Home Oxygen Service for the South-West Region

Concepts

• oxygen therapy
• bristol
• yeovil
• chippenham
• exeter
• gloucester
• dorchester
• st austell
• nhs devon
• homes of service users resident

Location

South West England: South West of England

Description

NHS Devon Integrated Care Board would like to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for the provision of a Home Oxygen Service ("the Services") for the South West Region. NHS Devon is seeking to establish a joint contractual arrangement for the Services as Lead Commissioner on behalf of all South-West Integrated Care Boards: • NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board; • NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board; • NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board; • NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board; • NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board; and • NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board. together ("the Commissioners") The Services involve the provision of oxygen equipment, consumables and related services in the homes of service users resident in the South-West of England. This procurement is being administered by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Devon would like to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for the provision of a Home Oxygen Service for the South West Region. NHS Devon is procuring the Services as Lead Commissioner on behalf of all South-West Integrated Care Boards. The Service involves the provision of oxygen equipment, consumables and related services in the homes of service users resident in the South-West of England. NHS Devon, as lead contracting authority on behalf of 7 Integrated Care Boards, is looking to commission Services that provide: • A high level quality • An innovative and greener NHS service with net zero ambition. • A cost effective and efficient service with flexible delivery and installation that improves quality of life for service users. • Service users are supported to ensure they receive a safe and clinically effective treatment. • An equitable service that reduces or eliminates disparities in health outcomes, with a particular focus on those at greatest risk based on social conditions. The Services the Supplier shall carry out include (but is not limited to) the following: • Provide a Customer Contact Centre staffed appropriately 24 hours a day • To receive and process HOOFs and make contact to arrange delivery; • Supply and install the Equipment as directed by the HOOF; • Train the Service User and/or the Carers and ensure that such training is effective • Provide a User Manual to Service Users and clinicians as appropriate • Re-supply and re-stock oxygen supplies; • Reimbursement of electricity costs for Service User's Accounts using static concentrators including self-fill and Transportable (where it is used as the primary source); • Provide Secondary Supply arrangements for use at alternative premises (e.g. secondary addresses; respite; schools) • Supply and service equipment to HOS-AR where applicable • Service and maintain the Equipment This processed is being administered by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s). Additional information: The Contract will be for an initial term of 7 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 3 years (maximum of 10 years), as defined and at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. Services are scheduled to commence on 1st October 2023. The Services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). NHS Devon reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.

CPV Codes

• 85111700 - Oxygen-therapy services
• 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
• 42996600 - Oxygenation equipment
• 79510000 - Telephone-answering services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home In order to submit a bid, you will need to be registered on the e-procurement system and 'express an interest', and then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents. On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence. Bids must be by way of completion and submission of the Standard Selection Questionnaire (in accordance with the requirements set out in the ITT) and Tender by the date and time specified in Section IV2.2. Bidders are encouraged to submit their submissions well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may be due to the high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications on the same date at the same time. The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services. Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations. The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations. Unsuccessful Bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the Bidder/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the Regulations