Published date: 13 July 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 5 May 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£2,903,198

Procurement reference

NHSE820

Published date

13 July 2022

Closing date

5 May 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2029

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 a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement North East and Yorkshire (the Contracting Authority) and NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Commissioner) who are undertaking a procurement to commission an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) for Ravenscar Surgery, in the Kirkleatham ward of Redcar under the NHS Standard APMS contract published on January 2022 to a registered population of 3,470 (weighted population 3703.22) as of 01 January 2022. Please note that caveat responses will be considered as non-acceptance of this requirement.

The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 October 2022, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via the In-tend portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu

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. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via:

support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 15 March 2022.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Ravenscar Surgery, Alternative Provider Medical Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 March 2022, last edited 12 April 2022

Additional text

Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract as this is an existing service provision. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

Secondly, due to currently proposed legislation, which may mean that the current responsibilities of Clinical Commissioning Groups will transfer into Integrated Care Systems with effect from 01 July 2022, the ultimate commissioner for this contract may change.

Thirdly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2021/S 000-029253.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via the In-tend portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu
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. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via:

support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 15 March 2022.


Award information

Awarded date

28 June 2022

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2029

Total value of contract

£2,903,198

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ELM ALLIANCE LIMITED

Address

Kingsway
GATESHEAD
Tyne Wear
NE11 0JQ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 10196823

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)

Address

John Snow House
Durham
DH1 3YG
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

https://www.necsu.nhs.uk/