203_20 Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS)

<p>This framework agreement will include a direct call off catalogue and a list of pre-approved specialist providers of technology enabled care services, including<br />telecare and telehealth services and equipment, monitoring, response services, lifestyle monitoring, analytics and consultancy. The framework is intended to<br />meet the needs of a fully outsourced provision as well as the purchase of individual pieces of equipment.</p>
<p><br />Lot 1: Technology Enabled Care Products and Services Catalogue (Products and commoditised Services)<br />Lot 2: Technology Enabled Care Services (outsourced services including Products as part of the Service)</p>
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<p>Contract performance conditions:<br />ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded Suppliers during the period of the Framework Agreement by reference to credit ratings agency<br />reports. ESPO shall obtain a credit score for the Supplier on or before the Framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit<br />score is identified over the life of the Framework Agreement, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change. Depending on the<br />severity of the changes, it will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the Supplier from the Framework Agreement.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Lot 1 - The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is not applicable to Lot 1.<br />Lot 2 - Companies or organisations that have been trading for 2 years or more should have:<br />&lsquo;positive net assets&rsquo; and have been profitable overall, as determined from their published financial accounts for the last 2 years.<br />Companies or organisations that have been trading for less than 2 years should have:<br />&lsquo;positive net assets&rsquo; and provide both<br />(a) a positive bank reference and<br />(b) copies of their published financial accounts showing that, from inception, they have been profitable overall.</p>
<p><br />An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework<br />Agreement.</p>
<p><br />As a Central Purchasing Body as defined by the EU Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined<br />at https://www.espo.org/ESPO/media/Documents/FAQs/ESPO-s_powers_to_trade__website_-2016-12-22.pdf) that also fall into one of the following<br />classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central<br />Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire &amp; Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services;<br />Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any<br />public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and<br />geographical areas are available at: <a href="http://www.espo.org/About-us-%281%29/FAQs/Legal">http://www.espo.org/About-us-%281%29/FAQs/Legal</a></p>
<p><br />Additional information: ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such<br />as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The<br />successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially<br />similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.<br />Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract<br />Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier<br />and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement<br />legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.</p>
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