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0-19 and Children's Community Services in Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton Local Authority Areas

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · compiled

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Opportunity overview

0-19 and Children's Community Services in Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and<br/>Luton local authority areas. The lead commissioner for this service is Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes ICB (BLMK ICB) and the associate commissioners are the three local authorities: Bedford Borough Council (BBC), Central Bedfordshire Borough Council (CBC) and Luton Borough Council (LBC).

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£326.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
24 Sept 2024
Award ID
034761-2024-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-NHS RYV
Location
ST. IVES, UKH, PE27 4LG, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • 0-19 and Children's Community services in Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton local authority areas. The lead commissioner for this service is Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes ICB (BLMK ICB) and the associate commissioners are the three local authorities: Bedford Borough Council (BBC), Central Bedfordshire Borough Council (CBC) and Luton Borough Council (LBC). An integrated, Bedfordshire wide, 0 to 19 Children's Service is provided by School Nursing and Health Visiting working together and aims to provide safe, flexible and accessible care for children and families across Bedfordshire and Luton; and will explicitly target inequalities in health and aim to meet the needs of vulnerable or excluded groups of service users. Services will be based on the Healthy Child Programme, the overall aim to achieve the best health and well-being outcomes for all children and ensure that every family is offered a comprehensive programme of screening, immunisations, health and developmental reviews, health promotion information and parenting guidance meeting individual needs, provide individual and tailored support to ensure that children receive appropriate referrals to specialist services where indicated, and that families are signposted to wider support systems. The Community Services for Bedfordshire and Luton are commissioned jointly by BLMK ICB, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton Borough Councils for children's services. The aim is to provide a person-centred and outcome focused community service which provides care closer to home either in clinic, community or home based settings as appropriate. The services will reduce reliance on hospital-based care and ensure that people have access to good quality, safe, locally delivered health services integrated with other local provision. The following elements are covered under this service: • 0-19 Health Child Programme • Community Nurse Led Service - Oral Anticoagulation Monitoring Clinic • Community Paediatrics (Medical) Service (Edwin Lobo Service) • Drug and Alcohol Support Services for children and young people • Haemoglobinopathy Service and Newborn Bloodspot Screening • Looked After Children Team • Paediatric Community Audiology • Paediatric Rapid Response Team • Pre School Feeding Service • Public Health Nursing Service for School Aged Children • Speech and language therapies The ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £326,890,622. The services are intended to be provided for a period of 7+2 years from 01st April 2025.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04b19f
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
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 06th November 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract has been awarded for a period of 7 year plus 2 years commencing 1st April 2025. The lifetime value of the contract is £348,152,563. These values are subject to national inflation/deflation uplifts and agenda for change in line with NHS National Guidance. Please note that this notice is linked to F03: Contract award notice reference: 2024/S 000-034761, published on 25 October 2024.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
0-19 and Children's Community services in Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton local authority areas. The lead commissioner for this service is Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes ICB (BLMK ICB) and the associate commissioners are the three local authorities: Bedford Borough Council (BBC), Central Bedfordshire Borough Council (CBC) and Luton Borough Council (LBC). An integrated, Bedfordshire wide, 0 to 19 Children's Service is provided by School Nursing and Health Visiting working together and aims to provide safe, flexible and accessible care for children and families across Bedfordshire and Luton; and will explicitly target inequalities in health and aim to meet the needs of vulnerable or excluded groups of service users. Services will be based on the Healthy Child Programme, the overall aim to achieve the best health and well-being outcomes for all children and ensure that every family is offered a comprehensive programme of screening, immunisations, health and developmental reviews, health promotion information and parenting guidance meeting individual needs, provide individual and tailored support to ensure that children receive appropriate referrals to specialist services where indicated, and that families are signposted to wider support systems. The Community Services for Bedfordshire and Luton are commissioned jointly by BLMK ICB, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton Borough Councils for children's services. The aim is to provide a person-centred and outcome focused community service which provides care closer to home either in clinic, community or home based settings as appropriate. The services will reduce reliance on hospital-based care and ensure that people have access to good quality, safe, locally delivered health services integrated with other local provision. The following elements are covered under this service: • 0-19 Health Child Programme • Community Nurse Led Service - Oral Anticoagulation Monitoring Clinic • Community Paediatrics (Medical) Service (Edwin Lobo Service) • Drug and Alcohol Support Services for children and young people • Haemoglobinopathy Service and Newborn Bloodspot Screening • Looked After Children Team • Paediatric Community Audiology • Paediatric Rapid Response Team • Pre School Feeding Service • Public Health Nursing Service for School Aged Children • Speech and language therapies The ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £326,890,622. The services are intended to be provided for a period of 7+2 years from 01st April 2025.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton local authority areas.

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH21
Entry 2
Region
UKH24
Entry 3
Region
UKH25
Entry 4
Region
UKJ12
Entry 5
Region
UKH21
Entry 6
Region
UKH24
Entry 7
Region
UKH25
Entry 8
Region
UKJ12

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-M1J4Y
Name
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH2
Locality
Luton
Postal Code
LU1 2LJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Id
M1J4Y
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-NHS-RYV
Name
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH
Locality
ST. IVES
Postal Code
PE27 4LG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Unit 7-8, Meadow Park, Meadow Lane

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
RYV
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-110673
Name
NHS BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Luton
Postal Code
LU1 2LJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall,

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-68524
Name
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH21
Locality
Luton
Postal Code
LU1 2LJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
034761-2024-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-NHS-RYV
Name
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
034761-2024-1
Status
active
Award ID
034761-2024-1
Date Signed
25 Sept 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount
326,890,622
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Luton · UKH21 · LU1 2LJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH21
  • Delivery location · UKH24
  • Delivery location · UKH25
  • Delivery location · UKJ12

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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