Newham Integrated Children’s Community Health Service

Newham Clinical Commissioning Group and the London Borough of Newham wish to commission an Integrated Children’s Community Health Service as part of our transformational joint commissioning approach.

The service is expected to provide an innovative Integrated Children’s Community Health Service model, comprising (not an exhaustive list) community nursing, health visiting, continuing health care and complex care management, therapies (speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy), community paediatrics, sleep services, post-diagnosis support, and screening and child development services for children and young people from 0 to 18 years old. The anticipated value of this 3 year contract is £39,939,284. The value range over the 3 year contract period is £27,957,500 to £43,933,214 The Contracting Authority is not currently charged VAT for supply of these services as they are zero rated by HMRC.All bidders will be required to submit their bids inclusive of any VAT (should a supplier be required to pay VAT for any or part of the service then this cost must fall within the contract price submitted). . Bidders should seek independent advice on fulfilling their VAT obligations.

The services to which this requirement relates is Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), Regulation 74 to 76 of the Regulations for Social and Other Specific Services of which this procurement for health services falls within. Whilst the Regulations will apply to this procurement, the procurement procedure will be undertaken in accordance with the new Light Touch Regime.

The services covered by the light touch regime are set out at Schedule 3 (Social and Other Specific Services) of PCR 2015. If the value of the Contract is over £589,148 the Contracting Authority must advertise it in the OJEU, although there is flexibility as to the design of the remainder of the Procurement Process

The Commissioner is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure that the Commissioner is following is as set out in the Invitation to Tender. The Process will be similar to Open Procedure process under the Regulations but, for avoidance of doubt, the commissioner is not running the Process as though the Open Procedure under the Regulations applies and so reserves the right to depart from that procedure at any point. The procurement will be advertised via OJEU and Contract Finder.