Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD7 - Merseyside
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
Stoke on Trent
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.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
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Intermediate Care Beds
Reference number
WHISP - 202
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity.
The Authority is looking for providers to deliver an Intermediate Care Beds Service to patients in the Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place. The Authority is looking to potentially commission up to 35 beds to be located in the Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place and ideally on one site.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £11,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD7 - Merseyside
Main site or place of performance
sites within the Sefton Place area, Merseyside
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity.
The Authority is looking for providers to deliver an Intermediate Care Beds Service to patients in the Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place. The Authority is looking to potentially commission up to 35 beds to be located in the Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place and ideally on one site. The ICB has a financial envelope of £1295 per bed per week. Bids submitted above this value will not be considered.
The potential contract will be valued at approximately £2,200,000 per year; and the contract duration will be for 3 years from 24 January 2024 with the potential to extend for a further two year period; giving a total potential contract value of £11,000,000.
Details of the DPS , together with full instructions are provided in the indicative tender documents available to
download from http://demand.sproc.net. Interested parties must register their organisation and then download the indicative tender documents from the supplier contract management system https://www.sproc.net
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £11,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
24 January 2024
End date
23 January 2029
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.2.14) Additional information
This contract is for clinical 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 authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations.
Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts. This is not a call for tenders and the Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept any tender received and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for tenders should as consider necessary.
The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these.
Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received during this procurement under FOIA or the EIR.
In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act.
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
Date
28 September 2023
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
29 September 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom