Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-28
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2018-07-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The CCGs are seeking to procure a falls response service for patients across Worcestershire. Falls response services aim to reduce the demand on hospitals, ambulance services and mitigate the potential negative health outcomes associated with hospital admissions for older people following a fall.
The CCGs are seeking to procure a falls response service for patients across Worcestershire. Falls response services aim to reduce the demand on hospitals, ambulance services and mitigate the potential negative health outcomes associated with hospital admissions for older people following a fall. This is provided through fast access to trained staff that respond to individuals who have had a non-injurious fall and who are able to be managed within their home environment thus keeping older people independent for longer. The CCGs are intending to award one contact. The contract term will be for 1 year, plus an optional extension of a further 1 year.
This procurement is for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the public contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the regulations (“Regulations”). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 particular procurement regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the ITT Bravo Ref 541. As the CCGs are relevant bodies for the purpose of the national health service (procurement, patient choice and competition) (nº 2) Regulations 2013 these regulations also apply to this procurement.
Bidders should note that TUPE is expected to apply to the staff of the current services and further details of this are included in the ITT documents published alongside this contract notice.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: any supplier may be disqualified who:
a— is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations,
b— is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations,
c— has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct,
d— has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate,
e— has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority,
f— has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority,
g— is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this section or has not supplied such information,
h— has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA,
i— has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the council act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of council joint action 98/742/JHA3 respectively,
j— has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities,

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: any supplier may be disqualified who: a— is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations, b— is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations, c— has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct, d— has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate, e— has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority, f— has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority, g— is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this section or has not supplied such information, h— has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA, i— has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the council act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of council joint action 98/742/JHA3 respectively, j— has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities, k— has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.