Published date: 28 June 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.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£0 to £94,000
Procurement reference
NS & SOT Improving Access to Healthcare for the Homeless
Published date
28 June 2018
Closing date
25 July 2018
Contract start date
1 October 2018
Contract end date
30 September 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
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 Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs wish to procure a service to improve access to healthcare services for the homeless population within Northern Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.
The service shall provide qualified nursing support, on an outreach basis within community locations suitable for the local homeless population. The service will need to provide a range of interventions that span physical and mental health and will require highly skilled and experienced staff. The service will need to work closely with local partner organisations to ensure a coordinated multi-agency response for this complex patient group.
Commissioners have set a fixed value for this contract of £47,000 per annum. Therefore the fixed value for the two year life of the contract will be £94,000.
This will not be advertised in OJEU as the value is below the required threshold.
To register interest and download the ITT documentation you will need to follow these steps:
To register on the portal, go to:
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Follow instructions from there. You will need to access MLCSU ITT 571 Specialist Homeless Health Co-ordination Service.
Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical 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'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the Annex 1. 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
Additional text
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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 wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk i) 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. Ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.
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.
About the buyer
Contact name
Elizabeth Johnson
Address
120 Grove Road, Fenton
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
England
Telephone
01782 298231 ext 8231
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