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Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 140-320820/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
National registration number: E38000007
Postal address: Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Rd
Town: Basildon
Postal code: SS14 3HG
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Amy Wilson
Email: amy.wilson@attain.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available.
Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible,free of charge,at:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service

Reference number: ACE-0332-2018B&B
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: The Contracting Authority, NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking a suitably qualified provider to deliver an integrated Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service to commence 1.4.2019. Delivering the new integrated service is critical to building care holistically around the needs of our local population to improve their outcomes and to support them to achieve wellbeing.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 14850000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000, 85000000, 85100000, 85323000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKH3
Main site or place of performance:The boroughs of Basildon and Brentwood, Essex
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Contracting Authority, NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking a suitably qualified provider to deliver an integrated Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service to commence 1.4.2019. Delivering the new integrated service is critical to building care holistically around the needs of our local population to improve their outcomes and to support them to achieve wellbeing. Through integration with other services (including primary care), the new model will ensure improved outcomes for patients and wider efficiencies for the NHS, for example, in reducing A&E attendances, short stay admissions and prescribing costs. As part of its commitment to improving Mental Health and wellbeing services for its local population and in line with the Mental Health Five Year Forward View, the Contracting Authority is undertaking this procurement exercise to secure a new model for an IAPT service that is fully integrated and as such has taken the decision not to break this service into Lots of Core and LTC in order to integrate the core provision of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) with the provision for patients with Long Term Conditions. The service delivery will be in line with the GP Forward View and our local out of hospital strategy that seeks to improve the interface between primary care and IAPT services. The increase in access to psychological therapies incorporating LTC as part of the integrated service will be targeted with an expectation that two-thirds of the additional people receiving services will have co-morbid physical and mental health conditions or persistent medically unexplained symptoms by 2020/21. It is expected that the service will be aligned to the CCGs five neighbourhoods, meaning more convenient and tailored treatment and relieving pressure on general practice as set out in the General Practice Forward View. Full details of the Contracting Authority requirements are set out the Specification available within the Procurement Pack. All procurement documents relating to this opportunity are available at link: A Supplier Guide for responding to online tenders using the Atamis eTendering portal has been made available as an attachment to this notice. Further guidance can be accessed via the link above. Please note that the submission deadline is 17:00 on 22.8.2018.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 14850000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:There is an option to extend for up to two (2) years until 31.3.2024.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.14) Additional information: See section VI.3

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions: As stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2018-08-22 Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2019-02-22
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2018-08-22 Local time: 17:00

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information:
Sections II.1.5 and II.2.6: The estimated contract value provided in this notice (14 850 000 GBP) is inclusive of the potential option to extend and addition of services during the life of the contract. The Suggest Maximum Price for the three year contract duration which will apply as an affordability envelope for the purposes of bidding is set out below. Any bids received in excess of such affordability envelopes will be excluded. Price evaluation will be conducted on the Commercial Offer for the first three years of the contract. Year 1-3 = 7 361 429 GBP. The Contracting Authority may wish to expand services during the lifetime of the contract potentially resulting in a significantly wider network of integrated services being delivered than set out in the Services Specification at the time of contract award. Such modifications will be contemplated where such services are similar/complementary to the services already included in the IAPT Services Specification at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services provided and/or commissioned by NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group. NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group may also add grant funding to the IAPT contract where such grants are awarded to the contracting authority and relate to the services and outcomes required under the Services Specification. The IAPT Contract may therefore have a contract value of up to 14 850 000 GBP over the five years depending on the further addition and integration of services. The Contracting Authority do not guarantee or grant any exclusivity in relation to any such services during the life of the contract. Section II.2.5 Award criteria: The contract will be awarded on the basis of a 30:70 price: quality weighting using the published evaluation criteria in the procurement documents. Minimum score thresholds will also be used to ensure that only bids which meet minimum quality standards will be considered. Section IV.1.1) 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, single stage application process akin to the Open procedure, involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services. The withdrawal at any time during the procurement process of:
(i) the Contracting Authority from this procurement and/or
(ii) any of the services included within the IAPT Specification at the date of publication of the contract notice shall not result in an automatic cancellation of the procurement process.
Bidders are referred to the ITT Process Overview document on how the Contracting Authority will manage such matters should they arise.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
Postal address: Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Rd
Town: Basildon
Postal code: SS14 3HG
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: amy.wilson@attain.co.uk
Internet address:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2018-07-20

Post written by: Andrew Perry