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Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area - Lot 1 Extension

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area Lot 1 Cityside / Shantallow

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area

Lot 1 Cityside / Shantallow

Guaranteed Hours 3,186 hours per week

Estimated Time Specific Hours 1,062 hours per week

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area - Lot 1 Cityside / Shantallow

Reference VII.2.2 continued: The Trust is preparing to re-tender this Service. Unfortunately, this re-procurement exercise has been delayed as a result of the matters detailed in the Trust’s letter to Providers dated 25th March 2022, as well as unforeseen Department of Health Northern Ireland (“DoH NI”) and regional Health and Social Care (“HSC”) policy requirements which materially impact upon the re-procurement process. As such, new contracts under the re-procurement exercise will not be in place before the expiry of the current Contracts in Lot 1 on 30th September 2023. In order to ensure the continued and uninterrupted service delivery of this critical front line service, in the interim, the Trust issued a letter 23 February 2023 to amend the Contracts in Lot 1 with effect from 23 February 2023

(Variation Date) so that the Contract Period shall be amended to include one further period of extension of 12 months commenting on 1 October 2023 and expiring on 30 September 2024. The second condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c) (ii) is that the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract. Here the service, being a domiciliary care service, is unchanged. As such

the modification does not alter the overall nature of the Contract and therefore satisfies Regulation 72(1)(c)(ii). The final condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c)(iii) is met in that the increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The increase in price for Lot 1 is £5,535,789 and the value of the original Contracts for Lot 1 is £14,000,000.

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) may bring proceedings to the High Court (Northern Ireland). Any such proceedings are subject to the time limits as detailed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended).

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust (“the Trust”) Area Lot 1 Cityside/Shantallow

The Trust refers to its response at VII.2.1 and VII.2.2.

Extension to Contract Period

The Trust issued a letter dated 23 February 2023 to amend Contracts in Lot 1 with effect from 23 February 2023 (Variation Date) so that the Contract Period shall be amended to include one further period of extension of 12 months commencing on 1 October 2023 and expiring on 30 September 2024

Extension to Contract Period

The Trust refers also to its responses below at VII.2.2 and VII.2.3.

The Trust refers to its response at VII.2.1 above. The first condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c) PCR 2015 is that the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. Regulation 72(1)(c)(i) PCR 2015 is satisfied in respect of this modification as the need for modification has been brought about by external circumstances, which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen when the Trust awarded these contracts back in 2016. This is continued in VI.3 Additional Information