Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
Contact
Mr Sarah Fuller
procurementandcommercial@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
one.2) Information about 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=01de948e-3748-ef11-812d-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=01de948e-3748-ef11-812d-005056b64545
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
24059 School-aged Health Improvement and Prevention Service (SHIPS) - Cambridgeshire
Reference number
DN734046
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This process is being run under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 following ‘The Competitive Process’ route (Regulation 11) which is a formal bidding procedure, under which the contract is advertised, and all interested organisations/ consortium can bid.
The Authority has identified the competitive process as the best fit for selecting a provider to deliver SHIPS. Direct Award Processes A, B and C have been discounted as not applicable. The Authority does not believe that it can identify the most suitable provider without a competitive process, and therefore the Most Suitable Provider Process has also been discounted.
The annual budget for the first 2 years of the contract shall be £400,000 per annum
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,400,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is in relation to the running of a Competitive Process for School-aged Health Improvement and Prevention Services (SHIPS) across Cambridgeshire in line with the emerging integrated place-based 5-19/25 model. This will add system capacity to the co-ordination of place-based services for this cohort as well as the provision of a ‘Healthy Schools’ online resource and accreditation scheme, and delivery of Public Health interventions.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality & innovation / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Integration, collaboration & service sustainability / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Improving access, reducing health inequalities & facilitating choice / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Cost criterion - Name: Value / Weighting: 30
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £2,400,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
24
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The new contract would commence on the 1st of April 2025 for a duration of 2 years with the option to
extend for a further 2+2 years (total 6 years) subject to evaluation of the service.
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
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award
The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering processes in a compliant and transparent manner.
Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.
In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity which is:
24059 School-aged Health Improvement and Prevention Service (SHIPS) - Cambridgeshire
DN734046
The key criteria and weightings are set out in section II.2.5 and more detail is provided in the tender documentation. Details of how the bid will be assessed are set out in the tender documentation.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-023078
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
13 January 2025
Local time
12:00pm
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
13 January 2025
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
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
procurementandcommercial@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/supplying-to-the-council
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The standstill period will begin on the day after the notice of intention to award is published on Find-a-Tender Service. Any representations to the process must be received before midnight on the eighth working day after that day.
Representations must be sent to the Authority in writing via ProContract’s messaging function with reasons why the provider believes that the Authority has failed to apply the PSR correctly. The provider must be able to set out reasonable grounds to support its belief.
If any representations are received by the Authority during the standstill period, then it will remain open until the authority considers the representations and relevant information before making a further decision and submitting its formal response.
If the bidder wishes to continue with its representation after the Authority’s formal response, then they will need to contact The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel detailed below.
The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement panel will be responsible for reviewing representations in relation to the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). To use the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel, bidders should read the terms on the NHS England website and email england.procurementpanelinfo@nhs.net