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Luton Community Services

Attain Health Management Services Ltd

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06 Apr 2018 at 11:29

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for "Luton Community Services" is led by Attain Health Management Services in collaboration with Luton CCG and Luton Council, focusing on community health services valued at approximately £39.9 million per annum. This initiative aims to develop a placed-based Community Health Service aligned with the Integrated Care System (ICS) vision for Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, underlining a shift from traditional models of service provision. The contract covers various community health services, including children's and adult's care, with a designated procurement method of limited tendering, and is currently at the award stage. The contract period is set from 1 April 2018 to 30 September 2020, having formally commenced with the award on 1 April 2018.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in the delivery of community health services, particularly SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). Companies well-positioned to compete include those that specialise in integrated care services, including nursing, rehabilitation, and mental health support. The current framework allows existing providers to continue until the planned integrated care procurement exercise scheduled for 2019/20, fostering collaboration and innovation in service delivery that could attract new entrants looking to strengthen their market presence in Luton.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Luton Community Services

Notice Description

Luton CCG and Luton Council are in the process of reviewing Community Health Service provision for the Luton population working towards developing a "Placed Based" Community Health Service in line with the Integrated Care System ((ICS) vision with Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (The BLMK STP). To achieve the vision commissioners believe that true integration of services vertically and horizontally would best secure the identified needs of the population, improve quality and efficiency of services, realise seamless service provision across pathways and increase system sustainability. The service outcomes will reduce reliance on hospital based care and ensure that people have access to good quality, safe, locally delivered health care services including primary care, health and social care across Luton. The community services which are subject of this notice includes both children's and adult's services, and has a current estimated value of 24 900 000 GBP per annum. The traditional commissioner and provider split is acknowledged as no longer being a helpful paradigm to address the challenges faced by the NHS whilst importantly improving the Health and Wellbeing of the Luton's population. This was also endorsed following initial engagement/feedback from Providers at an early Market engagement event held on 10.11.2017 (advertised on the Contracts Finder Website on 23.10.2017). Consequently, commissioners agreed that a new approach is needed to change behaviour and incentivise providers which will support the design/development of new ways of working and models of delivery for integrated care to the population. As such tendering processes for community services contracts in Luton will be deferred for 18 months which will give local commissioners and local providers opportunity to work together to progress and deliver their visions for place-based community health and care services and work with the STP in readiness for an "integrated care" procurement exercise in 2019/20. Therefore community service contracts are to be awarded to existing providers until 30.9.2020 to enable the BLMK ICS model to develop to sufficient maturity to be able to run an outcomes based commissioning process. Dedicated work to commence this outcomes based commissioning process would need to commence no later than August 2019. It is likely than an outcomes based commissioning approach would need to comply with NHSE/NHSI's Integrated Support and Assurance Process (ISAP) which may impact timelines. Additional information: The rationale for the delay to tendering fits within the Priority 5 work programme of the STP. Primarily: - The BLMK ICS Priority 5 work programme has not yet delivered the components to enable a successful outcomes based strategic commissioning of the services to take place, - The national integrated care contract is not yet available and will be subject to public consultation in 2018, - Due to the current stage of the BLMK STP programme, Luton place-based systems are not yet able to specify to the required level of detail the model of care and outcomes they are trying to achieve, - The supply side is not considered to be mature enough to respond appropriately to an outcomes based procurement exercise, - BLMK ICS lacks the activity data and clarity about the future model of care to be able to define its requirements with sufficient accuracy to reduce to an acceptable level the risk of challenge due to requesting significant contract variations early in the contract period, - The risk of distracting commissioning and provider resources by initiating a procurement process is too great at the current stage in the BLMK ICS development. There is a risk that system transformation will be significantly delayed until the procurement process is concluded. A VEAT notice was published in the Official Journal European Union on 20/03/18 (ref: 2018/S 055-122452). A 10-day standstill period was followed prior to entering into a contract, pursuant to regulation 99(3)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-3345cda7-5542-448a-87a6-bc1dac77969d
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/979e8505-68f7-45e4-b06a-0b5614cc75cf
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£39,944,684 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£39,944,684 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Apr 20188 years ago
Submission Deadline
30 Mar 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Apr 20188 years ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2018 - 30 Sep 2020 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Attain Health Management Services Ltd
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC1V 7HZ
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Virgin Care Service Ltd

Luton & Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust

Further Information

Notice Documents

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