Published date: 6 March 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£966,000 to £1,932,000
Procurement reference
WA12696
Published date
6 March 2023
Closing date
5 April 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 October 2023
Contract end date
30 September 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Somerset Integrated Care Board seeks to commission Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review and Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services for patients registered with a Somerset GP. The service is being procured as two separate lots within a single process.
Suppliers are invited to bid for one or more of the following:
Lot 1: Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review
The aim of this service is to deliver a high quality, safe and effective community service that ensures home oxygen therapy is appropriately prescribed to patients with clinical need whilst ensuring service prescribers, users and their carers are well informed about the nature, scope and capability of the service and that provision is evidence based, clinical led and continually strives to improve outcomes.
Lot 2: Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service
The aim of the service is to promote and embed pulmonary rehabilitation as an essential component in the management of patients with COPD and other chronic respiratory conditions within a high quality, safe and effective environment.
The contracts will be for an initial term of 2 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 2 years. The available budget per annum, exclusive of recoverable VAT is:
Lot 1: Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review: £229,000
Lot 2: Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service: £254,000
This gives a total contractual value for the combined service of £966,000
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.
Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations
About the buyer
Contact name
Donna Harrington
Address
Wynford House, Lufton Way
Yeovil
BA22 8HR
England
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