Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-11-10
Buyer: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Somerset
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85111000: Hospital services | 85111200: Medical services | 85111400: Rehabilitation services | 85112200
Estimated value: 120897287 GBP
Award criteria: To support the self-help and illness prevention agenda, To support the reduction in duplication and full integration for service delivery, To support improved patient quality care, pathways and environment, To support the reduction in cost for service delivery

Technical requirements: To support the self-help and illness prevention agenda
To support the reduction in duplication and full integration for service delivery
To support improved patient quality care, pathways and environment
To support the reduction in cost for service delivery
Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) wishes to support the re-modelling of the Shepton Mallet Community Hospital site as it is re-developed into a Health and Wellbeing Campus. Somerset CCG would like to commission a lead provider in order to maximise the potential and to reduce duplication, streamline services and bring new illness prevention and self-help services onto the site.
The shared vision for the site is to develop a health and wellbeing campus, providing primary and secondary care on the same site alongside health and wellbeing services that encourages people to self-care and support the illness prevention agenda. It is envisaged that a GP practice, a community pharmacy (for NHS scripts) and dental access centre will be incorporated into the site, although these will not form part of this procurement.
Somerset CCG would like to update the infrastructure on site to ensure it is fit for 21st Century healthcare and wellbeing service provision. We are seeking a lead provider that will deliver services and proactively work with the CCG to re-design the site. It is currently envisaged that the services will be introduced to the contract in two phases:
Phase 2 is estimated to begin 3 years from the contract start date; the timing will be dependent on the build development plans for the site.
There may be an opportunity for the lead provider to assist with the capital financing of the re-development of the site.
The Commissioner is clear that phase 2 is a key deliverable of the procurement and that the full scope and costing of phase 2 will be agreed and implemented through a contract variation during the contract duration. While the scope of activity to be delivered from the site may vary during the term of the contract, it is currently anticipated that it will include:
General rehabilitation inpatient bed provision with medical input (beds are planned to have flexible use and therefore should a stroke patient be medically suitable for Early Supported Discharge (ESD), but cannot be cared for in their home environment, they could be cared for in these beds with ESD team visiting them as if they were at their home location). ESD is not included in the procurement;
Services to support the illness prevention and self-help agenda via the provision of a Health and Wellbeing Centre (where the lead provider will be expected to collaborate with local charities and voluntary groups);
The Contracting Authority voluntarily observed the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants received scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with the Regulations.


Winner: Care UK Clinical Services Limited
Number of bids: 3