Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-26
Buyer: Warwickshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Warwickshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85311300 | 85312310 | 85323000
Estimated value: 22000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-23

Technical requirements: All children aged 0-5 and their families in Warwickshire will have access to Public Health Nursing Services that help them achieve positive health and well-being outcomes.
To protect and promote the health and well-being of children and their families through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (0-5) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-pregnancy-and-the-first-5-years-of-life
— Make sure children are prepared for and supported in all child care, early years and education settings and especially are supported to be ‘ready to learn at 2 and ready for school by 5’.
Warwickshire CC wish to provide via a single provider Conception to 5 Public Health Services that will deliver the outcomes for all children from conception to age 5 and their families in Warwickshire and to have access to Public Health Nursing Services that help them achieve positive health and well-being outcomes.
The procurement will follow a competitive dialogue process with the aim of enabling the applicants and Warwickshire CC to combine their knowledge and expertise to develop a solution that can meet the positive outcomes of the children and their families of Warwickshire.
We would like to invite interested providers who are shortlisted at Business Questionnaire stage to participate in our dialogue process. This will give us the opportunity to have a focused discussion about our ambitions for the service and to be able to answer questions about what is currently offered and how this might differ to what can be delivered, taking into account budget reductions.
Following the evaluation of the Business Questionnaire, we will invite shortlisted providers to put forward a proposed high-level summary model of delivery for these services based on a wider set of documentation that will be shared with providers. This documentation will include a high level service specification, TUPE information, a financial statement and current service activity. Providers will be required to sign and return a confidentiality agreement before the dialogue documentation is released.
The County Council has a legal duty to consult with the public on any significant changes to services, therefore we will use these summary proposals that are submitted to us as the basis on which to consult with Warwickshire residents and key stakeholders. We will not be identifying providers during this consultation period.
Feedback from the consultation process will be shared with providers we expect by way of updated documentation and further dialogue is envisaged before final bids are requested. The evaluation of bids will include reviewing how well providers have incorporated the consultation feedback into the development of final detailed proposals. We reserve the right to have further dialogue with all bidders following the receipt of final bids.
These Services may be subject to modifications and changes in order to meet the changing needs of the Council and the service and increases or decreases in funding.
The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own evaluation of the tenderers' most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Creditsafe where this is available. The Council may also impose a Bond or Performance Guarantee on the successful Tenderer.
Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest and download documents. The web address for CSW-JETS is: www.csw-jets.co.uk Registration and use of CSW-JETS is free.
All correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be via the CSWJETS correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS please email us at: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
Providers must register on CSW-JETS and express an interest in this project in order to download tender documents and be able to correspond with us about this procurement.


Award value: 22000000