Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-06-20
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85141200: Services provided by nurses
Estimated value: 585000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-07-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group wish to invite prospective providers to express their interest for the provision of community based admission avoidance services.
This is a 12-month pilot contract, which is part of a wider piece of phased work and a step towards establishing the concept of care closer to home within Shropshire.
This invitation to tender provides information pertaining to the procurement for community based admission avoidance services. The purpose of this procurement is to secure a service provider to deliver community based admission avoidance services to the geographic locality of Shrewsbury.
This is a 12-month pilot contract, which is part of a wider piece of phased work and a step towards establishing the concept of care closer to home within Shropshire.
— prevent avoidable hospital admissions and attendances through the provision of community-based care pathways allowing patients to be seamlessly step up or down levels of care/support,
— enable adults (aged 18+) to improve, maintain or manage changes in levels of independence, health and well-being, through a process of care, reablement or recuperation,
— a multi-disciplinary decision-making approach providing a person-centred service collaborated care between primary care, adult social care and voluntary sector,
— deliver services in partnership with health and social care, forming multidisciplinary integrated teams; including support staff, therapists, social workers, mental health, medical practitioners and nurses and the falls service,
— deliver timely, cost effective, efficient services that meet an individual’s needs; whether the lower to moderate level of preventative care and support, or the higher-level rapid response type support to individuals who are tipping into crisis.
The successful provider will be required to sign the NHS standard contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the Contracting Authorities can demonstrate;

Eligibility requirements: List and brief description of conditions: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the Contracting Authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/.

Award value: 585000