Published date: 15 February 2023
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East of England
Value of contract
£3,093,600
Procurement reference
NHSE885
Published date
15 February 2023
Closing date
28 November 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2031
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Light Touch Regime for Services
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North West, NHS England North East and Yorkshire and NHS England East of England.
This was a collaborated procurement across NHSE North West, NHSE North East and Yorkshire and NHSE East of England Regional Teams. The agreed identified commissioning lead was NHSE North West and was the nominated Contracting Authority (the Contracting Authority), who have undertaken a procurement to commission North Region - Provision of Clinical Reviewers to Support Health and Justice in Death in Custody Investigations under the NHS Standard 2022/23 Shorter-form Contract Particulars, Service Conditions and General Conditions; or any edition or subsequent revisions; and the Provision of Deaths in Custody Clinical Reviews for Health and Justice Including Prisons and Secure Children's Home Service Specification
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2023, with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The closing date for submission of tenders was by 12 noon on 28 November 2022.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Provision of Clinical Reviewers to Support Health and Justice in Deaths in Custody Investigations
- Opportunity
- Published 28 October 2022
Additional text
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Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Bidders were 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.
NECS utilised an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there were no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, were conducted via the In-tend portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu
It was free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have had any queries, or were having problems registering on the portal; they should have contacted the In-tend helpdesk via:
support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065
The helpdesk was open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm
Tender documentation were available on the e-tendering site from 28 October 2022
Award information
Awarded date
7 February 2023
Contract start date
1 April 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2031
Total value of contract
£3,034,776
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Spectrum Community Health CIC
Address
1 Navigation Walk
Hebble Wharf
Wakefield
WF1 5RHReference
Companies House number: 07300133
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
Yes
About the buyer
Address
North of England Commissioning Support
University Science Park, John Snow House
Durham
DH1 3YG
England
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