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Published 16 Dec 2021, 12:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Plymouth and Torbay Community Equipment Services Invitation to Tender Rerun

Official notice

Authority: Plymouth City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 5 public authorities

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£24,105,6642 contracts · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Jan 2022awarded 6 Oct 2022
Awarded to Nottingham Rehab Limited2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Plymouth City Council in partnership with NHS Devon CCG, and Torbay Council in partnership with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Devon CCG have run a joint procurement exercise to identify a supplier for the delivery of a community equipment service for each Local Authority area. These will be separate contracts, however, where appropriate we have aligned the evaluation process and methodologies as well as the service requirements.

Lot 1 is for Plymouth City Council and partners

Lot 2 is for Torbay Council and partners.

Under this contract the contractors and their supply chains will be required to actively participate in the achievement of the Contracting Authority's social, economic and environmental objectives.

CPV: Health and social work services · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Other community, social and personal services · Repair and maintenance services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1These community equipment services have a service specification designed to address…Awarded

These community equipment services have a service specification designed to address key priorities and targets for health and social care in each Local Authority area. They provide and enable the use of equipment to maintain independence within service users' homes quickly and effectively as far possible. The main activities of both services will involve the procurement, maintenance, storage and subsequent delivery and collection of equipment upon receipt of an equipment prescription from a Clinician working within the relevant service.

The service includes the installation of, and technical demonstration on the use of, equipment and further assistance where necessary. The range of goods and services includes equipment to support occupational therapy, physiotherapy and nursing clinical requirements for the enablement of the service user.

The services also include a minor adaptations service, covering basic adaptations (such as the installation of key safes) and more specialist work such as installing ramps and gallivanted rails.

Further Lot 1 (Plymouth) will include installing and services ceiling track hoists and have a trusted assessor function to be undertaken by the Service Provider.

Delivery: South West
Extensions: Up to 3 options to extend for a 12 months period i.e. total contract duration is 72 months (36mth + 12mth + 12mth + 12mth)Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required
Lot #2These community equipment services have a service specification designed to address…Awarded

These community equipment services have a service specification designed to address key priorities and targets for health and social care in each Local Authority area. They provide and enable the use of equipment to maintain independence within service users' homes quickly and effectively as far possible. The main activities of both services will involve the procurement, maintenance, storage and subsequent delivery and collection of equipment upon receipt of an equipment prescription from a Clinician working within the relevant service.

The service includes the installation of, and technical demonstration on the use of, equipment and further assistance where necessary. The range of goods and services includes equipment to support occupational therapy, physiotherapy and nursing clinical requirements for the enablement of the service user.

The services also include a minor adaptations service, covering basic adaptations (such as the installation of key safes) and more specialist work such as installing ramps and gallivanted rails.

Delivery: South West
Extensions: Up to 3 options to extend for a 12 months period i.e. total contract duration is 72 months (36mth + 12mth + 12mth + 12mth)Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

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.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.

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
16 Dec 2021, 12:26 GMT
Last source update
2 Nov 2022, 11:29 GMT
Award evaluation window
26 Jan 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN583899
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030934
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesMedical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care productsOther community, social and personal servicesRepair and maintenance services
Delivery area
South West (UKK41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030211 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
26 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
26 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Jan 2022 → 2 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    26 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    2 Nov 2022, 11:29 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Nov 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Nov 2022, 11:29 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    2 Nov 2022, 11:29 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £24,105,6642 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 71 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 6 Oct 2022

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · These community equipment services have a service specification designed to address…4bids · 4 electronic1——
2 · These community equipment services have a service specification designed to address…3bids · 3 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Plymouth City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Ballard House, West Hoe Road,, Plymouth, South West, PL1 3BJContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Torbay CouncilContracting authority Torbay, South WestContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.