Official UK procurement notice
Nutrition Supply Services for Frimley and BOB ICB's
Authority: NHS Frimley ICB and NHS Buckingshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (Frimley ICB) and NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) are both seeking to engage with potential providers to understand the position of the market and help develop an approach for commissioning Nutrition Supply Services.
Frimley ICB and BOB ICB ("The Commissioners") are intending to carry out one joint procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical areas. It is their intention to split the procurement into 2 lots, as detailed in the description section of this Notice, but this is not yet confirmed. The responses to the questionnaire may influence this approach. The Contracting Authority for Lot 1 would be Frimley ICB, and the Contracting Authority for Lot 2 would be BOB ICB.
CPV: Health services · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Provision of oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICBPlanned
Frimley ICB and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB are intending to carry out one joint procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical areas. The Contracting Authority for Lot 1 would be Frimley Integrated Care Board. The Commissioners' intention is for this contract to be for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
Lot 1 - Provide oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB (Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust).
The enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB would include:
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for hospitals with delivery to sites
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for community patients with a home delivery service.
- Hospital and community clinical nursing support service
(Organisations included: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Frimley ICB, Berkshire West area of BOB ICB).
The Commissioners invite interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 12 noon on Thursday 28th September 2023 via our e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: This contract would be for both goods and services.
Lot #2Provision of oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and OxfordshirePlanned
Frimley ICB and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB are intending to carry out one joint procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical areas. The Contracting Authority for Lot 2 would be Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board. The Commissioners' intention is for this contract to be for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
Lot 2 - Provide oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB (Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
The enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB would include:
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for hospitals with delivery to sites
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for community patients with a home delivery service.
- Hospital and community clinical nursing support service
(Organisations included: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB).
The Commissioners invite interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 12 noon on Thursday 28th September 2023 via our e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: This contract would be for both goods and services.
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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).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 14 Sept 2023, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2023, 16:01 BST
- Authority reference
C199859- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027241- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Publisher note: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. If you have any problems accessing the questionnaire, please email [email protected] If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest / market engagement questionnaire. The Services are deemed to be subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and, as such, this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This contract will therefore be awarded in accordance with the provisions applicable in Section 5 (sub-section 7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
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Timeline
14 Sept 2023 → 15 Sept 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published14 Sept 2023, 16:01 BST
- Tender notice expected15 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
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