Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-05-27
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000
Estimated value: 5333543 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-06-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Contract for Primary Medical Care Provision for Station Surgery, Leyland (Chorley and South Ribble CCG)
Chorley & South Ribble Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is inviting suitably experienced and qualified organisations to participate in this procurement for the contract for primary medical care provision at Station Surgery, Leyland.
There is currently a temporary caretaking arrangement in place at this practice which is due to end on the 31 July 2020 and a longer term arrangement is required to deliver the provision from 1 August 2020.
The CCG's intention is to award an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract with a 10-year term with the option to extend for a further maximum 5 years.
The annual value of the contract is GBP 355 569.54 (total estimated value including extension option of GBP 5 333 543 over 15 years. The annual contract value is based on estimated income relating to the existing provision.
In accordance with the regulatory provision for procuring services under a state of urgency, this procurement process is following an accelerated open procedure. There is a requirement for the services to commence 1 August 2020 due to expiry of the existing contract on 31 July 2020. The procurement timetable reflects the extreme level of urgency required to protect continuity of care for patients at a time of unprecedented emergency in the health and social care system resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. This has placed additional unforeseen pressure on the capability of the CCG to follow its usual procurement timescales and it is deemed in the best interest of patients to procure the services via an accelerated procedure.
Therefore, bidders are urged to carefully review the constricted procurement timetable; to conduct early review of all of the procurement documentation and to raise any clarification questions as soon as possible and in accordance with the stipulated deadlines
The CCG will also endeavour to respond to clarifications as quickly as possible to assist bidders to produce the best possible tender.
This procurement is for clinical 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’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7.
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: 5333543