NECS437 Invitation to Tender – Termination of Pregnancy Services – Tees Valley

Concepts

• health and social work
• middlesbrough
• tees valley
• termination of pregnancy services
• provision of termination of pregnancy services
• north of england commissioning support
• contract commencement date
• basic principles of the open procedure
• contract term of an initial 3-years
• technical competence of bidders

Location

Tees Valley and Durham: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton on Tees

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for the provision of Termination of Pregnancy Services (ToPs) across Tees Valley for NHS North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) (the Contracting Authority). The Contracting Authority is procuring ToPs across Tees Valley and plans for a contract commencement date of 01 April 2023 for a contract term of an initial 3-years with the option to extend the contract by a further 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. The annual financial threshold is 1195375 GBP and the total contract value is 5976875 GBP. Tender documentation will be available from 12:00 noon on 03 October 2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 04 November 2022.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Contracting Authority is procuring Termination of Pregnancy Services across Tees Valley. The Contracting Authority plans for a contract commencement date of 01 April 2023 for a contract term of an initial 3-years with the option to extend the contract by a further 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. The annual financial threshold is 1195375 GBP and the total contract value is 5976875 GBP The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR 2015), for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts. “Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider: - How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and - How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. - Whether to undertake any consultation on the above. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to consider the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being” by utilising the UK Governments Social Value Model. This procurement will be conducted using an e-tendering portal (In-Tend). The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu (Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and search for the project NECS437 Invitation to Tender – Termination of Pregnancy Services – Tees Valley. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day if you have a working internet connection. Should tenderers have any queries regarding In-Tend a dedicated helpdesk is available and can be contacted on +44 8442728810 or email: support@in-tend.co.uk The Contracting Authority and NECS reserve the right to cancel the tender process at any point and will not be held liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract. Tender documentation will be available from 12:00 noon on 03 October 2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 04 November 2022. Additional information: The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may not apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** (MT Ref:227276)