Published date: 27 September 2024
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£360,000 to £600,000
Procurement reference
WHISP266
Published date
27 September 2024
Closing date
28 October 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
3 February 2025
Contract end date
2 February 2030
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
The current service is due to end on Friday 31st January 2025. It is the intention of the ICB to start commissioning a new contract from Monday 3rd February 2025 for 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
Any bid must not exceed the maximum financial envelope of £60,000 per annum per place (Halton Place - £60,000 and Warrington Place - £60,000). Any bid that exceeds this criterion will be viewed as Non-Compliant and will take no further part in the procurement exercise.
The total financial envelope is £120,000 per annum for both places (£600,000 for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years), excl. VAT).
The ITT will be live on Friday 27th September 2024
on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submission
will be Monday 28th October 2024 12:00pm mid day.
The Commissioner reserves the right to reject bids
that exceed the indicated budget per place.
To express interest and participate in the Competitive Process,
please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing
portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
(https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome).
Should Tenderers have any queries, or have
problems using the portal, they should contact the
Helpdesk at:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
The Atamis contract reference is C288031 - 'C&M ICB Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service - Warrington and Halton'.
The questionnaires will be located within the
requirements. Further details will be made available
via documentation and information released during
the tender process. The ICB has set an affordability
threshold for each place. Bidders who submit a bid
over the maximum contract values for each place will not achieve the score of a pass. The cost analysis will be based on the lowest total overall price submitted (for 3 years + 2 year optional extension).
The competitive tendering process to which this ITT
relates to and further to which the Authority intends
to purchase the Services as set out in regulation 11
of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award
of a contract with a competition.
This ITT has been made available to all Bidders
who have expressed a potential interest in
delivering this service in line with the requirements
which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a
contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)
Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive
tendering of these Services is being run as a
bespoke, single-stage tender process as described
in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a
Tender contract notice advertisement.
The Authority reserves the right to make changes to
the process as it sees necessary whilst adhering to
those sections of the Provider Selection Regime
regulations which lay out the principles for the
competitive tendering process. The Authority will
ensure that Bidders are made aware, in reasonable
time, of any changes it makes to the process.
More information
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All changes will be communicated through the
Procurement portal messaging system, Atamis.
The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following
any other part of the Regulations.
Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves
the right to discontinue the Competitive Process at
any time, which shall include the right not to award
a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to
accept the lowest tender, or any tender received,
and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or
to call for new tenders should it consider this
necessary.
The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any
costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or
tenderer in connection with the completion and
return of the information requested in this Contract
Notice, or in the completion or submission of any
tender, irrespective of the outcome of the
competition or if the competition is cancelled or
postponed.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this
notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority
reserves the right to change these.
Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject
to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and
the Environmental Information Regulations
2004(EIR) and may be required to disclose
information received in the course of this
procurement under FOIA or the EIR.
In addition, and in accordance with the UK
Government's policies on transparency, the
contracting authority intends to publish
documentation and the text of any resulting
contractual arrangements, subject to possible
redactions at the discretion of the Contracting
Authority.
Any redactions, whether in relation to information
requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on
transparency will be in accordance with those
grounds prescribed under the Freedom of
Information Act. If and when this requirement is
offered to tender, this will be done via electronic
means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire
CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a
central purchasing body for another NHS body with
whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into
contracts for the supply of the services.
Any other public-sector body detailed within this
notice, wishing to access the contract may do so
only with permission from the contracting NHS
body.
Further details will be made available via
documentation and information released during the
Competitive Process.
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