Contract

Creative Health Social Prescribing Non-Medical Interventions

  • NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-023535

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-048550

Published 29 July 2024, 10:26am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

Aspen House, Stephenson Road,Severalls Business Park

COLCHESTER

CO49QR

Contact

Sarah Skilton

Email

sarah.skilton@snee.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 1473770225

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH34 - Essex Haven Gateway

NHS Organisation Data Service

QJG

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/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

Creative Health Social Prescribing Non-Medical Interventions

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Creative Health social prescribing non-medical intervention support for people living with or facing health inequalities or complex needs is an integral component of the Community Based model across IES aiming to reduce health inequalities. It focuses on prevention and enables our communities to support and promote health and wellbeing for specific Core20Plus5 identified priorities - hypertension and chronic respiratory diseases. This is a two year programme, joining up a range of community, primary care, secondary care and VCFSE prevention programmes into a Community Based Approach focusing on improving diagnosis rates of hypertension to reduce cardiac events, raising awareness of mitigations for modifiable behaviours and risk factors, offering a range of non-medical interventions based on referral model from primary care, secondary care, INTs and wider Community Champions and anchor institutions.

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: £31,992

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH14 - Suffolk
Main site or place of performance

Ipswich and East Suffolk Alliance.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This creative health non-medical intervention programme for people with or facing health inequalities or complex needs is an integral component of the Community Based model across IES aims to reduce health inequalities. The contract length is two years from contract start date (it is intended to begin as soon as possible within quarter 2 of 2024/25). The two-year contract value is £31,992 in total.

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider.

The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). 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 as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100

Price - Weighting: 0

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Provision will be built into a NHS Short form contract to have an extension clause for a further two years (subject to funding approval).

two.2.14) Additional information

The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.


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 8th August 2024. They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk.

This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Award decision-makers: Connect Steering Group, Executive Delivery Group and Health Inequalities Steering group.

No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes.

The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:

• Quality and Innovation - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that New Wolsey Theatre are delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment.

• Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that New Wolsey Theatre are delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider.

• Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that New Wolsey Theatre are positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery.

• Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that New Wolsey Theatre are meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment.

• Social Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that New Wolsey Theatre are delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.

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

19 March 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The New Wolsey Theatre

Civic Drive

Ipswich

IP1 2AS

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH14 - Suffolk
Companies House

03982202

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £31,992


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board

Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Business Park

Colchester

CO4 9QR

Country

United Kingdom