Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
99E
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Rd,
Basildon
SS14 3HG
UK
Contact person: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
E-mail: kevin.edwards@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk
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
Mid and South Essex Community Services
Reference number: ACE-0747-2024-MSE
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Community services in Mid and South Essex are delivered by three organisations – EPUT NELFT and Provide CIC. The three sovereign organisations have been working as a provider collaborative for 3 years under a contractual joint venture. The provider collaborative is known as the Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative (MSECC).
All three community contracts are coterminous and expire at the end of March 2024
Community health services are complex and as a result of legacy commissioning arrangements there are substantial variation in the way services are commissioned and delivered across MSE. This disparity is closely related to historic CCG funding variance.
Moving to a hosted single contract for community services across the ICS is in line with National Strategies of the NHS Long Term Plan and the Health Care Act (2022), which place a strong emphasis on the integration of Health and Care services and the expansion of community services, with more services delivered at home.
It is expected that a single solution across the ICS footprint will deliver more effective care focused at place, mitigating inequalities and providing consistent care across the whole of the ICB. The community services will align to the four key aims established for MSEICS:
1. Improve outcomes in populations health and healthcare
2. Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
3. Enhance productivity and value for money
4. Support broader social and economic development
Locking MSECC into the system architecture provides the opportunity to create the stability needed to both deliver the immediate system priorities as well as support a strategic review of community services’ future needs, with the view to create a core offer of community health care for people in mid and south Essex that safeguards an effective and sustainable health and care system.
The three providers are the only technically capable of delivering the services based on the factors above and the significant time all organisations and the ICB have spent developing this integrated model. The contract will be awarded to Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) with North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and Provide Community Interest Company (CIC) as significant sub-contract partners.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
450 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
Main site or place of performance:
Mid and South Essex Health Economy
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Community services in Mid and South Essex are delivered by three organisations – EPUT NELFT and Provide CIC. The three sovereign organisations have been working as a provider collaborative for 3 years under a contractual joint venture. The provider collaborative is known as the Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative (MSECC).
All three community contracts are coterminous and expire at the end of March 2024
Community health services are complex and as a result of legacy commissioning arrangements there are substantial variation in the way services are commissioned and delivered across MSE. This disparity is closely related to historic CCG funding variance.
Moving to a hosted single contract for community services across the ICS is in line with National Strategies of the NHS Long Term Plan and the Health Care Act (2022), which place a strong emphasis on the integration of Health and Care services and the expansion of community services, with more services delivered at home.
It is expected that a single solution across the ICS footprint will deliver more effective care focused at place, mitigating inequalities and providing consistent care across the whole of the ICB. The community services will align to the four key aims established for MSEICS:
1. Improve outcomes in populations health and healthcare
2. Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
3. Enhance productivity and value for money
4. Support broader social and economic development
Locking MSECC into the system architecture provides the opportunity to create the stability needed to both deliver the immediate system priorities as well as support a strategic review of community services’ future needs, with the view to create a core offer of community health care for people in mid and south Essex that safeguards an effective and sustainable health and care system.
The three providers are the only technically capable of delivering the services based on the factors above and the significant time all organisations and the ICB have spent developing this integrated model. The contract will be awarded to Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) with North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and Provide Community Interest Company (CIC) as significant sub-contract partners.
MSECC is a provider collaborative, recognised nationally for its track record of delivering valuable outcomes and ambitions to deliver care ‘better together’. During 23/24 MSECC participated in the National Provider Collaborative Innovator Scheme, the sole community provider collaboration selected. The diversity, scale and unique contributions of the three community health providers brings added value to the MSE system through strength, opportunities and resilience.
The three community provider organisations (EPUT, NELFT and Provide) came together to reduce unwarranted variation in care and outcomes for service users across MSE. Considerable progress has been made through building relationships, holding honest and open conversations, sharing expertise and resources and by exploring solutions together. By developing solid foundations MSECC has been able to work together to unscramble complex issues and ease thorny challenges, demonstrating tangible benefits for our population, staff and system.
Award of NHS Standard Contact following Direct Award Process A (DAPA).
Contract term of three years.
The expected total contract value has been calculated based on the financial baselining of all the current in-scope services and to include the full contract term. The contract value will be £150 million per annum, equating to £450 million for the contract term. This equates to just under 4% increase on current contract values.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: No realistic alternative provider
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
100
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award
NHS Provider Selection Regime Direct Award A.
Decision makers are: - Finance and Investment Committee and Main Board
Conflicts of interest identified among committee: [number]. The non-conflicted members have assessed the nature and risk of this conflict, and have decided which steps to take to avoid or manage it. Recused from that agenda item where the conflict existed. COI is managed using the ICB COI process along with NHSE COI guidance and the PSR reg 21 and guidance
Contract value - £450,000,000 for a period of 3 years.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Mid and South Essex Community Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/03/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Y61
The Lodge, Lodge Approach
Runwell
SS11 7XX
UK
NUTS: UKH3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 450 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/03/2024