Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Wester Health & Social Care Trust - Lot 4 Extension

Concepts

• social work
• provision of domiciliary care services
• derry
• social care trust - lot
• health and social work
• community and personal services
• wester health
• wester health & social care trust
• western health
• western health and social care trust area

Location

Derry

Description

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area Lot 4 Lisnaskea Guaranteed Hours 1,590 hours per week; Estimated Time Specific Hours 855 hours per week

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

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) 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: The Trust is preparing to re-tender this Service. Unfortunately, this re-procurement exercise has been delayed as a result of the matters detailed in the Trust’s letter to Providers dated 25th March 2022, as well as unforeseen Department of Health Northern Ireland (“DoH NI”) and regional Health and Social Care (“HSC”) policy requirements which materially impact upon the re-procurement process. As such, new contracts under the re-procurement exercise will not be in place before the expiry of the current Contracts in Lot 4 on 31st January 2024. In order to ensure the continued and uninterrupted service delivery of this critical front line service, in the interim, the Trust issued a letter 23 February 2023 to amend the Contracts in Lot 4 with effect from 23rd February 2023 (Variation Date) so that the Contract Period shall be amended to include one further period of extension of 12 months commenting on 1st February 2024 and expiring on 31st January 2025. 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(1)(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 4 is £1,875,764 and the value of the original Contracts for Lot 4 is £7,000,000.