Published date: 28 July 2023

Last edited date: 11 August 2023

This notice was replaced on 30 August 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 30 August 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

NECS497

Published date

28 July 2023

Closing date

18 August 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) wish to commission a contract for the provision of North East North Cumbria (NENC) System Vaccination Operations Centre (SVOC) Covid-19 Vaccine Transport Service.

The provision will be for 7 months contract term starting 01st September 2023, with a contract value of £50,000.

Additional Information
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Atamis) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register.

If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system.

You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. If you find that you need any advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:

Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
Opening times 8am - 6pm

PLEASE NOTE: You may be asked if you wish to merge your account with an existing organisation. This is based on a number of criteria including the domain name of your email address, so please ensure that you do register with your official work email address.

PLEASE NOTE: Quotation documentation will be available via Atamis from Friday 28 July 2023 until 12 noon on Friday 18 August 2023.


About the buyer

Contact name

Jessica Whitfield

Address

John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
County Durham
DH1 3YG
United Kingdom

Telephone

07974246151

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net