Official UK procurement notice
Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART)
Authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of this procurement activity was to source suitable, capable, quality provision of health care and support services for patients across Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The service was procured by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of and for the lead commissioner and contracting authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS); working in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), and in partnership across Integrated Care System (ICS) health and social care partner organisations.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust issued an Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement of Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART). Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is “the Contracting Authority” to this Tender and resulting contract. Lincolnshire County Council are an additional named user of the service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust are acting as the agent of the Contracting Authority in all matters relating to this procurement.
This service contract was offered with a maximum prospective budget of £1,134,516.00 per annum. This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, in line with the procurement commercial schedules.
The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity is therefore up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027. The maximum prospective value of contact terms is therefore £5,672,580.00 over 5 years.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,114,765
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Technical Evaluation: 45%
- price: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Technical Evaluation: 45
- Price: 55
- Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Aug 2021, 16:13 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN542641- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004514- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d41bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
19 Sept 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 5 dates- Next notice expected19 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2021- Published value updated to £5,672,58020 Oct 2021, 14:46 BSTwas £4,114,765
- Status changed to active20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
- Deadline published: 25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
- Status changed to complete17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
- Buyer details updated17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age UK Lincoln and South LincolnshireSME | £5,672,580 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART) · Age UK Lincoln and South LincolnshireSME
- Signed
- 7 Feb 2022
- Value
- £5,672,580
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Lincolnshire County CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS TrustReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Age UK Lincoln and South LincolnshireAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.