Published date: 1 August 2016

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 26 August 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Residential health facilities services - 85144000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

itt_503

Published date

1 August 2016

Closing date

26 August 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

31 July 2018

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?

Yes

Description

Arden & GEM CSU on behalf of Hardwick, Erewash, Southern Derbyshire and North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups are facilitating the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) procurement of Care Home Beds for Eligible Fully Funded Continuing Healthcare Clients.

The 4 Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups are coming together to procure the provision of Care Home beds for eligible fully funded continuing health care clients resident in Derbyshire. The Contract will be for a period of 1 year and 8 months with an option to extend for up to 2 years (24 months). The ITT is now available and the deadline for responses is 12:00 noon on Friday 26th August 2016. To access the documentation and submit your response; please register your organisation on the Bravo website: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk The ITT reference is ITT_503.

Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Contracts are awarded on a zero value; zero volume basis.

DROP IN SESSIONS
If you would like to receive support and/or training on accessing the tender information on the Bravo e-procurement system then AGCSU and the Commissioners will be available on the following dates:- Thursday 4th August 2016 - Derby - form 9:30 Thursday 11th August 2016 - South Normanton - from 9:30am If you are interested in booking a 1 hour slot then please contact Lisa Innes by email Lisa.Innes@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk

More information

Additional text

Parent company or other guarantees, bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances. See the invitation to tender for further details.

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of Contractors to take a particular legal or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The services to which this notice relates fall under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations'). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of LTR services. Please see published documentation for further detail. Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register- Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details -Note the user-name you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the user-name/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering helpdesk

About the buyer

Address

3rd Floor North, Cardinal Square
10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
England

Email

Lis.innes@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk