Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area - Lot6 Extension

A Modification Notice
by WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Source
OJEU
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
6 year
Value
£8M-£12M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
30 May 2023
Delivery
To 07 Feb 2030 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Derry

Geochart for 2 buyers and 3 suppliers

Description

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area Lot 6 Enniskillen Guaranteed Hours 1,692 hours per week; Estimated Time Specific Hours 912 hours per week

Ammendments to Previous Notice

2. Contract value

GBP 10,057,185 11,825,971

Award Detail

1 North West Care & Support (Limavady)
  • Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area - Lot 6 Enniskillen
  • Reference: 12279
  • Value: £8,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 Lakeland Community Care (Belcoo)
  • Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area - Lot 6 Enniskillen
  • Reference: 12279
  • Value: £8,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
3 Care Plus (Enniskillen)
  • Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area - Lot 6 Enniskillen
  • Reference: 12279
  • Value: £8,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.

CPV Codes

  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

  • Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Other Information

Reference VII.2.2 continued: Extension of Contract Period As such, new contracts under the re-procurement exercise will not be in place before the expiry of the current Contracts in Lot 6 on 28/02/2023.In order to ensure the continued and uninterrupted service delivery of this critical front line service, in the interim, the Trust issued a letter 23/02/2023 to amend the Contracts in Lot 6 with effect from 23/02/2023 (Variation Date) so that the Contract Period shall be amended to include one further period of extension of 12 months commenting on 01/03/2023 and expiring on 29/02/2024. Department of Health Direction The Health Minister made an announcement on 24/11/2021 that additional funding for pressures on service provision within the Independent Domiciliary Care sector (“Additional Funding”) would be available for the current financial year for the domiciliary care sector. Following this announcement, the Department of Health Northern Ireland (“DoH NI”) made a direction in respect of this Additional Funding. The direction from the DoH NI stated:- “The overarching principles of this additional funding is to ensure that Independent Sector providers deliver significant improvements in the pay, and terms and conditions for staff across the sector. This has been emphasised to the sector representatives who have committed to ensuring that the uplift in funding will be utilised to stabilise and increase capacity across the sector. It is also the Department’s expectation that Trusts will work proactively with the sector to maximise capacity within areas of greatest need in terms of step-down and discharge from hospitals, waiting lists and unmet need. The Department will also continue to engage with the sector to drive these changes.” The Trust issued a letter dated 22/12/2021 to current Providers to vary the Contract to increase Providers’ Hourly Rates to 8.00 per hour from 01/11/2021 until 28/02/2022 and a letter dated 24/02/2022 to vary the Contract to increase Providers’ Hourly Rates to £18.00 per hour from 1-31 March 2022 in accordance with the above noted direction of the DoH NI. The DoH NI further directed as follows:(1) that the Additional Funding referred to above of £18.00 per hour continue to be paid for the financial year 2022/2023; and (2) that the hourly rate of £18.00 referred to above should be further increased to £18.08 per hour to reflect the increase in the 2022/23 Employers National Insurance Contribution rate to ensure that the ability of Providers to improve the terms and conditions for their staff is not diminished with the implementation of the statutory increase in Employers National Insurance Contribution rates. The Trust issued a letter dated 23/02/2023 to current Providers to vary the Contract to increase Providers’ Hourly Rates to £18.08 per hour from 01/04/2022 until 28/02/2023 in accordance with the above noted direction of the DoH NI. The Trust is bound by statute to comply with directions of the DoH NI and as such to make payment as directed of an increased Hourly Rate of £18.08 to its current domiciliary care providers for the period from 01/03/2023 until 31/03/2023.In compliance with this statutory obligation to comply with the DoH NI direction, the Trust therefore issued a further letter dated 23/02/2023 to all current Providers to vary the Contract in respect of this direction. 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 6 is £1768786 and the value of the original Contracts for Lot 6 is £8000000.

Reference

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