Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-24
Buyer: Norfolk County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 55500000 | 55520000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85144000
Estimated value: 9718580 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Norfolk County Council is looking to procure a single provider to deliver services at Grays Fair Court for the following requirements:
1) Staffing for a short-term care unit with 20 beds providing up to 6 weeks of care for people aged 18 +leaving hospital or needing respite care;
2) Staffing for 34 housing with extra care flats for people aged 55+ with care provision available 24 hours, 7 days a week including unplanned care needs;
Grays Fair Court, Norwich is a purpose built integrated care facility. The landlord is Saffron Housing Trust and Norfolk County Council are the lease holder.
1) Staffing for a short-term care unit with 20 beds providing up to 6 weeks of care for people aged 18+ leaving hospital or needing respite care. The contract will be for 18 of those beds and the winning provider will be able to use 2 of the beds for private sale;
2) Staffing for 34 housing with extra care flats for people aged 55+ with care provision available 24 hours, seven days a week including unplanned care needs;
There will be a requirement for the winning provider to enter into a sub-lease which is contained within the tender documentation.
Contract will be for a 60 month initial term with the right, at the discretion of the Council, to extend by 36 months with a further possible extension of 24 months.
The value included in this Contract Notice is the estimate value over the 10 years, if the contract was extended to its maximum term (without indexation). This value is estimate only as it includes an estimated value of the care to the 34 flats and the Council is offering no guarantee as to volumes and value for this part of the contract.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council's e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles
Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the “tenders” section and “express an interest” to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning 0845 557 8079/+44 (0) 114 407 0065 or emailing support@in-tend.co.uk
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen)unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Eligibility requirements: As per tender documentation

Award value: 9718580