Published date: 31 August 2018

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.


Closing: 1 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£0 to £259,427

Procurement reference

NECS254

Published date

31 August 2018

Closing date

1 October 2018

Contract start date

1 March 2019

Contract end date

1 April 2021

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 managing this process for and on behalf of NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Darlington CCG, NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees CCG, NHS North Durham CCG, NHS South Tees CCG, who intend to commission a Mental Health Conveying Service covering the CCGs geographical areas.

This service will ensure that patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 are conveyed to hospital in a timely manner.

The contract is for 25 months with the option to extend for a further 1 year.

The principles of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Bidders in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities 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 Authorities relating to economic, social, and environmental well-being.
Additional information:

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis. It is free to register on the portal but if you have any problems registering on the portal, you should contact PROACTIS by Email:Suppliersupport@proactis.com Website:

http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00).

More information

Additional text

Tender documents will be made available to view on the Proactis portal on Friday 31st August 2018.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis. It is free to register on the portal but if you have any problems registering on the portal, you should contact PROACTIS by Email:Suppliersupport@proactis.com Website:

http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00).

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement, North of England Commissioning Support

Address

Westpoint Road, Thornaby
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS176BL
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net