AQP Non-Invasive Ventilation Service (NIV)

Contract summary

Industry

• Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

NHS/SoEPS/14.188 Award

Published date

4 June 2018

Closing date

30 October 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Light touch regime

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

NHS Commissioners within the 7 Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) wish to jointly commission an AQP Non-Invasive Ventilation Service (NIV) service for non-complex patients.
The Provision of a Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Service is a contract for a period of 3 years, commencing on the 1st April 2016, with the option to extend for one additional period of a maximum of 2 further years.
The 7 CCGs involved in this procurement are:
NHS Crawley CCG
NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG
NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG
NHS Brighton and Hove CCG
NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG
NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG
NHS Hastings and Rother CCG
Overall annual value for the contract is £450,000. It should be noted that under the Any Qualified Provider model, there will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contracts awarded.
The offer documentation comprises of the following:
Document 1 AQP Qualification Information
Document 2 AQP Application form
Document 3 Service Specification
In securing services from Providers, the authority needs assurance of competence, quality and safety standards, just as it would for services secured under a formal tender process.
Any provider will be eligible to join a list of qualified providers subject to demonstrating competency against the authority's specified criteria.
Please read the qualification questionnaire and the supporting offer documents very carefully since failure to comply with the requirements contained therein (including paying particular attention to Maximum Word Limits for answers) will invalidate your submission.
There is a facility on the e-tendering system to ask any questions in respect of the offer documents.
The window for questions from applicants will close on Wednesday 21st October 2015 at 12pm (midday), allowing time for answers to be posted and applicants to complete and submit their applications by the reply by date of Friday 30th October 2015 at 12pm (midday).
An electronic procurement process is being used for this procurement.
Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the
IN-tend eTender system website (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning ) to gain access to further information and obtain the tender documents to be
completed and returned for consideration. All correspondence will be dealt
through this website.
Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to
obtain further documentation using the electronic process.
This procurement is being advertised on the following websites:
www.gov.uk/contracts-finder ,
www.crawleyccg.nhs.uk
www.horshamandmidsussexccg.nhs.uk
www.coastalwestsussexccg.nhs.uk
www.brightonandhoveccg.nhs.uk
www.highwealdhavenslewesccg.nhs.uk
www.eastbournehailshamandseafordccg.nhs.uk
www.hastingsandrotherccg.nhs.uk

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

AQP Non-Invasive Ventilation Service (NIV)

• Opportunity
• Published 1 October 2015

Links

• https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning
• Tender notice
• E-tendering system

Additional text

An electronic procurement process is being used for this procurement.
Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the
IN-tend eTender system website (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning ) to gain access to further information and obtain the tender documents to be
completed and returned for consideration. All correspondence will be dealt
through this website.
Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to
obtain further documentation using the electronic process.
Suppliers Instructions of how to express interest and participate in this
Tender:
1. Register your company on the e-tendering portal (this is only required
once):
- Browse to the e-tendering Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning and click the link to register.
- Read and accept the terms and conditions and lick 'Continue'.
- Enter your correct business and user details.
- Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete.
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep
this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender:
- Login to the portal with the username/password.
- Click the 'Tenders' link and then select 'Current'. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier.)
- Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content.
- Click the 'Express Interest' button at the bottom of the page.
- This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My Tenders' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
- You can now access any attachments via the relevant tabs.
- You can now use the 'Clarifications' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification.
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT.
- There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).You must then submit your reply using the 'Publish Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

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Award information

Awarded date

20 October 2016

Contract start date

2 January 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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About the buyer

Address

36-38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
England

Email

aelliott1@nhs.net