Published date: 25 November 2016

Last edited date: 25 November 2016

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.


Closing: 11 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Gastroenterologist and geriatric services - 85121250

  • Gastroenterologist services - 85121251

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£2,600,000 to £3,200,000

Procurement reference

WSC-00000029-3

Published date

25 November 2016

Closing date

11 January 2017

Contract start date

1 June 2017

Contract end date

30 June 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust are looking to identify a preferred partner to provide Renal Dialysis Services. The scope of the Services includes In-Centre Haemodialysis taking place in main or satellite dialysis units(ICHD), Peritoneal dialysis (PD), Home Haemodialysis (HHD) and Intermittent Haemodialysis to treat acute kidney injury. The Trust are looking to establish a contract for a period of 5 years and a potential single extension of 3 years. The service may be considered to consist of three component parts: facilities (including but not exclusive to the dialysis environment, equipment and consumables for dialysis and support services to allow dialysis to take place and ensure the quality of the service including technical support and IT), nursing (including haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis nurses, ward staff and nurse specialists) and clinical decision-making including decisions about need for (acute and chronic), modality and dialysis prescriptions.
The Trust aims to use an Open type procedure to identify and define a solution which best addresses the requirements, as described in the Invitation to Tender. The estimated value of the entire project is between £2.6 million and £3.2 million per annum across 8 years (5 years plus 3 years extension); which translates to an estimation of between £20.8 million and £25.6 million across 8 years.
Bidders will be required to provide information regarding their eligibility to bid for these Services and respond to questions which evaluate a Bidder's ability to deliver the Specifications and determine the Most Economically Advantageous Tenders (MEAT) based on a price/quality ratio, all criteria are stated in the procurement documents. Further details can be found in documentation at https://in-Tendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home
The contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award contract/s and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award contract/s in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in participating in this procurement process, 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.

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Additional text

The Trust is carrying out this procurement pursuant to EU Directive 2014/24/EU implemented into UK Law via the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI2015/102) with effect from 26/02/2015. The Services this notice relate fall within the light touch regime set out in Regulations 74 to 76 and Schedule 3 to the Regulations. Neither the use of the term Invitation to Tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean the Trust intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the light touch regime.

The contracting authority will incorporate a standstill period from the date when information on the award of the contract/s is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Part 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation periods.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jane Garnett

Address

The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road,
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
England

Email

Jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk