Published date: 14 January 2022

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 February 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£2,256,000

Procurement reference

SWINDON001-DN589857-15049469

Published date

14 January 2022

Closing date

11 February 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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

Primary Care Public Health Services
Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Primary Care Public Health Services for the resident population of Swindon.
The following service lots are available for General Practices and Pharmacies.
Lot 1: Stop Smoking - GP
Lot 2: Stop Smoking - Pharmacy
Lot 3: NHS Health Checks - GP
Lot 4: NHS Health Checks - Pharmacy
Lot 5: Drug Services: Shared Care
Lot 6: Drug Services: Needle and Syringe Exchange
Lot 7: Drug Services: Supervised Consumption
Lot 8: Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Services
For each specific service lot payment will be by activity based on payment by results (PbR) at a fixed tariff. Tariff prices are fixed for the duration of the contract but will be subject to annual review. As these services are patient led there is no guaranteed commitment or volume of activity.
In addition to complying with relevant professional standards, competencies and guidelines required for each specific service the following minimum selection criteria must also be met:

• Care Quality Commission (CQC) Registration (GPs)
• General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Registration (Pharmacy)
• Employer's Liability of £5M
• Public Liability of £5M
• Professional Indemnity (including medical malpractice) of £5M
• Self-Certify "No" to Ground for Mandatory exclusion - Regulations 57(1) and (2) of the Public contract Regulations 2015
• Acceptance to the Contract Terms & Conditions. Full details relating to the services are provided in the tender documents.
The contract will be for a period of 48 months commencing 1st April 2022 with an option to extend for a further two period of 12 months (4 + 1 + 1) subject to satisfactory performance and budget availability.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents.
In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com
Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 4th February 2022, 1400 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued on the ProContract tender portal. Responses to clarifications will be uploaded periodically and it is the bidder's responsibility to check the portal on a regular basis for updates.
Submission of your Statement of Provision are required to be submitted no later than 11th February 2022, 14.00 local time via the Supplying the South West Portal https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

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About the buyer

Contact name

Divya Bassi

Address

Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
SN1 2JH
England

Telephone

+44 7971988885

Email

DBassi@swindon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.swindon.gov.uk/