Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-11-29
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, Defence Medical Services (DMS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 10725000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority has a requirement for a contractor to provide diagnostic imaging and orthopaedic surgical treatment within the following timelines:
The contractor conduct the imaging/surgery at their premises with qualified staff ensuring that sound healthcare governance procedures are being followed to CQC standards and that clinical activity is compliant with NICE guidelines and professional body regulations.
The authority has a requirement for a contractor to provide diagnostic imaging and orthopaedic surgical treatment within the following timelines:
The contractor conduct the imaging/surgery at their premises with qualified staff ensuring that sound Healthcare Governance procedures are being followed to CQC standards and that clinical activity is compliant with NICE guidelines and Professional Body Regulations.
Estimated quantity: It is estimated that there shall be up to 4 000 images required per annum with the majority being made up of MRI scans. Further scans include, but are not limited to ultrasound, CT Scans and X-rays.
It is estimated that there shall be up to 400 surgical procedures per annum, including but not limited to knee procedures, ankle procedures and accelerated spinal pathway.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc.
Will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
Options: the authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to extend the framework agreement for a period of up to 24-month. The estimated value of this extension period is 2 150 000 GBP.
Options: the authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to extend the framework agreement for a period of up to 24-month. The estimated annual value is 2 150 000 GBP, giving a 24-month value of 4 300 000 GBP.
A financial assessment will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall pass/fail judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the parent company, where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation may be utilised as part of this process.
The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by a security aspects letter, the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the security aspects letter to reflect any changes in national law or government policy whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies or otherwise.
Potential suppliers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, purchasing and finance (CP&F) electronic procurement tool. All payments for contractor deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. You can find details on CP&F at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-contractingpurchasing-and-finance-e-procurement-system.
Your attention is drawn to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), as amended and/or the service provision change (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, as amended from time to time. The authority would be neither transferor nor transferee of the employees in the circumstances of any contract awarded as a result of this invitation and it is your responsibility to consider whether or not TUPE applies to this re-let and to tender accordingly. Notwithstanding this, you will wish to note that it is the authority's view that TUPE is unlikely to be applicable if this invitation to tender results in a contract being placed as the contractor currently undertaking this task has informed the authority that no employees are in scope to transfer.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a security aspects letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.


Award value: 10725000