Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Regatta Place, Brunswick Business Park, Summers Lane
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Contact
Helen Graham
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD6 - Cheshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
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 & Merseyside ICB –Sefton Place – Community Services
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 (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside – Sefton Place who has awarded a 2-year contract for Community Services for patients living in the southern area of Sefton Place, which commenced on 1st June 2022.
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: £50,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD73 - Sefton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside – Sefton Place who has awarded a 2-year contract for Community Services for patients living in the southern area of Sefton Place, which commenced on 1st June 2022.
The Community Service delivers local, accessible services such as district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, podiatry, treatment room care.
The two-year contract is a modification of the original contract that was awarded with a contract start date of 1st June 2017 and contract end date of 31st May 2022. The original contract was valued at £25 million per annum.
The additional contract is valued at £25 million per year and the second year may be subject to an annual inflationary uplift which may be applied in line with usual contracting arrangements.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100
Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 0
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services
Explanation:
This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It 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.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this Contract Award Notice to confirm the award of a contract modification and extension for Community Services to Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust by NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Commissioning Board (ICB ) for the southern area of Sefton. The contract award was agreed by South Sefton CCG governing body in March 2022 (prior to the transformation to NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB).
Merseycare provide community services across the ICB area and awarding this short-term contract as an interim measure will allow time and opportunity to work across the new Integrated Care System (ICS) to align contracts and make future commissioning decisions.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31 March 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
V7 Building, Kings Business Park
Prescot
L34 1PJ
Telephone
+44 1514730303
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD71 - East Merseyside
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £50,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £50,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It 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.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this Contract Award Notice to confirm the award of a contract modification and extension for Community Services to Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust by NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Commissioning Board (ICB ) for the southern area of Sefton. The contract award was agreed by South Sefton CCG governing body in March 2022 (prior to the transformation to NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB).
Merseycare provide community services across the ICB area and awarding this short-term contract as an interim measure will allow time and opportunity to work across the new Integrated Care System (ICS) to align contracts and make future commissioning decisions.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
120 Grove Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
120 Grove Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
Country
United Kingdom