Provision of All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Service

Concepts

• health services
• stafford
• community health services
• integrated care board
• healthcare services
• the new service commencement date
• the health care services
• the health care services (provider selection regime
• a service start date
• all age continuing care

Location

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

Description

NHS Midlands & Lancashire (MLCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB), intended to follow the Most Suitable Provider process (MSP) in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for its provision of All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Service, with the CPV codes 85100000-0 (Healthcare Services) and 85323000-9 (Community health services, but only in respect of community health services which are delivered to individuals).

Total Quantity or Scope

INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE FOR MOST SUITABLE PROVIDER PROCESS FOR PROVISION OF ALL AGE CONTINUING CARE (AACC) SERVICE FOR NHS STAFFORDSHIRE AND STOKE-ON-TRENT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (SSOT ICB) NHS Midlands & Lancashire (MLCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB), intended to follow the Most Suitable Provider process (MSP) in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for its provision of All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Service, with the CPV codes 85100000-0 (Healthcare Services) and 85323000-9 (Community health services, but only in respect of community health services which are delivered to individuals). The MSP process involves awarding a contract to provider(s) without running a competitive process, because the relevant authority (SSOT ICB) is of the view it could identify the most suitable provider(s). The dates between which the services are intended to be provided is 1st of April 2025 to 31st of March 2028, with the possibility of extension for up to another 2 years. The PIN that advertised the Intended Approach indicated a service start date of 1st of December 2024, but to delays related to the UK's national General Elections, this has been amended to the new service commencement date of 1st of April 2025. The SSOT ICB has set an indicative contract annual value of £2.93m per annum, with a £14.66m value for the lifecycle of the contract (including extensions), providers are encouraged to submit their costings within this budgetary threshold, as higher cost submissions may not be considered. It is envisaged that TUPE provisions will apply to the new contract. This is an existing service but one that has been modified. This will be a new provider. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided is 1st of April 2025 to 31st of March 2028, with the possibility of extension for up to another 2 years.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Possibility of extension for up to another 2 years.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

'This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight of 17th July 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.

Other Information

'This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight of 17th July 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.' Address where written representations should be sent: governance@staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk - details of the award decision-makers: ICB Board - note any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: no conflicts identified - include a statement explaining the relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria: There were twenty-nine questions divided across the five areas of key criteria which included: Key criteria 1. Quality and Innovation, Key criteria 2. Value, Key criteria 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability, Key criteria 4. Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice and Key criteria 5. Social Value. Following the receipt of the responses the ICB project panel assessed the responses to determine whether a provider met the requirements. The assessment was completed on a pass/fail basis of the basic selection criteria; and in terms of the key criteria, SSOT ICB reviewed how providers either met or did not meet the ICB's requirements for each question in the Key Criteria questionnaire. The requirements for each question in the Key Criteria questionnaire were set out in the information supplied with the PIN notice (2024/S 000-014425) and each question contained a descriptor of what SSOT ICB's requirements were for that question. The rationale for choosing the Most Suitable Provider was based on the panel assurance regarding their responses in all areas of the key criteria, although the panel felt that the responses in relation to both the quality and innovation, and integration, collaboration and service sustainability was strong and these two areas were key components of the both service delivery and future innovation