Health services

Tender description

The Covid-19 outbreak has given rise to an urgent need for the supply of rehabilitation beds. The service shall be provided from 9-5 every day, 7 days a week, however it is expected the provider shall adapt those hours when required in line with nursing home handovers .The provider shall provide comprehensive rehabilitation for this patient group to facilitate accelerated discharge into home. Under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracting authority considers Covid-19 to be a state of urgency that has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. Accordingly, the West Hampshire CCG has decided to enter into a contract with Hobbs Rehabilitation using the ‘competitive procedure without prior publication for reasons of extreme urgency’, brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak. This PCR Regulation 32 Contract Award notice is being published to notify the award of the contract for 5 ½ months. The Covid-19 outbreak has given rise to an urgent need for the supply of rehabilitation beds. The service shall be provided from 9-5 every day, 7 days a week, however it is expected the provider shall adapt those hours when required in line with nursing home handovers .The provider shall provide comprehensive rehabilitation for this patient group to facilitate accelerated discharge into home. Under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracting authority considers Covid-19 to be a state of urgency that has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. Accordingly, the West Hampshire CCG has decided to enter into a contract with Hobbs Rehabilitation using the ‘competitive procedure without prior publication for reasons of extreme urgency’, brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak. This PCR Regulation 32 contract award notice is being published to notify the award of the contract for 5 ½ months. This time is considered necessary and proportional to alleviate the risk posed by the outbreak and, will give the above named contracting authority sufficient time to comply with undertaking a compliant competitive procurement process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.