Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2016-02-20
Buyer: Essex County Council
Country: UK
Region: Essex CC
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85141200: Services provided by nurses | 85141220 | 85323000

Technical requirements: Essex County Council (ECC) is intending to commence a procurement process via the Light Touch Regime for the Pre-Birth — 19 Health, Wellbeing and Family Support service (‘new model’) in Summer 2016. As this is a new integrated specification of the relevant services for ECC and the market, ECC is carrying out due diligence and engagement with the market, stakeholders and families which will continue until Spring 2016 in order to refine the specification and identify the key desired outcomes within the budget available for such services. The new model is one which will encompass services designed to support better outcomes in child development, school readiness, parenting aspirations and skills and child and family health, pulling together primarily services currently being delivered under the Children's Centres contracts and Healthy Child Programme contracts.
On 10.12.2015 ECC ran a market engagement event for interested providers in order to communicate the potential model contract options and contract terms for the integrated Pre-birth — 19 Health, Wellbeing and Family Support service. A formal decision by Cabinet on the proposed model to be procured is not anticipated until Summer 2016 but at this stage, ECC can confirm that subject to governance the intention is to procure this service in four Lots based on Mid Essex, North Essex, West Essex and South Essex. It is anticipated there will be no limit to the number of Lots a provider can bid for — evaluation and award of such bids will be based on evaluation criteria which will be published when ECC advertises this procurement. It is envisaged at this stage that a successful provider may only be awarded one Lot even if it has bid for multiple Lots where the evaluation criteria determines that would be the most economically advantageous solution for ECC.
In addition, ECC can confirm that the indicative budget for the entire Pan Essex new model is likely to be circa 30 000 000 GBP to 40 000 000 GBP per annum with a potential contract duration of 7 years plus up to 3 year extension provision. This will be broken down on a Lot basis when this procurement is advertised.
Version 2 of the draft integrated specification will be available on our Summary of Current Opportunities link on ECC's website from Tuesday 23rd: http://www.essex.gov.uk/Business-Partners/Supplying-Council/Pages/default.aspx. This is subject to further development as explained above.
A Metrics workshop is being held on 25 February and a further Consortia Building event is planned 23.3.2016 — if you are not already aware of this and wish to attend, please contact amy.wilson2@essex.gov.uk
ECC wishes to remind and encourage interested providers to develop any consortium arrangements it believes will be necessary for the delivery of the new model. The term ‘consortium’ is used in its widest sense to encompass partnerships, sub-contracting, special purpose vehicles or any other delivery model providers wish to adopt. ECC is likely to require a lead provider model for the purposes of awarding a contract in due course regardless of the bidder's proposed delivery model i.e. a sole designated legal entity will be required to sign a contract with ECC. Providers are to note that there will be very limited time once the tender is published to pull together delivery models or consortia in order to express an interest in submitting a bid, therefore early discussions are encouraged.
Essex County Council (ECC) is intending to commence a procurement process via the Light Touch Regime for the Pre-Birth — 19 Health, Wellbeing and Family Support service (‘new model’) in Summer 2016. As this is a new integrated specification of the relevant services for ECC and the market, ECC is carrying out due diligence and engagement with the market, stakeholders and families which will continue until Spring 2016 in order to refine the specification and identify the key desired outcomes within the budget available for such services. The new model is one which will encompass services designed to support better outcomes in child development, school readiness, parenting aspirations and skills and child and family health, pulling together primarily services currently being delivered under the Children's Centres contracts and Healthy Child Programme contracts.
On 10.12.2015 ECC ran a market engagement event for interested providers in order to communicate the potential model contract options and contract terms for the integrated Pre-birth — 19 Health, Wellbeing and Family Support service. A formal decision by Cabinet on the proposed model to be procured is not anticipated until Summer 2016 but at this stage, ECC can confirm that subject to governance the intention is to procure this service in four Lots based on Mid Essex, North Essex, West Essex and South Essex. It is anticipated there will be no limit to the number of Lots a provider can bid for — evaluation and award of such bids will be based on evaluation criteria which will be published when ECC advertises this procurement. It is envisaged at this stage that a successful provider may only be awarded one Lot even if it has bid for multiple Lots where the evaluation criteria determines that would be the most economically advantageous solution for ECC.
In addition, ECC can confirm that the indicative budget for the entire Pan Essex new model is likely to be circa 30 000 000 GBP to 40 000 000 GBP per annum with a potential contract duration of 7 years plus up to 3 year extension provision. This will be broken down on a Lot basis when this procurement is advertised.
Version 2 of the draft integrated specification will be available on our Summary of Current Opportunities link on ECC's website from Tuesday 23rd: http://www.essex.gov.uk/Business-Partners/Supplying-Council/Pages/default.aspx. This is subject to further development as explained above.
A Metrics workshop is being held on 25 February and a further Consortia Building event is planned 23.3.2016 — if you are not already aware of this and wish to attend, please contact amy.wilson2@essex.gov.uk
ECC wishes to remind and encourage interested providers to develop any consortium arrangements it believes will be necessary for the delivery of the new model. The term ‘consortium’ is used in its widest sense to encompass partnerships, sub-contracting, special purpose vehicles or any other delivery model providers wish to adopt. ECC is likely to require a lead provider model for the purposes of awarding a contract in due course regardless of the bidder's proposed delivery model i.e. a sole designated legal entity will be required to sign a contract with ECC. Providers are to note that there will be very limited time once the tender is published to pull together delivery models or consortia in order to express an interest in submitting a bid, therefore early discussions are encouraged.
Essex County Council (ECC) is intending to commence a procurement process via the Light Touch Regime for the Pre-Birth — 19 Health, Wellbeing and Family Support service (‘new model’) in Summer 2016. As this is a new integrated specification of the relevant services for ECC and the market, ECC is carrying out due diligence and engagement with the market, stakeholders and families which will continue until Spring 2016 in order to refine the specification and identify the key desired outcomes within the budget available for such services. The new model is one which will encompass services designed to support better outcomes in child development, school readiness, parenting aspirations and skills and child and family health, pulling together primarily services currently being delivered under the Children's Centres contracts and Healthy Child Programme contracts.
On 10.12.2015 ECC ran a market engagement event for interested providers in order to communicate the potential model contract options and contract terms for the integrated Pre-birth — 19 Health, Wellbeing and Family Support service. A formal decision by Cabinet on the proposed model to be procured is not anticipated until Summer 2016 but at this stage, ECC can confirm that subject to governance the intention is to procure this service in four Lots based on Mid Essex, North Essex, West Essex and South Essex. It is anticipated there will be no limit to the number of Lots a provider can bid for — evaluation and award of such bids will be based on evaluation criteria which will be published when ECC advertises this procurement. It is envisaged at this stage that a successful provider may only be awarded one Lot even if it has bid for multiple Lots where the evaluation criteria determines that would be the most economically advantageous solution for ECC.
In addition, ECC can confirm that the indicative budget for the entire Pan Essex new model is likely to be circa 30 000 000 GBP to 40 000 000 GBP per annum with a potential contract duration of 7 years plus up to 3 year extension provision. This will be broken down on a Lot basis when this procurement is advertised.