Published date: 24 April 2019
Last edited date: 24 April 2019
This notice was replaced on 11 September 2019
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Awarded contract (published 11 September 2019)
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Contract summary
Industry
Patient-transport vehicles - 34114122
Special-purpose road passenger-transport services - 60130000
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£0 to £23,906,398
Procurement reference
NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Worcestershire CCGs & Associated Commissioners
Published date
24 April 2019
Closing date
20 May 2019
Contract start date
1 April 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2025
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?
Yes
Description
The commissioning bodies for this procurement are NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Redditch & Bromsgrove CCG, NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG, and Associated Commissioners.
The Department of Health's Guidance 'Eligibility Criteria for Patient Transport Service' (2007) definition of a Patient Transport Service is to provide an NHS funded mechanism for patients with non-emergency, urgent unplanned and planned medical needs to be transported from either their place of residence (or a community/acute NHS healthcare provider location) to a community or acute setting and returned to either
their original place of residence or to their new place of residence/healthcare provision.
The above named commissioning bodies are seeking to jointly procure a Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS) for eligible patients within the local healthcare area that will safely, effectively and sustainably transport eligible patients between their nominated place of residence to, from and between NHS-funded healthcare facilities in a timely manner, insupport of their health care.
The key aim of this service is to provide transport for patients with a medical need from a place of residence to community and acute settings and returned to their place (original or new) of residence, in comfort and without detriment to their medical condition.
The commissioning bodies intend to award one contract. The contract duration shall be five (5) years, with the option to extend for a further two (2) years, subject to agreement.
The date of commencement of the new service is 1st April 2020.
The Service shall primarily cover Herefordshire, Worcestershire and central Powys. Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board, NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Gloucestershire Clinical
Commissioning Groups are also participants to the contract for smaller volumes of patients.
Patients eligible for the Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service will be required to meet the clinical eligibility criteria as stipulated within Service Specification.
The commissioning bodies have set affordability thresholds for the procurement. The financial envelope is £4,781,280 per annum and £23,906,398 over the 5 year contract with an additional maximum annual threshold of 10% (£478,128 per annum). Any bid exceeding the combined financial envelope and 10% threshold will fail at the first stage of the evaluation. For the avoidance of doubt any bid exceeding 5,259,408 per annum or £26,297,040 over the 5 year contract will fail at the first stage of the evaluation.
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are found on the Bravo Solution e-Procurement portal; details on how to access the portal are provided below.
More information
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To access the tender opportunity go to:
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Interested providers are guided to the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo Solution at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. to gain access to this procurement's documents and more specific information.
To register on the portal:
If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register.
1) Register on the portal webpage at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge).
2) Once registered, candidates must Express their Interest by:
a) logging into the MLCSU eTendering Bravo portal
b) selecting response to ITT,
c) select Open Access ITT,
d) search for and access listing related to this contract (search for reference number itt_660) and view details.
As part of the Financial assessment MLCSU will look at relevant Dun & Bradstreet reports. If not already registered, it can be obtained by following this link: http://salesmarketing.dnb.co.uk/find_my_company/
Bidders are also encouraged to register on the Government site SID4GOV on: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register
"Light Touch Regime" services: This service is classified as clinical which comes under the Light Touch
Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the
Regulations ("Regulations"). The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the
Regulations. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement,
Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority
reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required
to disclose information received in the course of this service under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in
accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency. This service may be subject to possible
redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information
requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further
information on transparency can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurementand-
contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance
About the buyer
Contact name
Lyle Lloyd
Address
NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commisioning Support Unit
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
England
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