings within this budgetary threshold, as higher cost submissions may not be considered.
It is envisaged that TUPE provisions will apply to the new contract.
This is an existing service but one that has been modified.
This will be a new provider.
The dates between which the services are intended to be provided is 1st of April 2025 to 31st of March 2028, with the possibility of extension for up to another 2 years.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria / Weighting: 100
Cost criterion - Name: most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria / Weighting: 100
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Possibility of extension for up to another 2 years.
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:
'This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight of 17th July 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.
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
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 June 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Corporation Street
Stafford
ST16 3SR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
NHS Organisation Data Service
RRE
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: £14,663,578.50
Total value of the contract/lot: £14,663,578.50
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
'This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight of 17th July 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'
Address where written representations should be sent: governance@staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk
- details of the award decision-makers: ICB Board
- note any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: no conflicts identified
- include a statement explaining the relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria:
There were twenty-nine questions divided across the five areas of key criteria which included: Key criteria 1. Quality and Innovation, Key criteria 2. Value, Key criteria 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability, Key criteria 4. Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice and Key criteria 5. Social Value.
Following the receipt of the responses the ICB project panel assessed the responses to determine whether a provider met the requirements. The assessment was completed on a pass/fail basis of the basic selection criteria; and in terms of the key criteria, SSOT ICB reviewed how providers either met or did not meet the ICB's requirements for each question in the Key Criteria questionnaire.
The requirements for each question in the Key Criteria questionnaire were set out in the information supplied with the PIN notice (2024/S 000-014425) and each question contained a descriptor of what SSOT ICB's requirements were for that question.
The rationale for choosing the Most Suitable Provider was based on the panel assurance regarding their responses in all areas of the key criteria, although the panel felt that the responses in relation to both the quality and innovation, and integration, collaboration and service sustainability was strong and these two areas were key components of the both service delivery and future innovation
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Stafford
Country
United Kingdom