Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Home from Hospital Discharge Services

UK-Kettering: Administrative healthcare services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
       57 Richmond Avenue, Kettering, NN15 5JG, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1536493406, Email: alison.mckenzie4@nhs.net
       Contact: Alison McKenzie
       Main Address: www.kgh.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKF25

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Other type:: NHS Foundation Hospital

   I.5) Main activity:
      Health

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Home from Hospital Discharge Services            
      Reference number: 601158254

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         75122000 - Administrative healthcare services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing an SQ in connection with the competitive procurement of Home from Hospital discharge services. The purpose of the service is to support Service Users and their carers in the period leading up to hospital discharge and during the first 3 weeks following hospital discharge. This supports the Reason to Reside and Home First principles and will help to reduce bed shortages within secondary care through improved patient flow.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
         
            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            75122000 - Administrative healthcare services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      North Northamptonshire
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The purpose of the service is to support Service Users and their carers in the period leading up to hospital discharge and during the first 3 weeks following hospital discharge. This supports the Reason to Reside and Home First principles and will help to reduce bed shortages within secondary care through improved patient flow.
Scope of Activity

•The Provider will mobilise the services covered from 24.00 hours on 9 January 2022 with a clear strategy of up scaling to deliver on all the service requirements within a mutually agreed time .
•The service will aim to support independence in older adults, encouraging community support and wellbeing in both in the community and in hospital. The service provider must have a strong model and framework to support this.
• The service will assist patients to get home with a settling in service and use of a wheelchair friendly minibus to transport patients home. This will run 7 days per week and support a mutually agreed minimum number of patients home per day/week.
•The service will work in partnership with internal and external services in order to support a reduction in the use of simple care packages by signposting to community services for Hospital to Home schemes.
•The service will have appropriately trained and qualified staff to drive the minibus 7 days per week. The provider must have a PSV licence for the operation of any vehicles.
•There is a requirement within the proposal for a manager to be on site at Kettering General Hospital. A deputy is to be clearly identified to cover in their absence. The manager will have a visible presence and will manage all relevant staff, any recruitment required, rosters including annual leave etc and performance management when required. The Team will be given a base from which to work within the Discharge offices with access to any relevant IT systems and phones. The manager will drive change as required and integrate the service into Kettering General Hospital by forming successful professional working relationships with key stakeholders.
•There will be monthly operational meetings with the Head of Discharge and quarterly review meetings to review performance against the

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Not Provided
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
            Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure):
            Notice reference (year and document number): 2021 - 12982

Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
          Rothwell Road, Kettering, NN16 8UZ, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1536491592
          Internet address: www.kgh.nhs.uk

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 29/10/2021