Published date: 20 July 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£4,500,000 to £22,500,000
Procurement reference
R&M114
Published date
20 July 2021
Closing date
4 August 2021
Closing time
12am
Contract start date
1 October 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2022
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.
This is an accelerated procedure.
Justification
As this is a critical service that the current incumbent has been providing NHS T&T, it has been imperative to identify a new CRO (Contract Research Organisation) to take over the service once the existing incumbent's contract expires by the end September 2021. As part of allocating a new CRO a handover/knowledge transfer from the incumbent provider is required to ensure a smooth transition and business continuity. We therefore recommended pursuing an accelerated open procedure to ensure that we are not only able to allocate a new CRO in time, but we are also able to ensure the optimal transition from one provider to the other.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking Contract Research Organisation (CRO) support in managing and undertaking service evaluations. This will include evaluation initiation and delivery, site and data management, monitoring and analysis report writing in order to support UK's COVID-19 testing capabilities.
Service evaluations examine the applicability of possible services. They are designed and conducted to define or judge current services and provide a view to what standards these services achieve, as referenced by the NHS Health Research Authority (HRA). The objective of DHSC service evaluations is to generate high-quality, reliable data on COVID-19 testing services (including technologies, delivery channels and methods).
As a guide, each evaluation is run at c. 5-10 sites for c. 4-8 weeks and multiple evaluations can be run in parallel. Depending on the delivery model, each site will have 2-4 members of the evaluation team on the ground. However, this can differ and can be subject to change at short notice, typically driven by the NHS T&T strategic priorities and the epidemiology of the pandemic. While it is likely that the majority of service evaluations will be delivered via those models, given the unprecedented pace of the programme it is necessary to ensure there is flexibility in place to allow for new delivery models to be established in line with NHS T&T priorities a short notice.
Participants wanting to take part in this tender will need to email Jeffrey.muthee@DHSC.gov.uk to confirming that they would like to participate. The tender documents will then be sent via email for your review and completion. All communications will be made via email including bid submissions.
Mailbox will be monitored between 9am - 4pm Monday to Friday.
About the buyer
Contact name
Jeffrey Muthee
Address
39 Victoria St
London
SW1H0EU
England
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