Tender

Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART)

  • Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
  • Lincolnshire County Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-026268

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b

Published 20 October 2021, 2:46pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Beech House, Waterside South

Lincoln

LN5 7JH

Contact

Jenny Shaw

Email

jenny.shaw2@ulh.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF3 - Lincolnshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.ulh.nhs.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Lincolnshire County Council

County Council Offices, Newland

Lincoln

LN1 1YL

Email

Jenny.Shaw2@ulh.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF3 - Lincolnshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.lincolnshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.ulh.nhs.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=57d9e415-ee25-ec11-810e-005056b64545

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=57d9e415-ee25-ec11-810e-005056b64545

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

Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART)

Reference number

DN542641

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 aim of this procurement activity is to source suitable, capable, quality provision of health care and support services for patients across Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The service will be procured by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of and for the lead commissioner and contracting authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS); working in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), and in partnership across Integrated Care System (ICS) health and social care partner organisations.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is issuing this Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement of Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART). Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is “the Contracting Authority” to this Tender and resulting contract. Lincolnshire County Council are an additional named user of the service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust are acting as the agent of the Contracting Authority in all matters relating to this procurement.

This service contract is offered with a maximum prospective budget of £1,134,516.00 per annum. This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, and the commercial schedule has been set out accordingly planning for this duration. Bids that do not deliver within and therefore exceed the budget will be disqualified from the process.

The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity will therefore be up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027. The maximum prospective value of contact terms is therefore £5,672,580.00 over 5 years.

This is an open invitation to tender (ITT) procurement process. For all details relating to the specification requirements, KPIs, ITT terms and conditions, funding planning, selection evaluation and award criteria, TUPE information, and all other documentation in relation to this opportunity please register as a supplier, login and response in the eProcurement portal: Proactis Due North - Link provided for ease of access here: https://procontract.due-north.com ; Due North tender reference: DN542641 . The deadline for ITT response submissions is: 25 November 2021 (noon). All submissions will be receipted in Due North. All procurement communications and updates will be conducted in Due North.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £5,672,580

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF3 - Lincolnshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The aim of this procurement activity is to source suitable, capable, quality provision of health care and support services for patients across Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The service will be procured by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of and for the lead commissioner and contracting authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS); working in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), and in partnership across Integrated Care System (ICS) health and social care partner organisations.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is issuing this Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement of Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART). Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is “the Contracting Authority” to this Tender and resulting contract. Lincolnshire County Council are an additional named user of the service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust are acting as the agent of the Contracting Authority in all matters relating to this procurement.

This service contract is offered with a maximum prospective budget of £1,134,516.00 per annum. This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, and the commercial schedule has been set out accordingly planning for this duration. Bids that do not deliver within and therefore exceed the budget will be disqualified from the process.

The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity will therefore be up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027. The maximum prospective value of contact terms is therefore £5,672,580.00 over 5 years.

This is an open invitation to tender (ITT) procurement process. For all details relating to the specification requirements, KPIs, ITT terms and conditions, funding planning, selection evaluation and award criteria, TUPE information, and all other documentation in relation to this opportunity please register as a supplier, login and response in the eProcurement portal: Proactis Due North - Link provided for ease of access here: https://procontract.due-north.com ; Due North tender reference: DN542641 . The deadline for ITT response submissions is: 25 November 2021 (noon). All submissions will be receipted in Due North. All procurement communications and updates will be conducted in Due North.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

1 April 2022

End date

31 March 2025

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, and the commercial schedule has been set out accordingly planning for this duration.

The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months).

The total maximum opportunity will therefore be up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027.

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: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-019628

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

25 November 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

25 November 2021

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

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Lincoln

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/about/trust/procurement