Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-18
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85121200: Specialist medical services | 85311300 | 98113000
Estimated value: 16869657 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-03-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: HCC — 01/19 — Provision of Integrated Therapies Contract for Children and Young People aged 0-25 with Special Education Needs/Disabilities in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Council (the “Council”) is currently out to procurement for the provision of the provision of integrated therapies contract for children and young people aged 0-25 in Hertfordshire. Further information in regards to this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field (OJEU Contract Notice refers). Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to “express interest” which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3) Additional information for further information. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
Hertfordshire County Council (HCC), East and North Hertfordshire CCG (ENCCG), and Herts Valleys CCG (HVCCG) have developed an integrated therapies offer for children and young people. This offer includes speech and language therapy and occupational therapy. The purpose of this offer is to manage the needs of children and young people holistically, whilst also identifying the most efficient way of commissioning the provision, to ensure the biggest possible spend on therapy and reduce spend on contract management. Key reasons for not subdividing into lots management structure will oversee both SALT and OT. Both services will work in the three-tier model of support (universal, targeted, and specialist levels). At the universal level both services will focus on up-skilling the wider workforce to make the environment around a child safer and more accessible. At the universal level the service provider will adopt a skills mix approach to achieve increased value Both services will introduce the episodes of care approach, to that therapeutic interventions are goal oriented and time limited. Families will have a single point of contact for both services. There will be one monitoring regime led by HCC for the whole service offer, with an agreed set of performance indicators. The estimated total value of the contract is stated in II.1.5) of this notice and is for the initial term inclusive of the approximate value for extensions. For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated annual value of the contract will be approximately 2 409 951. The contract will be awarded for an initial term of five (5) years, with the option to extend the contract up to two (2) further years. Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands. Please Note the TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. Therefore by accessing this Tender via Supply Hertfordshire and then the view details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, tenderers agree to undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party.
Please note: Hertfordshire County Council has worked closely with its districts and partners to create a joint procurement portal called supply Hertfordshire. This portal provides an e-Tendering system which is run by In-Tend. To access this procurement opportunity please visit www.supplyhertfordshire.uk and follow the on-screen guidance. This is a one stage procurement process. Therefore, if you wish to be considered as a tenderer you must complete and submit a tender by the specified closing date and time. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after this return deadline. If you are experiencing problems In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: support@in-tend.com or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:30. The Council reserves the right at any time to cease the procurement process and not award a contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the Council takes up this right, then they will not be responsible for or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any organisation or tenderer as a result. The Council undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in the proposal submitted, subject to the Council's obligations under the law including the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If the organisation considers that any of the information submitted in the proposal should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity then this should be stated with the reason for considering it sensitive. The Council will then endeavour to consult with the applicant about such sensitive information when considering any request received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 before replying to such a request. The services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Contracting Authority is not obliged to follow The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in full. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days (when using electronic means) standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the decision to award a Contract before a contract is executed/signed (as appropriate). The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“Regulations”) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly and within the time limits as defined in the above regulations. Where a Contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the court has the options to award damages and/or to shorten or order the contract ineffective.


Award value: 16869657