Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health & Social Care Trust Area
A Modification Notice
by WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Source
- OJEU
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 5 year
- Value
- £10M-£19M
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 04 May 2022
- Delivery
- To 07 Feb 2029 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Derry
2 buyers
3 suppliers
- Bryson Care West Belfast
- North West Care & Support Limavady
- Connected Health Belfast
Description
Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area Lot 3 Limavady Guaranteed Hours 1,953 per week Estimated Time Specific Hours 1,053 hours per week
Ammendments to Previous Notice
2. Contract value
GBP 15,795,984 18,781,688
Award Detail
1 | Bryson Care West (Belfast)
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2 | North West Care & Support (Limavady)
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3 | Connected Health (Belfast)
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CPV Codes
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Indicators
- Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.
Legal Justification
The Trust refers to its response at VII.2.1 above.The first condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c)(i) PCR 2015 is that the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. Regulation 72(1)(c)(i) PCR 2015 is satisfied in respect of this modification as the need for modification has been brought about by external circumstances, which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen when the Trust awarded these Contracts back in 2016. This is continued in VI.3 Additional information
Other Information
Reference VII.2.2 continued. .Extension of Contract Period. The Trust is preparing to re-tender this Service. Unfortunately, this reprocurement exercise has been delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in particular due to staff diversion to deal with urgent and unforeseen Covid-19 consequences and exceptional pressures on the domiciliary care sector, this front line service and other critical areas affected by Covid-19. As such, new contracts under the re-procurement exercise will not be in place before the expiry of the current Contracts in Lot 3 on 28th February 2022. In order to ensure the continued and uninterrupted service delivery of this critical front line service in the interim, the Trust issued a letter dated 24th February 2022 to amend the Contracts in Lot 3 with effect from 1st March 2022 (Variation Date) so that the Contract Period shall be amended to include one further period of extension of 12 months commencing on 1st March 2022 and expiring on 28th February 2023. . Department of Health Direction. The DoH NI direction has been brought about by exceptional circumstances; the need identified by the DoH NI to provide the Additional Funding to the independent domiciliary care sector is as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the exceptional and unforeseen pressures on the domiciliary care sector and this critical frontline service.. The second condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c)(ii) is that the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract.. Here the service, being a domiciliary care service, is unchanged. As such, the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract and therefore satisfies Regulation 72(1)(c)(ii). The final condition of this ground under Regulation 72(c)(iii) is met in that the increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The increase in price for Lot 3 is £2,985,705 and the value of the original Contracts for Lot 3 is £9,500,000.
Reference
- OJEU 238335-2022