Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Stoke on Trent
Telephone
+44 7557487934
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG - West Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Staffordshire
Contact
Lyle Lloyd, MCIPS
Telephone
+44 7557487934
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.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://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Wheelchair Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) is looking to procure an all-age wheelchair service that meets the needs of the registered population of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The service will provide assessments, maintenance and repairs as required and associated education delivered at home, within clinical settings or within venues agreed by the service users.
The key outcomes and objectives of this service are set out within the Service Specification.
The ICB has set a financial envelope for a maximum block annual contract value of £2,455,000 per annum. The ICB reserves the right to reject any bids reflecting annual costs over and above this maximum financial threshold.
Contract length: the contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend by up to a further 2 years. The contract commencement date is 1st April 2023.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £12,275,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) is looking to procure an all-age wheelchair service that meets the needs of the registered population of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The service will provide assessments, maintenance and repairs as required and associated education delivered at home, within clinical settings or within venues agreed by the service users.
The key outcomes and objectives of this service are set out within the Service Specification.
Further information about the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent wheelchair service procurement, including the Service Specification, will be available within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) which will set out the scope and objectives of the procurement together with details of how to complete the invitation to tender documents (ITT). The opportunity will be published via the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo e-tendering solution.
Contract length: the contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend by up to a further 2 years. The contract commencement date is 1st April 2023.
The ICB has set a financial envelope for a maximum block annual contract value of £2,455,000 per annum. Submitted bids should therefore reflect annual values of up to £2,455,000. The ICB reserves the right to reject any bids reflecting annual costs over and above this maximum financial threshold. The value shown in II.1.5 and in II.2.6 below is the total contract value for the initial 3 years and the further 2 year optional extension period.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Service Delivery / Weighting: 20.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Quality & Governance / Weighting: 20.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Workforce / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Information Management & Technology / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Information Governance / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Equalities / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30.00%
Price - Weighting: 30.00%
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £12,275,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Originally published as:
Date
7 October 2022
Local time
5:00pm
Changed to:
Date
12 October 2022
Local time
5:00pm
See the change notice.
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
7 October 2022
Local time
5:01pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.
This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
(i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to reregister;
(ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Helpdesk on +44800 069 8630 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.
Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the ITT. As the ICB is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Staffordshire
Country
United Kingdom