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Published 10 Oct 2023, 16:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Community Musculoskeletal (MSK) Services to NHS Sussex

Official notice

Authority: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ2)
Published estimate£276,500,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 13 Nov 2023awarded 4 Nov 2024
Awarded to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

NHS Sussex ICB (covering the patient population of West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, and East Sussex) is awarding two contracts (Lot 1 and Lot 2) for a Community Musculoskeletal Service from 1st December 2025.

The Community MSK service will form part of a fully integrated MSK service for the population of Sussex. The aim is to offer a standardised, transparent, coordinated patient pathway for all MSK patients across Sussex, which is fully aligned to the ICB system strategy 'Improving Lives'.

The service aim is to ensure patients receive a consistent experience, feel supported throughout the whole pathway and get the optimal treatment first time. The integrated service will be delivered in collaboration with Primary, Community and Secondary Care to ensure all parts of the system understand the whole pathway and the expectations of them as a contributor to integrated provision.

The key aims and objectives of the contract require the new Community MSK providers to work collaboratively with system partners to:

  • Deliver a 'population-health' based approach with a greater focus on enabling best lifelong MSK health, personalised care and shared decision making, improving value, reducing health inequalities and meeting population health needs at scale.
  • Address variation experienced by patients in terms of quality and outcomes and inequity in terms of access, waiting times and service provision.
  • Maximising system capacity across NHS services and the independent sector whilst ensuring core services are protected and enabled to meet training requirements and productivity and efficiency standards.
  • Ensure delivery of integrated care pathways that are seamless for patients.
  • Support post pandemic recovery with an ambition to deliver top decile performance in terms of Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) outcomes, productivity and equality of access measures.
  • Deliver continuous innovation through maximisation of digital opportunities and transformation of pathways.

The contract period will be for a period of 5 years commencing 1st December 2024. The Commissioners at their sole discretion, will have an option to extend for a further 2 years (5+2). A standard NHS contract will be used for this service.

The contracts are divided into two Lots:

Lot 1) East Sussex.

Lot 2) West Sussex / Brighton & Hove

  • Recurrence: 01/12/2029

CPV: Health and social work services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£276,500,000 together) · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1NHS Sussex Community Musculoskeletal Service - East SussexCancelledRenewalPublished value£85,400,000

The key aims and objectives require the new Community MSK provider to work collaboratively with system partners to:

  • Deliver a 'population-health' based approach with a greater focus on enabling best lifelong MSK health, personalised care and shared decision making, improving value, reducing health inequalities and meeting population health needs at scale.
  • Address variation experienced by patients in terms of quality and outcomes and inequity in terms of access, waiting times and service provision.
  • Maximising system capacity across NHS services and the independent sector whilst ensuring core services are protected and enabled to meet training requirements and productivity and efficiency standards.
  • Ensure delivery of integrated care pathways that are seamless for patients.
  • Support post pandemic recovery with an ambition to deliver top decile performance in terms of Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) outcomes, productivity and equality of access measures.
  • Deliver continuous innovation through maximisation of digital opportunities and transformation of pathways.
Delivery: South East · East Sussex
Extensions: Primary period of 5 years with an additional 2 year extension period at the sole discretion of the Commissioner.Variant bids: not allowed
85000000 Health and social work services
Lot #2NHS Sussex Community Musculoskeletal Service - West Sussex and Brighton & HoveCancelledRenewalPublished value£191,100,000

The key aims and objectives require the new Community MSK provider to work collaboratively with system partners to:

  • Deliver a 'population-health' based approach with a greater focus on enabling best lifelong MSK health, personalised care and shared decision making, improving value, reducing health inequalities and meeting population health needs at scale.
  • Address variation experienced by patients in terms of quality and outcomes and inequity in terms of access, waiting times and service provision.
  • Maximising system capacity across NHS services and the independent sector whilst ensuring core services are protected and enabled to meet training requirements and productivity and efficiency standards.
  • Ensure delivery of integrated care pathways that are seamless for patients.
  • Support post pandemic recovery with an ambition to deliver top decile performance in terms of Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) outcomes, productivity and equality of access measures.
  • Deliver continuous innovation through maximisation of digital opportunities and transformation of pathways.
Delivery: South East · West Sussex and Brighton & Hove
Extensions: Primary period of 5 years with an additional 2 year extension period at the sole discretion of the Commissioner.Variant bids: not allowed
85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSplit
1 · NHS Sussex Community Musculoskeletal Service - East Sussex90%10%
2 · NHS Sussex Community Musculoskeletal Service - West Sussex and Brighton & Hove90%10%
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Appropriate CQC registration

  • Economic & financial standing

    To be eligible for award for this contract, bidders are required to have a minimum annual turnover:

    Lot 1. £12.2 million

    Lot 2. £27.3 million

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 1 point.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 01/12/2029
First published
10 Oct 2023, 16:31 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2024, 14:19 GMT
Award evaluation window
13 Nov 2023 – …
Authority reference
22.866 ITT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035930
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040ad3 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The MSK values included in the tender of £14.4m Lot 1 and £27.3m Lot 2 were based on the 2023/24 values. These have been updated in the contract award values for the cost uplift factor (CUF) of 3.9%, which was agreed for the 2024/25 financial year in October 2024.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
13 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 Nov 2023, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

13 Nov 2023 → 6 Nov 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    13 Nov 2023, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Nov 2024, 14:19 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Nov 2024, 14:19 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.1.4NHS Sussex ICB (covering the patient population of West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, and East Sussex) is pleased to announce the procurement of a Community Musculoskeletal Service from 1st December 2025.NHS Sussex ICB (covering the patient population of West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, and East Sussex) is pleased to announce the procurement of a Community Musculoskeletal Service from 1st December 2024.
—TextTotal Value (Lot 1) · II.1.4Lot 1) East Sussex - Maximum Annual Contract Value £11,200,000 (£85,400,000 over 7 years). Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of £12.2m to be eligible for award of this contract.Lot 1) East Sussex - Maximum Annual Contract Value £14,400,000 (£100,800,000 over 7 years). Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of £14.4m to be eligible for award of this contract.
—TextEstimated total value · II.1.5Value excluding VAT: £276,500,000Value excluding VAT: £291,900,000
—TextII.2.4Lot 1) East Sussex - Maximum Annual Contract Value £11,200,000 (£85,400,000 over 7 years). Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of £12.2m to be eligible for award of this contract.Lot 1) East Sussex - Maximum Annual Contract Value £14,400,000 (£100,800,000 over 7 years). Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of £14.4m to be eligible for award of this contract.
—TextEstimated Value · II.2.6Value excluding VAT: £85,400,000Value excluding VAT: £100,800,000
—TextEconomic and financial standing · III.1.2To be eligible for award for this contract, bidders are required to have a minimum annual turnover: Lot 1. £12.2 million Lot 2. £27.3 millionTo be eligible for award for this contract, bidders are required to have a minimum annual turnover: Lot 1. £14.4 million Lot 2. £27.3 million

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2023-10: 1 release · 10 Oct 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £303,289,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 2latest 4 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Not linked to a lot2 awards
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust£198,555,000 †—Awarded
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust£104,734,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QNX Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, South East, BN7 2FZContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS EnglandReview body LONDON
  • NHS ImprovementReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria