Published date: 15 March 2024

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


Closing: 22 December 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

North East, North West

Value of contract

£42,000 to £45,000

Procurement reference

NHSE965

Published date

15 March 2024

Closing date

22 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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 of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHSE North East and Yorkshire (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a competitive tender, under threshold, to commission Patient failsafe function for the Neonatal Hepatitis B screening and immunisation pathway in the North East and North Cumbria.

The contract term is for an initial period of 2 years, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, commencing on 01 April 2024.

The closing date for submission of responses is 12 noon on 22 December 2023.

Additional information

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

Quotation documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 01 December 2023.


Legal, economic, financial, and technical information
Conditions for participation

Objective rules and criteria for participation

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Contracting Authorities must consider:

(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and

(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".

The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Patient Failsafe Function for Hepatitis B Screening - ITQ

  • Opportunity
  • Published 1 December 2023, last edited 4 December 2023


Award information

Awarded date

28 February 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£42,750

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lanchester Road Hospital
Darlington
DL3 6HX

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£42,750

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

NECS

Address

Stella House
Newburn
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
United Kingdom

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net