Published date: 1 September 2017

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 4 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Cardiology services or pulmonary specialists services - 85121230

  • Pulmonary specialists services - 85121232

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£5,250,000

Procurement reference

M-17-01 #3

Published date

1 September 2017

Closing date

4 September 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

**PLEASE NOTE: This tender is subject to a pause in the process and the submission date is no longer Friday 18th August 2017 at 12pm. This pause is to allow the CCG to gather some further information for the tender. This pause is going to be effective immediately and will remain in place until Friday 1st September 2017. Relevant further information will be published on the 1st September and the new tender submission date will be advised at this time.

NHS Halton CCG has a requirement for a Community COPD Service. Operating across Halton, the Community COPD Service will provide home (including residential & nursing homes) and community based care. The service must be able to deliver:
• Patient centred care which allows patients with COPD to be more independent, taking more responsibility for their own care and quality of life.
• Seamless care and support to patients and their carers through close working arrangements with social care and 3rd sector providers
• A 'shift of care' into the community, working primarily with general practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team designed around, and for, the patient and carer
• Referrals of appropriate patients to the Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service

The Community COPD Service will also be required to make a significant contribution to NHS Halton CCG's plans to reduce non-elective admissions, to effectively manage prescribing costs and to improve the management of patients with COPD in primary care.

The contract will be awarded for an initial 5-year period with the potential to extend for a further 1 x 2-year period. The annual value of the contract is set at £750,000.

This procurement is for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations') http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents.
As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

NHS Halton CCG Community COPD Service

  • Opportunity
  • Published 1 September 2017, last edited 1 September 2017

Additional text

Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement 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 procurement 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 tender process.
Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal). Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register.

For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk .

About the buyer

Contact name

Helen Graham

Address

1st Floor Town Hall
Heath Road
Runcorn
WA7 5TD
England

Email

mlcsu.tenders@nhs.net