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Published 18 Oct 2021, 15:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Intermediate Care Beds · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Planned pipeline value£23,250,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision Intermediate Care Beds within the Sheffield Region to improve the patient pathway.The Trust has a requirement for IC Beds, Bariatric Beds and EMI beds. Full details will be included within the ITT when advertised. This PIN intends to serve as a call for competition.TUPE will apply to this contract

CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1A light touch regime procurement exercise to identify provider(s) for the delivery of…RenewalPublished value£23,250,000

A light touch regime procurement exercise to identify provider(s) for the delivery of the bed-based element of Sheffield’s intermediate care services offering. A general overview of the process will be:-Publish PIN as a call for competition and to try to identify as many providers in the market as possible.ITT Stage - Mandatory Questions Financial checksOnly bidders who confirm acceptance to the mandatory criteria and who's finances are not deemed as a risk to the Trust will be taken through to the next stage.Stage 2 will see bidders scored against the responses to the scored criteria and commercial elements.Site visits will be performed by the Trust to confirm the responses provided. This includes the mandatory question set. All bid scores will be moderated accordingly.Once the site visit has taken place and the final score allocated against each response is 'confirmed' The quality and commercial scores for each bidder will be built in to provide a final outcome. Further conversations may be required as the Trust has a specified number of beds it needs in Summer, and again in Winter. The ITT will provide a full process, specification and timeline - you are advised to express your interest to [email protected] is required before the deadline of Friday 29th October 21 at 5pm to give complete assurance that your response is not missed. The Trust want as many local providers as possible to bid for this contract, so to demonstrate value for money.Only providers who can provide the service locally (within the Sheffield region) will be considered due to the nature of the requirements. Please note it states to perform the services, not for the office headquarters to be based in Sheffield. Additional information: Please contact:[email protected] with you expression of interest.

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Extensions: Due to the nature of the requirements. The bidders will be able to feed in proposed options via the ITT. There will be minimal requirements that cannot be varied. All options will be made clear within the advertised ITT when available. You will be asked for the minimum number of beds that you can provide whilst being financially viable, and again the maximum number of beds you can provide due to capacity The relationship between the Trust and the appointed provider(s) will be close. The Trust wants to work with the appointed provider(s) to maximise the value that can be driven from this contract, especially in relation to patient care. · This contract will be for an initial 3 years, with an extension option for a further 2 years. Renewal would be required at the end of the initial 3 year period, or at the end of the total 5 year period - dependant on performance of the appointed provider(s)

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
Quality: 75%Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 75
  • Price: 25
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    The Provider must maintain care standards within the unit commensurate with statutory regulatory and best practice requirements.The Provider must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for all regulated activities to operate and must meet all CQC essential standards of Quality and Safety in conjunction with this specification.The Provider must ensure that the commissioner is informed of any change in the Registered Manager status of the unit.The Provider must focus on providing a holistic assessment of the patients’ needs and develop appropriate care plans, setting achievable goals with each individual patient. The Provider must provide the patient with access to their Care Plan.You must be able to provide the service within the Sheffield region

  • Economic & financial standing

    These will be confirmed on the publishing of the ITT

    Minimum: Financially solvent
  • Technical & professional ability

    To be confirmed on the publishing of the ITT

    Minimum: To be confirmed at ITT Stage
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Oct 2021, 15:06 BST
Last source update
18 Oct 2021, 15:06 BST
Authority reference
TBC
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025970
Classification (CPV)
Administrative healthcare servicesHealth services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ecdf Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: This PIN is a call for competition, and forms part of the legal requirement when utilising the Light Touch Procurement Regime option. We are not seeking to restrict this to only those that express and interest, but ideally, to identify as many providers as possible within the Sheffield locality, who can perform the requirements, so to present them with the opportunity to tender for the opportunity.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
29 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Oct 2021 → 29 Oct 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    18 Oct 2021, 15:06 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    29 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S10 2JFContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.