Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2019-08-07
Buyer: NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Submission deadline: 2022-11-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Mid Essex CCG is seeking to establish a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) for the provision of complex and non-complex domiciliary care for adults. This service will be in lots, with Lot 1 for complex and high levels of domiciliary care needs and Lot 2 for non-complex, moderate and low domiciliary care needs.
This contract is for adult care over the age of 18 years, complementing a children’s Continuing Health Care (CHC) framework that already exists. The decision to have preferred providers, with predetermined consideration for quality and cost, enables the CHC team to find care effectively and in a more timely way for patients and create choice for patients.
The intention is to formally procure this new pseudo dynamic purchasing system with suitably qualified providers to be operational from 7.11.2019 for a period of 36 months plus the option to extend for a further 24 months.
NHS Mid Essex CCG is seeking to establish a a Pseudo dynamic purchasing system (PDPS) for the provision of complex and non-complex domiciliary care for adults. The service will be created by establishing a Pseudo dynamic purchasing system (PDPS) to procure these services which fall within the light-touch regime (LTR — PCR 2015 Regulations 74-77). The Pseudo DPS will in many respects look and feel like a DPS set up under PCR 2015 Regulation 34, but the flexibility of the LTR will apply. None of the formal procedural rules have any direct application including the requirements of Regulation 34. The contracting authorities make this distinction to avoid implying that they will follow, or be bound by, the full procurement regime under PCR 2015 for this procurement.
The contract notice communicates the clinical commissioning group's intention to commence Stage 1 of the procurement process to establish a PDPS. Potential bidders can request to participate by completing a selection questionnaire to demonstrate how they meet the stated minimum selection criteria. In addition, potential bidders who wish to join the PDPS must provide information about their proposed ability to provide complex and non-complex domiciliary care for adults, in relation to a number of 'Categories' of information. The contracting authorities will use this information to inform a filtering process during any call-off procedure.
This PDPS will remain open for the duration of the contract and any suitably qualified providers may request to join the PDPS at any point of the duration of the contract until the 7.11.2022.
To access the procurement documentation, please go to the BravoSolution eProcurement Portal at: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk
Click on 'Register here' and follow the on-screen instructions. You can access the SQ: 'Complex and Non-Complex Domiciliary Care for NHS Mid Essex CCG' by clicking on the link called 'View current opportunities' on the Home Page. Please note that the tender will not be accepted by any means other than through the Bravo e-Procurement Portal.
The services within this PDPS procurement fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). Neither the inclusion of the bidder at qualification stage nor the use of the terms memorandum of information, selection questionnaire, or invitation to tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the regulations save those applicable to Public Contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (the ‘Light Touch’ Regime).