Nutrition Supply Services for Frimley and BOB ICB's

A Prior Information Notice
by NHS FRIMLEY ICB AND NHS BUCKINGSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE WEST

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Future Contract (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
0
Sector
HEALTH
Published
14 Sep 2023
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

BRISTOL

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (Frimley ICB) and NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) are both seeking to engage with potential providers to understand the position of the market and help develop an approach for commissioning Nutrition Supply Services. Frimley ICB and BOB ICB ("The Commissioners") are intending to carry out one joint procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical areas. It is their intention to split the procurement into 2 lots, as detailed in the description section of this Notice, but this is not yet confirmed. The responses to the questionnaire may influence this approach. The Contracting Authority for Lot 1 would be Frimley ICB, and the Contracting Authority for Lot 2 would be BOB ICB.

Lot Division

1 Provision of oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB

Frimley ICB and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB are intending to carry out one joint procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical areas. The Contracting Authority for Lot 1 would be Frimley Integrated Care Board. The Commissioners' intention is for this contract to be for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years. Lot 1 - Provide oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB (Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust). The enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB would include: - Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for hospitals with delivery to sites - Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for community patients with a home delivery service. - Hospital and community clinical nursing support service (Organisations included: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Frimley ICB, Berkshire West area of BOB ICB). The Commissioners invite interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 12 noon on Thursday 28th September 2023 via our e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
2 Provision of oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Frimley ICB and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB are intending to carry out one joint procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical areas. The Contracting Authority for Lot 2 would be Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board. The Commissioners' intention is for this contract to be for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years. Lot 2 - Provide oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers and enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB (Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust) The enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB would include: - Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for hospitals with delivery to sites - Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for community patients with a home delivery service. - Hospital and community clinical nursing support service (Organisations included: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB). The Commissioners invite interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 12 noon on Thursday 28th September 2023 via our e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

CPV Codes

  • 85100000 - Health services
  • 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.

Other Information

This contract would be for both goods and services. This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. If you have any problems accessing the questionnaire, please email carey.bovington@nhs.net If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest / market engagement questionnaire. The Services are deemed to be subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and, as such, this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This contract will therefore be awarded in accordance with the provisions applicable in Section 5 (sub-section 7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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