Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd: National Audit of Eating Disorders

UK-London: Health services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), United Kingdom
       27A Harley place, London, W1G 8LZ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7904597971, Email: procurement@hqip.org.uk
       Main Address: https://www.hqip.org.uk/
       NUTS Code: UK

   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:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Health

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: National Audit of Eating Disorders            
      Reference number: NCA 813440196

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         85100000 - Health services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an organisation that will support the delivery of the National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED).
The programme will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England. But further Devolved Nations and Crown Dependencies may join the programme throughout its duration.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 1,350,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an
organisation that will support the delivery of the National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED).
The programme will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England, but may later extend to include Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey and Isle of Man Guernsey and other Devolved Nations/ Crown Dependencies.
The total contract value is £1,350,000 excluding VAT for the duration of three years with
potential to extend the contract for up to two additional years at a value of up to £455,000 per
year.
The aspirational intent including the core 3 year value, extension value and all other
aspirational intent as defined in section 12 of the specification of this ITT has a potential
ceiling value of up to £12,559,451.
The Authority is under no obligation to invoke any aspirational intent.
It is anticipated that the new service will commence in August 2024. This procurement is for
clinical services which are part of the 'Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015)' for the
purpose of the Regulations. The commissioner is not voluntarily following any other part of
the Regulations. The process will be similar to an Open Procedure where the Regulations
apply and so reserves the right to depart from that procedure at any point. The procedure
that the Commissioner is following is set out in the Invitation to Tender.
To access the ITT documents, please follow the access link defined above in this notice.

Bidders must respond to all questions. The deadline for the submission of the tender is 12
noon on 15 September 2023. Please note that any communication from HQIP regarding this
tender will be via the Delta messaging board. Bidders must use the Delta messaging board
for their communications with HQIP regarding this procurement.

Bidders should note that HQIP does not accept requests to amend the published Terms and
Conditions of Contract after bid submission or prior to contract signature.
Bidders must sign the Form of Tender to indicate acceptance of these Terms and Conditions
of Contract. Failure to sign the Form of Tender will make your bid submission non-compliant and subject to disqualification.
In rare cases where a bidder wishes to raise a potential legal implication to agreeing to the
terms and conditions, this must be raised during the published bidder clarification time
window via the messaging module within the e-tendering portal so that it can be addressed
via the standard process for all bidder clarifications.
HQIP would like to bring to the attention of bidders that the qualitative response section of
this tender now includes question 13 Social Value.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: STIMULATING HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT / Weighting: 10
      Quality criterion - Name: LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE / Weighting: 11
      Quality criterion - Name: ENGAGING AND INVOLVING PATIENTS, CARERS AND THE PUBLIC / Weighting: 8
      Quality criterion - Name: AUDIT DESIGN AND PROPOSED MEASURES / Weighting: 12
      Quality criterion - Name: EQUITY AND PARITY / Weighting: 4
      Quality criterion - Name: INFORMATION GOVERNANCE / Weighting: 8
      Quality criterion - Name: PARTICIPATION AND DATA ACQUISITION / Weighting: 12
      Quality criterion - Name: ANALYSIS / Weighting: 5
      Quality criterion - Name: USES OF DATA / Weighting: 10
      Quality criterion - Name: RISK MANAGEMENT / Weighting: 5
      Quality criterion - Name: COST AND ALLOCATION OF BUDGET / Weighting: 5
      Quality criterion - Name: SOCIAL VALUE / Weighting: 10
                  
      Price - Weighting: Pass/Fail
            

      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: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: 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
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2023/S 000-029260
      
   

   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: 813440196    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: NATIONAL AUDIT OF EATING DISORDERS

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 30/07/2024

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             The Royal College of Psychiatrists, RC000463
             21 Prescot Street, London, E1 8BB, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1,350,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 1,348,237.56
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: Yes
                  Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties:
                  
                  Proportion: 11%                   
         Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
          Quality Improvement, Public and patient involvement, including recruiting and convening a Service User and Carer Advisory Group, Development of data platform and data collection          
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
          Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd
          27a Harley Place, London, W1G 8LZ, United Kingdom

      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: 07/08/2024