NECS479

Contract summary

Industry

• Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£304,200 to £997,000

Procurement reference

Anti -Coagulation Services

Published date

21 February 2024

Closing date

16 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria (NHS NENC ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Anticoagulation Service under the Full-Length NHS Contract 2023/24 (Particulars, Service Conditions, General Conditions) or any edition or any subsequent revisions.

The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years commencing on 01 April 2024, 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.

Lot 1 - Darlington
Lot 2 - Middlesbrough
Lot 3 - Redcar and Cleveland
Lot 4 - Hartlepool
Lot 5 - Stockton

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. However, 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, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2023/S 000-015046.

Thirdly, the affordability envelope may be subject to decrease or increase, for any one year, following contract award as a result of an increase or decrease in activity numbers. Any fluctuations in the affordability envelope and/or activity will be in accordance with Regulation 72(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). A tariff payment will be made based on activity undertaken by the provider.

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

Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035

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

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 13 September 2023.

Please note no bids were receive for Lot 3 - Redcar and Cleveland, and no contract was awarded for this lot.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Anticoagulation Service

• Opportunity
• Published 13 September 2023

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Award information

Awarded date

14 February 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Total value of contract

£2,766,400

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

IntraHealth Limited

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About the buyer

Contact name

NECS

Address

Stella House
Newburn
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net