Award

Intermediate Care Reablement Facility

  • TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-032980

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-041697

Published 7 November 2023, 5:31pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Newton Road

TORQUAY

TQ27AA

Contact

Clem Peters

Email

clem.peters1@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 1803653391

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK42 - Torbay

NHS Organisation Data Service

RA09

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.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

Intermediate Care Reablement Facility

Reference number

TSDFT285

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This is not an opportunity, but a VEAT notice to inform the market that Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is intending to award a contract for an Intermediate Care Reablement Facility. A service providing facilities, equipment and care for 24 'Intermediate Care' patients, who are registered with General Practitioners in the Torbay area.

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: £13,500,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK - South West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The service being commissioned is to provide facilities, equipment and care for 24 'Intermediate Care' patients, who are registered with General Practitioners in the Torbay area.

The provider will effectively act as a strategic partner in providing a larger number of places in a single facility. The contract is for 7 years. The value of the contract is a best estimate and may be subject to inflationary uplift on an annual basis.

It is a change of the usual model of 'Intermediate Care' provision, of hiring individual beds from providers spread over the Torbay area.

The gains or efficiencies that a single facility provides will be:

• Reduced time of staff spent travelling of 25%

• Reduced travel expenditure

• Reduced treatment time for patients

• Appropriate on-site facilities for multidisciplinary treatment

• A sizeable facility for the Trust to allow the discharge from hospital of patients that are well enough to be discharged, but may have other healthcare needs. Which will reduce 'bed-blocking' in the acute area(s) of the Trust and also help with 'Winter Pressures'. Thereby saving cost for the Trust and maintaining the acute facility for the rest of the community.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Up to 3 years beyond original term as agreed between the parties.


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

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The requirement of the Trust is by its nature geographically restricted. The Trust monitor the provision of social care in the area and there are no other providers that offer a similar facility or could provide for 24 'Intermediate Care' clients. Which would provide the intended gains in patient care.

There would be no benefit in publication of a call for competition on the Find a Tender service, as under Public Contracting Regulations 2015:

Chapter 2 - Rules on Public Contracts, Section 3, Procedures 32

General Grounds

(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-

(b)where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-

(ii)competition is absent for technical reasons,

The contract will not be entered into before the end of a period of standstill, starting from the 08/11/2023 and ending Midnight 18/11/2023.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

TSDFT285

Title

Intermediate Care Reablement Facility

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

7 November 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Pendennis Ltd

1st Floor, 25 Kings Street

Bristol

BS1 4PB

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK - South West (England)
Companies House

05249881

Internet address

www.pendenniscarehome.co.uk

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £13,500,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/