Published date: 7 December 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 2 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£3,500,000

Procurement reference

NECS381

Published date

7 December 2021

Closing date

2 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Contracting Authority) and is managing this procurement process.

The CCG is commissioning a Children in our Care - Review Health Assessments Service. The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. The contract will commence from 01 April 2022.

This procurement process will mirror that of the Open procedure as in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in respect of Health Care Services under the Light Touch Regime, Regulations 74 - 76 and the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice & Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authority must consider:
(a) How, what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and

(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may 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.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the in-tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu

It is 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 any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the in-tend helpdesk via:

support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

The procurement will be available to view on the In-Tend e-tendering portal on 19 July 2021

The closing date for submission of tenders is 12:00 noon 02 September 2021.

N.B. Due to currently proposed legislation which may mean that the current responsibilities of CCGs will transfer into Integrated Care Systems with effect from 1st March 2022, the ultimate commissioner for this contract may change.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Children in Our Care - Review Needs Assessments

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 July 2021, last edited 30 July 2021


Award information

Awarded date

7 December 2021

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£3,390,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters,
3rd Floor Strayside Wing,
Harrogate District Hospital,
Lancaster Park Road,
Harrogate,
HG2 7SX

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

NECS

Address

John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
Durham
DH1 2YG
England

Email

NECSU.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home