Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-10-20
Buyer: NHS Greater Preston Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 13178473 GBP

Technical requirements: Pan Lancashire, South Cumbria, North Cumbria and Merseyside Bariatric Surgery and Weight Management Services
‘Please note there will be a further call for competition. This PIN relates to a provider engagement event only’.
There are currently interim contracts in place for the services until January 2022, the contracts were extended in order to allow time for the services to be redesigned and procured.
The procurement exercise is planned to commence in March 2021, with these timescales in mind both current and interested providers are invited to attend a virtual Provider Engagement Workshop on 26 November 2020 to discuss the future service model and options in relation to Bariatric Surgery and aftercare. There will be an opportunity to provide feedback within the session and this will then inform the final service specification, procurement and contract model.
Services are being redesigned and procured for the population of Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside (3.6m). The current demand for bariatric surgery services for this population is approximately 20 referrals per month for surgery.
Virtual Bariatric and Weight Management Services Provider Engagement Workshop – via Microsoft Teams - Thursday 26 November 2020 at 1 p.m. We would be grateful if you could confirm the organisation that you will be representing and your attendance at the event by emailing mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net. Please use the contact details provided to respond to this invitation.
The CCGs may procure services grouped in 2 lots (Bariatric Surgery and Follow Up Services) or more lots to reflect the required contracting model following further stakeholder consultation. This will be confirmed at the commencement of the tender process.
The value advertised reflects the indicative total maximum combined value of all of the services/lots and for the maximum contract duration of 7 years.
This procurement is for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations') http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
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.
Right to Cancel: The contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.
The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this contract notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
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 procurement under FOIA or the EIR.


Award value: 13178473