Published date: 18 December 2020

This notice was replaced on 23 March 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 23 March 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£2,628,252

Procurement reference

tender_259323/913083

Published date

18 December 2020

Closing date

11 January 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Thurrock, NHS Basildon and Brentwood, NHS Mid Essex, NHS Castle Point and Rochford and NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Groups (collectively referred to as the Authority) are seeking suitably qualified providers for the provision of Specialist Fertility Services within Mid and South Essex.

The Authority invites providers to respond to this opportunity as required and described within the published tender. The service will be available to all patients registered with the CCGs and who qualify to receive these Specialist Fertility Services from the 1st April 2021 - 31st March 2025. As a result of this procurement process, the Authority intend to award contracts with up to 10 providers total.

The scope of the requirement associated with this procurement has been developed by the Authority. The service detailed are outlined in Document 4, Service Specification. The service provision includes full IVF Services and Egg Storage services. As a result of this procurement process an agreement will be established with a pool of successful Bidder(s) for a period of 4 years. The service is being procured on an activity-based contract with maximum tariffs, further details of which may be found in the tender documentation. There is no guarantee of activity and payment will be received upon service provision. As a result of this procurement process, the Commissioners intend to award contracts with up to 10 providers total.

The service is being procured on an activity-based contract with maximum tariffs, please see document 3d, Tariff Information. Forecast annual expenditure is based on activity data from 2019/20 aggregate spend. Therefore the forecasted expenditure for 2021-22 is £ 2,628,252.00 GDP (per annum). It is noted that this figure is subject to increase or decrease based upon actual service provision and activity cost.
The Authority may wish to expand services during the lifetime of the contract. Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such modifications would be by the addition or reduction of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice, in line with the Authority's Fertility Policies and NICE guidelines. To this end, the Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract to include services in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The deadline for bid submission is 11th January 2021 at 12:00hrs. Full details and the service specification can be found in the procurement documentation at the Attain BravoSolutions e-procurement Portal https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/

More information

Links

Additional text

Full details and the service specification can be found in the procurement documentation at the Attain BravoSolutions e-procurement Portal https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/

About the buyer

Contact name

Cariad Burgess

Address

https://www.thurrockccg.nhs.uk/
Grays
RM17 6SL
England

Email

cariad.burgess@attain.co.uk

Website

https://www.thurrockccg.nhs.uk/