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Joint Community Equipment Service

Health and social work services
Other community
social and personal services
South West (UKK42)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Torbay Council: "Joint Community Equipment Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTorbay CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Torbay Council
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Published history for Torbay Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
3.8Bids / Report
34.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 41 active published awards; 32 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityTorbay Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Feb 2022, 08:45 GMT
Last source update21 Feb 2022, 08:45 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
South West (UKK42)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03192a
What is being bought
Torbay Council (Council), in partnership with NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), commission a Joint Community Equipment Service (JCES), providing simple and complex aids for daily living, along with minor adaptations for people with health and social care needs living in Torbay (or who are registered with a Torbay GP).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Feb 2022, 08:45 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    21 Feb 2022, 08:45 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    21 Feb 2022, 08:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The main purpose of the Service is to provide equipment on loan to people living in the community enabling them to do tasks they would otherwise be unable to do or to provide support to a Carer to enable on-going care in their home environment. Equipment covers a broad spectrum of provision such as single to multiple; simple to complex; low-cost to high-cost and is determined by continually changing needs of Service Users. The flexibility of the Service will enable Service Users to live either independently or with the aid of Carers and/or community services, NHS and Social Service assistance. There is a wide range of community equipment required to meet therapeutic, rehabilitation, mobility, independence and communication needs. Any member of the community may need to use equipment for a short period of time, recuperating from an operation for example; others for an indefinite period. Equipment Users of all age groups who suffer from a disability and the provision of efficient and integrated community equipment provision will therefore make a great deal of impact in the following areas: a) Prevention: the Service has a significant contribution to make in terms of preventing admissions to Hospital or Care Homes; preventing delayed transfers of care; preventing or delaying deterioration in health, and preventing ill health, i.e. pressure sores etc.; b) Independence: the right equipment can help people maintain their independence by allowing them to continue to carry out everyday tasks such as toileting, bathing, feeding and drinking. Equipment can also help with mobility; c) Caring: equipment can enable care and nursing needs to be attended to in a community setting by either paid or family Carers. Equipment can keep the Carer safe when moving and handling is required preventing injury to the Carer and reducing the need for a home care package. The CES works alongside the provision of Simple Aids for Daily Living (SADL), which is a retail model. Complex Aids for Daily Living (CADL) in Torbay has more medical elements than CADL in some local authority areas.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 Feb 2022, 08:45 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 8 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Nottingham Rehab Limited t/a NRS Healthcare
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 8 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
highestValidBidValue: 1740000
lowestValidBidValue: 1450000
highestValidBidValue: 1740000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 1450000 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Torbay Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-398
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  • Torbay Council
    buyer

    Torbay Council Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, UKK42, TQ1 3DR
    tracey.field@torbay.gov.uk
    +44 1803208391

  • Legal Services, Torbay Council
    reviewBody

    Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR

  • Nottingham Rehab Limited t/a NRS Healthcare
    supplier

    Sherwood House, Cartwright Way, Forest Business Park, Bardon Hill, Coalville, UKF, LE67 1UB
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleIn May 2021 a joint tender on behalf of Torbay Council and Plymouth City Council for a community equipment service provider was issued, with an expectation that a new contract would commence on 01 April 2022. However, during the evaluation phase concerns were raised as to whether the published evaluation criteria would clearly establish the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT). The procurement was paused to enable a full review of the evaluation criteria and as a result of that review the decision was taken to abandon the tender process. An amended tender has now been issued but the delay means that the contract cannot commence on 01 April 2022. The timescale has been further impacted by local elections which will delay the contract approval process and a new contract commencement date of 01 February 2023 has been identified. We are awarding the contract without prior publication under paragraphs 2(b)(ii), 2(c) and 5 of Article 32 of Directive2014/24/EU. The technical reason (2(b)(ii)) is that there will be significant cost and inconvenience to the Authority and economic operators associated with tendering a short term contract for Torbay, for the following reasons: • Under TUPE legislation the current economic operator’s staff are entitled to transfer to the new economic operator • The service requires significant sized premises within Torbay to operate from, which has sufficient capacity to allow for storage, cleaning and maintenance of the equipment • Any equipment already in the community at contract handover will need to be replaced and this will occur again at the end of the contract period, causing inconvenience to service users and additional cost for the Council and economic operators • The current economic operator holds personal and sensitive data on service users which will need to be transferred to the interim economic operator and transferred again at the end of the contract, increasing the risk of loss or breach of data • Equipment orders are placed through an on-line portal, the new economic operator will be required to provide a similar system and prescribing staff will require training on the new system, which will take time to complete and bed-in. The urgency (2(c)) has been brought about as a result of the failed procurement which could not have been reasonably foreseen by the Council and the need to ensure provision is maintained until a new contract can be put in place. In accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU the new contract will provide identical services to those being delivered by the economic operator under their current contract, which was procured in accordance with Article 26 of Directive 2014/24/EU.