Tender

Provision of an Enhanced Assessment Nursing Beds Service

  • SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-036595

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04b5d7

Published 12 November 2024, 2:40pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

Freeth Street

OLDBURY

B693DB

Contact

Rupi Deo

Email

contracts_team@sandwell.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG37 - Sandwell

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/

one.3) Communication

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

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

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

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

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

Provision of an Enhanced Assessment Nursing Beds Service

Reference number

ASC145

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 Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wishes to appoint one (1) Contractor to provide an Enhanced Assessment Dementia Nursing Beds Service within a care home which is registered with the Care Quality Commission and is located within the borough of Sandwell.

The Enhanced Assessment Beds Service has as its primary function the prevention of admission to hospital or facilitation of discharge from hospital through a rapid, co-ordinated response and by operating 7 days a week. The service specification outlines

the main aims of the provisions, the service to be provided and the

connections to other services in the community.

Under this procurement, the Contractor will be required to actively participate and support the achievement of social benefits to the Sandwell community providing value for money

on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits to society and the economy whilst minimising the impact to the environment of Sandwell (Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012).

Tenderers should note that the Council has a set bed rate for the Service, which can be found in the Invitation To Tender (ITT) documentation.

The duration of the contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2026, with no option to extend.

Suitably qualified and experienced Contractors are invited to respond to the Invitation to Tender documents and submit proposals for the delivery of the service.

The Council intends to use an evaluation model based solely on quality for service. The criteria, on which the tender will be evaluated, inclusive of weightings attached to each question, are included in the ITT documentation.

The Tender Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click

the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on "Tenders" to list all the current opportunities. Once you have

found the relevant opportunity you should click on "View Details" in order to Express Interest.

Deadline for any clarification questions is 29 November at 13:00 hours.

Closing date for submission of Tenders is 6 December 2024 at 13:00 hours.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £801,017.30

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG37 - Sandwell

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Please refer to the ITT Documentation for further information.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £801,017.30

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Start date

1 April 2025

End date

30 September 2026


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria

Please refer to the ITT Documentation for further information.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

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

Date

6 December 2024

Local time

1:00pm

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

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The Tender Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on "Tenders" to list all the current opportunities. Once you have

found the relevant opportunity you should click on "View Details" in order to Express Interest.

Closing date for submission of Tenders is 6 December 2024 at 13:00 hours.