Awarded contract

Dementia Care Block Contracts

  • Reading Borough Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-023956

Published 27 September 2021, 2:41pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Reading Borough Council

Civic Offices Bridge Street Reading RG1 2LU

Reading

RG1 2LU

Contact

Steve York

Email

steve.york@reading.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 77812678575

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.reading.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/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

Dementia Care Block Contracts

Reference number

RBC P 00001002

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council currently has 1 block contract for Nursing Dementia Care. This contract is used for the majority of placements the Council makes for people with Nursing Dementia needs in the borough. This contract will expire shortly, therefore in order to ensure that supply matches the continued demand for nursing dementia care home placements (and to assist with speedy hospital discharges) the Council wants to commission new block contracts securing 30 nursing dementia beds in total. The Council is undertaking a full compliant open tender exercise in order to put a longer-term contract in place that will deliver best value for money for the Council and its users. The block contracts will be for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 4 years (2+2).

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: £37,717,710

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council currently has 1 block contract for Nursing Dementia Care. This contract is used for the majority of placements the Council makes for people with Nursing Dementia needs in the borough. This contract will expire shortly, therefore in order to ensure that supply matches the continued demand for nursing dementia care home placements (and to assist with speedy hospital discharges) the Council wants to commission new block contracts securing 30 nursing dementia beds in total. The Council is undertaking a full compliant open tender exercise in order to put a longer-term contract in place that will deliver best value for money for the Council and its users. The block contracts will be for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 4 years (2+2).

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: price per bed per week / Weighting: 60%

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: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-015092


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Dementia Block Bed

A contract/lot is awarded: No

five.1) Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected


Section five. Award of contract

Lot No

1

Title

Dementia Block Bed

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

24 September 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Florence Care Reading Limited

The Old Rectory, Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DE

Weybridge

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
National registration number

04668436

The contractor is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £3,739,008

Total value of the contract/lot: £37,717,710


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Reading Borough Council

Reading

Country

United Kingdom