Published date: 19 October 2015

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


Closing: 29 July 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Gynaecological hospital services - 85111300

  • Services provided by medical laboratories - 85145000

    • Medical analysis services - 85148000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber, North West

Value of contract

£21,634,037

Procurement reference

MT164311

Published date

19 October 2015

Closing date

29 July 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

30 March 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

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of:
NHS England Yorkshire and the Humber (Y&H) and
NHS England Lancashire & Greater Manchester (L&GM) (the Contracting Authorities).
The basic principles of the Open procurement route were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of Tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption and saving for certain NHS procurements. Regulation 120 provides that nothing in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 affects any contract award procedure that relates to the procurement of health care services for the purposes of the NHS within the meaning and scope of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013(b) that is commenced before 18th April 2016 and any subsequent contract awarded as a result of such a procedure. The current Part B regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013(b) will continue to apply to the commissioning of this service.
The Contracting Authorities have commissioned under separate Lots:
Cervical Cytology Screening (including HPV testing) Laboratory Service for South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw (Lot 1)
Cervical Cytology and HPV Laboratory Scr...ired information for both lots.
Potential Tenderers were to note: That the Contracting Authroities anticipated that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may have applied for this contract. Potential Tenderers were advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
"Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the 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 it exercises its functions, and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract had been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authorities relating to economic, social, and environmental well-being".
NECS utilised an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with tenderers. Accordingly, there were no hard copy documents issued to tenderers and all communications with NECS, including tender submission, were conducted via the portal hosted by (In-Tend), the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.
The closing time and date for tender returns was 12 Noon on 29 July 2015.

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Award information

Awarded date

12 October 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

30 March 2021

Total value of contract

£8,126,967

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1st Floor Clock Tower,Herries Road, Sheffield

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Manchester Royal Infirmary,Oxford Road, Manchester

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

C/o North of England Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Teesdale House
Thornaby
Stockton on Tees
TS17 6BL

England

Telephone

+44 1642746911

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

http://www.necsu.nhs.uk