Provision of a Community Equipment Service for the Management of SEHSCT Owned Beds, Mattresses, Hoists and Slings (for South Eastern HSC Trust)

Contracts

• Contract 021451-2023-789529-1 · Arjo UK Ltd

  Signed

  23 Dec 2018

  Value

  £2,837,970

  Status

  active

  • Change The Contracting Authority wishes to state that it intends to utilise Regulation 72(1)(b)(ii): ‘72.-(1) Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in any of the following cases:- (b)for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority.’ Current Contract (reference 789529) was for an initial 3-year period, with options to extend for up to 36 months, making a total maximum potential contract period of 6 years (as per Contract Award Notice 2018/S 090-204410). The published awarded value was £1,891,980. The Contract is entering its sixth and final year. A new tender exercise (reference 4919360) is currently underway, due for publication later this year (i.e. 2023). The contract has seen increased cost pressure and activity directly related to the impact of COVID-19 on the Service. The awarded value will not be sufficient to enable the final year of the contract to run within the awarded contract budget. This modification seeks to amend the awarded value by 50 percent (to £2,837,970) to provide a sufficient contract budget to facilitate the final year of the contract, whilst the new tender exercise is undertaken. To establish a new or interim provider for the remaining 11 months of Contract, during which time a new tender exercise (ref 4919360) will be carried out, would not be feasible and would lead to duplication of effort and costs., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: COVID Pandemic and inflation events.

Dispute resolution & review bodies

• Business Services OrganisationReview body Belfast