The ICB has set higher and lower budgetary thresholds for each lot which is explained within the additional information box

Concepts

• icb
• health and social work
• glenfield
• llr icb
• icb’s discretion
• lower budgetary thresholds
• non-emergency patient transport service
• specific cohorts of patients
• nhs leicester
• leicestershire & rutland integrated care board

Location

East Midlands England:

Description

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) is seeking to commission a provider or providers to deliver their Patient Transport Services (PTS), to include Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS). The contract currently operating is due to expire on the 31st of March 2024. The ICB wishes to receive responses to the Invitation to Tenders (ITTs) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary skill and experience (or a demonstrable ability to provide the skill and experience) to provide the range of services required. The ICB has re-designed the way Patient Transport Services are specified in Leicestershire. They are looking for stand-alone services for specific cohorts of patients which have varying needs. To that end the re-procurement will be split into 3 lots so 3 separate contracts may be awarded, however, bidders will have the opportunity to bid for all of the lots or any combination of lots. For the avoidance of doubt each bid will be scored on their individual merit. Therefore, it is possible that contracts could be issued to a single provider. The lots are split as follows: - Lot 1 Dedicated Renal Dialysis The Provider is responsible for delivering a dedicated renal dialysis transport provision to all patients who require Dialysis & nocturnal Dialysis and are registered to an LLR GP. - Lot 2 TRIPPS This service will provide High Dependency/Blue Light, Bariatric and End of Life out of University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) Emergency Departments (ED) and LLR Healthcare Settings to their destination. - Lot 3 NEPTS The service will provide transport, where a medical condition means that a patient would struggle to safely attend their treatment independently, to LLR registered patients. This will include transport to and from outpatient appointments, discharges, admissions, non-High Dependency transfers, Community Mental Health appointments and therapy groups, including on the day activity and planned. The aim of the services is to deliver high quality, dignified and safe patient transport to specific cohorts of patients, ensuring all eligible patients are able to travel in a timely manner, without adverse impact on their medical condition. The services will be person-centred, and providers will need to be committed to the ‘personalisation’ of the whole service(s) from the point of first contact when the booking is made, through to pick-up, relationship of the driver with the patient (and escort if applicable), journey to the destination, supporting the patient in preparation for their transport and arrival at home or nominated place of residence or other healthcare setting. The ICB is also seeking innovation from providers that can maximise the use of information technology and fully utilise technological solutions to deliver service efficiencies to drive quality, safety, sustainability, value for money and improved patient and service user satisfaction. Each contract will be awarded for a term of five (5) years from the Service start date with the possibility of extending the term for up to another 5 years beyond the initial contracted term at the ICB’s discretion. The contract start date is 1st of April 2024.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

Each contract will be awarded for a term of five (5) years from the Service start date with the possibility of extending the term for up to another 5 years beyond the initial contracted term at the ICB’s discretion. The contract start date is 1st of April 2024.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** … Each contract will be awarded for a term of five (5) years from the Service start date with the possibility of extending the term for up to another 5 years beyond the initial contracted term at the ICB’s discretion. The contract start date is 1st of April 2024. The ICB has set higher and lower budgetary thresholds for each lot, as follows: Full cost envelope (Higher Limit) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Lot 1 £2,657,764 £2,790,653 £2,846,466 £2,903,395 £2,961,463 £14,157,74 Lot 2 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £5,895,621 Lot 3 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £24,530,669 Total cost envelope 8,743,022 £8,875,911 £8,931,724 £8,988,653 £9,046,721 £46,146,093 Full cost envelope (Lower Limit) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Lot 1 £1,948,075 £2,045,479 £2,086,389 £2,128,117 £2,170,679 £10,378,739 Lot 2 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £4,255,150 Lot 3 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £18,230,740 Total cost envelope £6,445,253 £6,542,657 £6,583,567 £6,625,295 £6,667,857 £32,864,629 . Any bid(s) received that is(are) over or below the set thresholds will be eliminated from the procurement These services are being treated as Schedule 3 services (healthcare services) and as such are being procured using the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An open type single stage procedure is being used which is proportionate to the complexity and value of these services. The invitation to tender (ITT) will be available from 23rd September 2022 on the ML CSU Bravo portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 12:00 noon on 21st November 20. Bidder clarifications may be submitted to the ICB (via the ML CSU Bravo portal only) during the procurement process up to 17:00 14th November 2022. We recommend current providers of similar services, providers who may be interested in providing this service, or other stakeholders who may have an interest in providing this to register on the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo (Jaggaer) to register their interest and get access to the ITT and all the related procurement documentation. To register on the Bravo/Jaggaer portal If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. 1) Register on the portal webpage at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). 2) Once registered, candidates must Express their Interest (when the tender is published) by: a) logging into the ML CSU eTendering portal b) selecting response to ITT_938/939/940/941 (project_861 - LLR PTS 2022), c) select Open Access ITT_938/939/940/941 (project_861 - LLR PTS 2022), d) search for and access listing related to this tender and view details, e) click on Express Interest link. 3) Once you have expressed your interest, please access the My ITTs page, where you can view all the documentation (and download if required) and construct your reply in the Bravo online questionnaires, as instructed. The deadline will be detailed in the tender documentation. For technical support in submitting your Expression of Interest or registering on the ‘Bravo Solution’ Electronic Sourcing system please contact the Bravo/Jaggaer helpdesk via Tel: 0800 069 8630 or email: help@bravosolution.co.uk. All communications from Bidders (including their Bidder Members) during the period of the Procurement must be directed to MLCSU via the ‘messaging’ area within the ML CSU online procurement portal: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. Strictly no other forms of communication to MLCSU or the ICB