Opportunity

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Wheelchair Service

  • NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
  • NHS NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-025208

Published 8 September 2022, 11:08am



The closing date and time has been changed to:

12 October 2022, 5:00pm

See the change notice.

Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Stoke on Trent

Email

lyle.lloyd@nhs.net

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

Email

lyle.lloyd@nhs.net

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

Internet address

https://staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk