Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-17
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85144100 | 85311000 | 85312500
Estimated value: 17500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This service specification is for an Integrated Rehabilitation Beds Service for People over 18 requiring care home based rehabilitation to prevent hospital admission or to facilitate hospital discharge.
Rehabilitation care home beds are currently provided under a range of models which will be replaced from 2017 with a single model. Hertfordshire County Council in partnership with East & North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group and Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group wish to commission the new model of Integrated Rehabilitation Beds from 1.4.2017 until 31.3.2019 for 2 years, with the option to extend by up to 2 years on an annual basis.
This procurement is an Open (one stage process). Suppliers wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express interest’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.
To be considered as a Bidder you must complete and submit a Bid by the deadline of 12 Noon on Tuesday 8.11.2016.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted by the system.
Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed and attested under the common seal of the Council. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate.
Please Note Important Information — The TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. By clicking on the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree:
a) To undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party.
b) That under no circumstances will any of the information be disclosed by your organisation or your personnel to any third party without the Council's prior consent in writing.
c) That the information supplied will be stored securely and destroyed or returned to the Council, after your Organisation's bid has been submitted or you decide not to proceed with a tender submission.
d) That you will indemnify the Council for any losses, arising from your breach or breach by any of your personnel of these confidentiality requirements specified above and data protection requirements in relation to TUPE Staffing Information.
e) The requirements above apply whether the supplier uploads a tender response to this procurement or not.
The estimated total value of the Contract is 17 500 000 GBP to 18 000 000 GBP and is for the core Contract period inclusive of the approximate value for extensions. For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated annual Contract value will be approximately 4 375 000 GBP to 4 500 000 GBP . The Contract will be awarded for a core period of 2 years, with the option to extend the Contract up to a further 2 years, 1 year at a time. Please note that the Contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
Hertfordshire County Council has worked closely with its Districts and Partners to create a joint procurement portal called Supply Hertfordshire. This portal provides an eTendering system which is run by In-Tend.

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