Published date: 23 February 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
Gastroenterologist services - 85121251
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£1,000,000
Procurement reference
T17/05/RW6 (Due North ProContract DN315304)
Published date
23 February 2018
Closing date
19 March 2018
Contract start date
1 May 2018
Contract end date
30 April 2019
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The purpose of this tender exercise is to select a service provider whose delivery of Endoscopy and Outpatient Services will represent value for money, high quality service; combined with the ability to identify and implement service efficiencies across the Trust.
The Gastroenterology Department provides Endoscopy Services for the Trust. The contract is to provide a component of the Trust's Endoscopy Service by delivering an agreed volume of endoscopy activity on behalf of the Trust using Trust endoscopy units, facilities and equipment.
The Trust intends to award a contract for a period of one year with an option to extend for a further 1 x 12 month period.
Please note that the Trust can give no guarantee of the future levels of work involved in the provision of the Contract.
Indicative activity volumes have been provided in the tender documentation, although these figures and hence the estimated contract value may vary to meet the demands of the service.
The contract has not been split into Lots on commercial, operational and contract management grounds.
More information
Additional text
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This procurement process is being conducted under the "Light touch regime", governing "social and other specific services" as detailed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the Light touch regime contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
Please note that all expressions of interest must be submitted via the Due North ProContract portal, paper and emailed expressions will not be accepted.
If you are not already a registered supplier on Due North, please follow this link to register for free: https://procontract.due-north.com/register
Once you have successfully expressed your interest via the portal, you will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will be able to access and download the tender documentation and any other relevant information.
All documents pertaining to this opportunity will be available for download via the ProContract portal from the outset. Please ensure you are able to download all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.
Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will result in the tender submission being disregarded.
The uploading process when submitting a tender via ProContract may take some time. Tenderers should therefore start this process in sufficient time to allow for the complete uploading of their tender submission by the tender return time and date.
About the buyer
Contact name
Peter Hamilton
Address
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,
Trust Headquarters, North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall,
MANCHESTER
M85RB
England
Telephone
01616561965
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