Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-12-09
Buyer: NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 21059000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Mid Essex CCG is seeking suitably qualified providers for the provision of complex and non-complex domiciliary care for adults. This service will be in lots, with Lot 1 for Complex and High levels of Domiciliary Care needs and Lot 2 for Non-Complex, Moderate and Low Domiciliary Care needs.
This contract is for adult care over the age of 18 years, complementing a children’s Continuing Health Care (CHC) framework that already exists. The decision to have preferred providers, with predetermined consideration for quality and cost, enables the CHC team to find care effectively and in a more timely way for patients and create choice for Patients. The intention to formally procure round 2 of this Pseudo DPS with suitably qualified providers to be operational from 30 April 2020 for a period of 30 months plus the option to extend for a further 24 months.
The unprecedented and unforeseen restrictions placed on the CCG due to Covid-19, the CCGs were unable to commence the service provision.
May require immediate intervention for high risk/life threatening needs. EG: Artificial ventilation via a tracheostomy; support during the administration of parental nutrition.
May require immediate intervention for high risk/life threatening needs. EG: unpredictable/frequent and problematic tracheostomy care; non-artificial airway management; management of frequent episodes of autonomic dysreflexia.
Bidders may bid for one or both lots. There are no guaranteed levels of activity and payment is made based on actual provision of the services.
Bidders may bid for one or both lots. There are no guaranteed levels of activity and payment is made based on actual provision of the services. Please log in to the Bravo e-procurement portal to view the procurement documentation, ITT overview and service specification in greater detail.
Low complexity: minimum minimal/routine health care interventions, one or two carers required. No requirement for carer competency in delivery of complex health care interventions. EG: 2:1 care, CPAP non-invasive ventilation, basic behaviour management.
Not life threatening, but acute intervention may be required. EG: rescue medication for epilepsy; oral suctioning; cough assist; BiPaP ventilation; defined behaviour interventions, occasional autonomic dysreflexia.
Bidders may bid for one or both lots. There are no guaranteed levels of activity and payment is made based on actual provision of the services.
Bidders may bid for one or both lots. There are no guaranteed levels of activity and payment is made based on actual provision of the services. Please log in to the Bravo e-procurement portal to view the procurement documentation, ITT overview and Service Specification in greater detail.
The unprecedented and unforeseen restrictions placed on the CCG due to Covid-19, the CCGs were unable to commence the service provision in April 2020 as stated in the original advert. Governance was awarded in May 2020, however the service provision will commence in December 2020, hence the delay in the publication of this award notice.
The establishment of this Pseudo dynamic purchasing system (PDPS) was intended to procure these services which fall within the light-touch regime (LTR — PCR 2015 Regulations 74-77). The Pseudo DPS will in many respects look and feel like a DPS set up under PCR 2015 Regulation 34, but the flexibility of the LTR will apply. None of the formal procedural rules have any direct application including the requirements of Regulation 34. The contracting authorities make this distinction to avoid implying that they will follow, or be bound by, the full procurement regime under PCR 2015 for this procurement. The total aggregate contract value is GBP 40 760 000 for the 3 years plus the option to extend for a further 2 years (5 years total) however there is no guaranteed activity within this contract and providers will receive payment upon actual service delivery. This service is in lots, with:
NHS Basildon, Thurrock Castle Point and Rochford and Southend CCGs may join this framework at any time. Future opportunities for organisations to express an interest in this framework will be advertised and the service will be reviewed in September 2020. Potential bidders can request to participate by completing a qualification questionnaire to demonstrate how they meet the stated minimum selection criteria. In addition, potential bidders who wish to join the PDPS must provide information about their proposed ability to provide complex and non-complex domiciliary care services. The tender documents issued by contracting authorities for specific call-offs under this PDPS will fully confirm the specific terms and conditions applicable for the provision of services. Call-off contracts will be awarded by further competition via an invitation to tender issued by any of the participating contracting authorities. Providing that a potential bidder on the approved provider list has been identified as eligible to bid for a particular call-off contract via the PDPS filtering process, and they continue to meet the minimum selection criteria, they will be able to bid for the call-off contract. Each individual ITT for a call-off contract will include the detailed service specification and any required service elements relating to such call-off contract. The procurement documentation includes the relevant terms and conditions that may be utilised by the parties for subsequent call-offs under the PDPS (albeit contracting authorities are permitted to incorporate their own preferred forms subject to their ongoing compliance with the any relevant restrictions).
It should be noted that any dates of the framework opening to bidders are expected dates at the time of issuing this contract notice and may be subject to change. The CCG's reserve the right to make changes or amendments at any point. Any changes or amendments will be made explicit via notices or the e-procurement portal Bravo. The services within this PDPS procurement fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). Neither the inclusion of the bidder at qualification stage nor the use of the terms memorandum of information, qualification questionnaire, or invitation to tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the regulations save those applicable to public contracts for social and other specific services listed in schedule 3 of the Regulations (the ‘Light Touch Regime’).


Winner: Apollo Home Healthcare Ltd
Award value: 21059000
Number of bids: 9