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Published 12 Aug 2021, 16:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART)

Official notice

Authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 5 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£5,672,580≈ £1.9m / year · 1 value update
Submissions closed 25 Nov 2021awarded 7 Feb 2022
Awarded to Age UK Lincoln and South Lincolnshire
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of this procurement activity was to source suitable, capable, quality provision of health care and support services for patients across Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The service was procured by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of and for the lead commissioner and contracting authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS); working in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), and in partnership across Integrated Care System (ICS) health and social care partner organisations.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust issued an Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement of Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART). Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is “the Contracting Authority” to this Tender and resulting contract. Lincolnshire County Council are an additional named user of the service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust are acting as the agent of the Contracting Authority in all matters relating to this procurement.

This service contract was offered with a maximum prospective budget of £1,134,516.00 per annum. This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, in line with the procurement commercial schedules.

The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity is therefore up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027. The maximum prospective value of contact terms is therefore £5,672,580.00 over 5 years.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£4,114,765
Contract period: 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, and the commercial schedule has been set out accordingly planning for this duration. The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity will therefore be up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027. · This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, and the commercial schedule has been set out accordingly planning for this duration. The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity will therefore be up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 45%Price: 55%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Technical Evaluation: 45%
  • price: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Technical Evaluation: 45
  • Price: 55
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
12 Aug 2021, 16:13 BST
Last source update
17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
Award evaluation window
25 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN542641
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004514
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b 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
25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Sept 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    19 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2021
  1. Published value updated to £5,672,580
    20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
    was £4,114,765
  2. Status changed to active
    20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
  4. Deadline published: 25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
    20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    20 Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT
  7. Buyer details updated
    17 Feb 2022, 11:53 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,672,5801 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Age UK Lincoln and South LincolnshireSME£5,672,580 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART) · Age UK Lincoln and South LincolnshireSME

    Signed
    7 Feb 2022
    Value
    £5,672,580
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Beech House, Witham Park, Waterside South,, Lincoln, East Midlands, LN5 7JHContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS TrustReview body Lincoln

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.