Published date: 28 November 2016

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£0 to £7,570,000

Procurement reference

Supportive and End of Life Care Service/2

Published date

28 November 2016

Closing date

16 September 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) wishes to procure and commission The Provision of a Supportive and End of Life Care Service to meet the needs of people in the last 12 weeks of life.

The aim of this service is to provide care and support to people in Liverpool who have been identified as being in the last 12 weeks of life and their families, and have identified their usual place of residence as their preferred place of care and death. By delivering care in the person's preferred place of residence, enables people to remain in their home (home, care home, hostel etc.).

The service will be equitable to all people identified as being in the last 12 weeks of life in Liverpool and will deliver the following:

• Holistic care, support and advice
• Hands on practical, social and psychological support
• Spiritual and religious support
• Crisis and planned responses
• Respite for carers

The service is to promote continuity of care, patient dignity and offers patients, their families and carers appropriate advice concerning their care.

The contract duration will be 3 (three) years, with one optional extension of up to 2 (two) years. It is intended that the new service will commence from 1st April 2017, with contract signature anticipated early November 2016. The total value of the contracts over the 5 years is estimated at circa. £7.57 million.

The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, one-stage application process akin to the Open Procedure. LCCG does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 services. This opportunity is also being advertised in OJEU.

Potential Bidders, intending to participate through the procurement process are now invited to register an interest and access the procurement documents (ITT, Service Specification, Bidder Instructions etc.) via the electronic procurement portal EU-Supply available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com. Once you have logged into the EU-Supply Portal, SEARCH FOR TENDER REFERENCE 24694 ('The Provision of Supportive and End of Life Care Service').

**The DEADLINE for submissions of ITT responses for which Bids must be submitted through the EU-Supply Portal, is 5pm on 16 September 2016**.

Registration on EU-Supply is FREE and the attached EU-Supply - Quick User Guide will be helpful. If you need technical support on the EU-Supply Portal, please contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

The Provision of a Supportive and End of Life Care Service on behalf of NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group

  • Opportunity
  • Published 2 August 2016

Attachments

Additional text

All procurement documents are available to be downloaded FREE of charge in electronic format from the EU-Supply Electronic Procurement portal, available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com ref 24694. Please see attachment which provides user guide and registration instructions for the EU-Supply portal, including help with technical queries. THE DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES is 5pm, 16 September 2016.

Award information

Awarded date

28 November 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£7,400,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Address

89 Embankment
Vauxhall
SE1 7TP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Ekkehard Kugler

Address

Chandlers Point, 33-35 Broadway
Salford
M50 2UW
England

Email

ekkehard_kugler@nhs.net