Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-14
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 92400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-11-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group, North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Stafford and Surrounds Clinical Commissioning Group, East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group (The CCGs) are inviting suitably qualified providers of nursing homes to submit an indicative tender to be included in a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for the management and service provision of patients newly requiring NHS continuing healthcare. It is the intention of the commissioner that the service be split into the following lots:
Providers should have the ability to provide professional nursing and carer support to individuals with complex nursing and care support needs.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the DPS Entry Guide for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
Providers should have the ability to manage service users with significant functional mental health deficits to include psychosis and personality disorder which may challenge services.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the DPS Entry Guide for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
Providers should have the ability to provide professional nursing and carer support to patients who have significant cognitive deficits and require high levels of support to maintain independence and dignity.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the DPS Entry Guide for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
Providers should have the ability to manage challenging behaviours and resistance to care requiring skilled carers and trained in distraction and behaviour management techniques.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the DPS Entry Guide for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
Providers should have the ability to provide holistic and sensitive end of life care to include the use of anticipatory drugs and spiritual support.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the DPS Entry Guide for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
Providers should have the ability to support individuals with learning disabilities in the least restrictive environment promoting independence and inclusion.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the DPS Entry Guide for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU requires that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form of an indicative tender available at www.sproc.net Failure to respond to the indicative tender as required will result in an incomplete expression of interest.
The service requirement covers patients registered with a GP within one of the CCGs geographies and will commence with a phased roll out from November 2015. By applying for inclusion in the notice and subject to meeting the minimum entry standards as set out in the indicative tender documentation, providers will be invited to submit tenders. The CSU, on behalf of the participating CCGs, will issue requests for tenders to providers admitted to the DPS as and when a requirement arises and will not be subject to a simplified OJEU notice. The award criteria for the service provision will be stipulated in the tender documentation. Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of the CCGs reserve the right to vary the award criteria, including, the use of historical performance as stipulated in the tender documentation. Details of the DPS, together with full instructions are provided in the indicative tender documents available to download from http://demand.sproc.net Interested parties must register their organisation and then download the indicative tender documents from the supplier contract management system https://www.sproc.net by 25.11.2020 at 17.00. The estimated total value of services to be purchased for the entire duration of the DPS is purely indicative and cannot be guaranteed by the CSU or the participating CCGs.


Award value: 92400000