Opportunity

Integrated Community Equipment Service

  • Norfolk County Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-030071

Published 3 December 2021, 12:33pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Norfolk County Council

County Hall, Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH

Email

sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc

one.3) Communication

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

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Integrated Community Equipment Service

Reference number

NCCT42271

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Norfolk County Council with NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG and Suffolk County Council (for Waveney only) is seeking to award a contract for a new Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES), as the current contract is due to expire on 30 March 2023.The service provides equipment to enable children and adults who require assistance to perform essential activities of daily living, to maintain their health and autonomy to live as full a life as possible.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £100,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH17 - Breckland and South Norfolk
  • UKH16 - North and West Norfolk
  • UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
  • UKH14 - Suffolk
Main site or place of performance

Norfolk and Waveney

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Norfolk County Council with NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG and Suffolk County Council (for Waveney only) is seeking to award a contract for a new Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES), as the current contract is due to expire on 30 March 2023.The service provides equipment to enable children and adults who require assistance to perform essential activities of daily living, to maintain their health and autonomy to live as full a life as possible.

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: £100,000,000

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

Duration in months

120

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 3

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Selection criteria is described in Pre-qualification Questionnaire.

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

two.2.14) Additional information

The value given relates to ten years (i.e. the maximum term of the contract). The initial term is 5 years with optional extensions of 3 years followed by a further 2 years.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive dialogue

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 000-025920

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

Date

17 January 2022

Local time

2:00pm

four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

8 February 2022

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

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Norfolk County Council

Norwich

Country

United Kingdom