Published date: 22 March 2022

This notice was replaced on 5 May 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 5 May 2022)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£1,882,237

Procurement reference

NHS/SOEPS.19.574.2 PINCC

Published date

22 March 2022

Closing date

21 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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

This notice is to inform the market of the intention of the Authority to direct award contracts to TBC Healthcare Ltd, and Sussex Medical Chambers Ltd for up to a period of 22 months. The contract would start from 1 June 2022.

The COVID pandemic, with the consequent need to focus resource on managing repeated waves and subsequent, ongoing recovery and restoration priorities have caused a delay in re-commissioning Tier 3 Bariatric services across Sussex, which we had intended to undertake during the 20/21 financial year. We now anticipate undertaking a procurement in the early part of 22/23 and preparation for this is underway.

Tier 3 weight management service provision aims to:

• To provide an alternative to surgical intervention

• To prepare patients adequately if a surgical intervention is required

• To improve health outcomes in severely obese patients

• To provide a maintenance plan for patients who are exiting the service

To provide a service for patients who meet the referral criteria

• To improve health outcomes in severely obese patients

• To reduce the health burden of obesity

In order to ensure that there is no break in service availability for current patients, many of whom would have only recently commenced lengthy pathways, we intend to renew the current Tier 3 weight management contracts in East Sussex (High Weald Lewes & Havens) and West Sussex CCG (for North West and Mid Sussex) with TBC Healthcare Ltd for 22 months, and in West Sussex CCG (for Coastal West Sussex) with Sussex Medical Chambers Ltd, also for 22 months. Where these contracts are superseded by contracts arising from the planned procurement, they will be terminated early in accordance with the contractual terms and conditions and in the best interests of patients.
Contract values are as follows:

TBC Healthcare Ltd:
East Sussex CCG (old HLWH CCG area) = £227,490
West Sussex CCG (for North West and Mid Sussex) = £823,405

Sussex Medical Chambers Ltd:
West Sussex CCG (for Coastal West Sussex) = £831,342.

If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority shall enter into a contract with the incumbent providers to ensure continuity of services, relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice.

If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of this PIN further, please make contact by sending a portal message via the project on the Intend e-Tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/ in the first instance by 12pm (midday) on Thursday 21st April 2022.

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Please note: NHS England and Improvement have announced that the Sussex Health and Care Partnership, which is made up of all health and care organisations across East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, has successfully met the criteria to become an Integrated Care System (ICS). An ICS is a way of working across health and care organisations that allows them to work closer together, to take collective responsibility of the health and wellbeing of populations across large areas.

It is not anticipated that the statutory responsibility or accountability of the individual health and care organisations working as an ICS will be affected, save for the expectation that CCG organisations will be abolished and functions transferred to the ICS. As a result of these intended healthcare reforms, the Contracting Authorities, currently NHS West Sussex CCG, and NHS East Sussex CCG, may change during the life of the contract.
Refer to South of England Procurement Services to trigger the review process. This process can be further escalated to NHS Improvement or High Court of England and Wales.

About the buyer

Address

NHS South of England Procurement Services
Sackville House Brookes Close
Lewes
BN7 2FZ
England

Email

aelliott1@nhs.net