Published date: 10 August 2017

Last edited date: 10 August 2017

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 29 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£800,000

Procurement reference

BravoSolution project_831

Published date

10 August 2017

Approach to market date

29 September 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Arden & GEM CSU acting on behalf of NHS England - Specialised Commissioning, will be inviting suitably qualified organisations to express interest in delivering Special Isolation Unit (Airborne) safe and effective treatment of HCID that are known or suspected to be transmissible from person to person via the airborne route.

It is expected that the procurement will consist of three (3) lots covering London and the South, Midlands and East and the North. The contracts will be for two (2) years with planned commencement date 1 April 2018.

WebEx session

Interested organisations are also invited to join a market engagement event delivered via a WebEx session on 20 September 2017, 10.30am-12.30pm.

WebEx details:
WebJoin link: https://www.webjoin.com/
Participant passcode: 69253849

To express your interest in delivering the service/s and/or joining the market engagement WebEx session on 20 September 2017,10.30am-12.30pm please send an e-mail to NHSEngland.Procurement@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk with the following information:

1) In the e-mail title: High Consequence Infectious Diseases Adult and Child Interim Acute Impatient Service

2) In the body of the e-mail:
- provide full name of your organisation;
- indicate the LOT you are interested in;
- indicate the service/s you are interested: a) Adult services; b) Paediatric services; c) both Adult and Paediatric services;
- confirm your interest in joining the market engagement WebEx session on 20 September 2017, 10.30am-12.30pm.

The purpose of the market engagement WebEx session is to tell you more about the service requirements and enable you to raise questions related to the services.

Please note the following deadlines:
- Deadline for registration for the market engagement WebEx session is 14 September 2017 at 5pm.
- Deadline for expressing an interest in delivering any of the services is 29 September 2017 at 5pm.

The expected number of providers sought is:
• LOT 1 London and the South: two adult and two paediatric providers
• LOT 2 Midlands and East: one adult and one paediatric provider
• LOT 3 the North: one adult and one paediatric provider

The estimated value per lot is:
• LOT 1 London and the South up to £400,000, £100,000 per service per unit per year
• LOT 2 Midlands and East, up to £200,000, £100,000 per service per unit per year
• LOT 3 the North, up to £200,000, £100,000 per service per unit per year

For further information (including about the service requirements for all lots), please refer to the OJEU PIN attached in section "Attachments".


More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2018/2020 £800,000

Attachments

Additional text

Where to find further information regarding this procurement?

The procurement relating to this PIN notice will be advertised on Contracts Finder
(https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search) and administered/conducted via the Arden & GEM CSU's
e-Tendering portal known as Bravo solutions (https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk). Full details regarding this procurement opportunity will be available there.

Please note that this PIN is not a call for competition. It is expected that the procurement opportunity will be advertised in November 2017 (may be subject to change).

Registering interest in delivering the service and/or joining the market engagement WebEx session will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise as interested providers will need to respond to the formal call for competition.


About the buyer

Contact name

Neli Garbuzanova

Address

10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
England

Email

Neli.Garbuzanova@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk