Accreditation Process for the Provision of NHS CHC Residential and Nursing Care Home Services in Lincolnshire

Concepts

• health services
• sleaford
• nursing care home services
• nhs lincolnshire integrated care board
• nursing care
• nhs continuing healthcare
• nhs chc residential
• long term care needs
• home services
• care

Location

Lincolnshire:

Description

NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Residential and Nursing Care Home Services for individuals eligible for NHS continuing Healthcare by responding to an accreditation process.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service will provide residential and/or nursing care for people assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, with long term care needs and terminal conditions. This includes enabling people to achieve the best possible quality of life, adopting a holistic and person-centred approach to care which is integrated seamlessly with all health services.The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Competitive Process is being utilised to facilitate an accreditation process to enable the award of contracts to suitably qualified providers, that meet the requirements of the accreditation process, to deliver the Service. The process is similar in principle to the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) process that was described under previous procurement legislation. Contracts are awarded on a zero-value basis and do not commit any activity or payment to the contracted provider.As a result of this Accreditation Process, Contract(s) will be awarded to successful Provider(s) for a period of 5 years commencing 1st April 2025, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 21st March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.If you have wish to make a written representation regarding this intention to award please contact: licb.lincsccgcontracting@nhs.netThe award decision was made by NHS Lincolnshire ICB on 18th February 2025.There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.The relative importance of the Key Criteria incorporated within the service was as follows:1. Quality and Innovation: 20.00%2. Value: 20.00%3. Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 20.00%4. Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 20.00%5. Social Value: 20.00%A Competitive Process was utilised to facilitate an accreditation process to enable the award of contracts to suitably qualified providers that met the requirements of the accreditation process to deliver the Service. The relative importance of the Key Criteria were considered accordingly.The rationale for awarding to the preferred providers was that they met all requirements associated with the Basic Selection Criteria and Key Criteria, demonstrating their ability to deliver the requirements of the service within their submission as part of the Accreditation Process.