Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-27
Buyer: ESPO
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30000000 | 31625100 | 32000000 | 33000000 | 33195200
Estimated value: 120000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-01-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This framework agreement will include a direct call off catalogue and a list of pre-approved specialist providers of technology enabled care services, including telecare and telehealth services and equipment, monitoring, response services, lifestyle monitoring, analytics and consultancy. The framework is intended to meet the needs of a fully outsourced provision as well as the purchase of individual pieces of equipment.
Additional information: ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Ltd, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Ltd on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.
Any second framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Ltd may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.
An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the framework agreement.
Technology enabled care products and services catalogue (products and commoditised Services). The catalogue will be mainly accessed for direct call off by customers.
The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated in Section II.1.5) includes the option period.
Technology enabled care services (outsourced services including products as part of the service) accessed by further competition. This lot can be used to procure a completely outsourced service or individual elements as required.
The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated in Section II.1.5) includes the option period.
Lot 1 The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is not applicable to Lot 1.
Lot 2 Companies or organisations that have been trading for 2 years or more should have: ‘positive net assets’ and have been profitable overall, as determined from their published financial accounts for the last 2 years. Companies or organisations that have been trading for less than 2 years should have: ‘positive net assets’ and provide both
(b) copies of their published financial accounts showing that, from inception, they have been profitable overall.
Lot 1: ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded suppliers during the period of the framework agreement by reference to credit ratings agency reports. ESPO shall obtain a credit score for the supplier on or before the framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit score is identified over the life of the framework agreement, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change. Depending on the severity of the changes, it will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the supplier from the framework agreement.
As a Central Purchasing Body as defined by the EU Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU, the framework agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/ESPO/media/Documents/FAQs/ESPO-s_powers_to_trade__website_-2016-12-22.pdf) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK:
• the corporate office of the house of lords, the corporate officer of the house of commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: http://www.espo.org/About-us-%281%29/FAQs/Legal
ESPO will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by ESPO as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2105 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended and may award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order for a fine to be paid, and/or order the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 120000000