Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-03
Buyer: Bedford Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Health services. Bedford Borough Council (BBC) & Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) are responsible for the provision of Public Health Services for their residents. This will be a joint procurement exercise led by BBC on behalf of BBC and CBC. They are seeking expressions of interest and tender submissions from suitably qualified and experienced providers who can meet all of the legal requirements of Local Authority contracts.
Bedford Borough Council (BBC) and Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), have been working to improve choice, quality, and value for money, of the sexual health services and are committed to significantly improving outcomes as well as ensuring that these improvements are sustainable.
We are looking to award to a single Provider that can work collaboratively with other providers in the Region, with a view to delivering Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Sexual Health Services and who can provide quality care of the highest degree to our residents. The successful provider will be required to provide an integrated service that is easily accessible to all our residents
As the bidder community is aware, all public sector budgets are under the pressure of cuts and reductions in grants and support from Central Government. As such CBC and BBC have to deliver more services for a lower budget, and are looking to providers that can take advantage of streamlined and collaborative working as they will be a single point of contact and provider for levels 1 to 3 of sexual health services. . Accordingly, we are expecting providers to submit tenders that are below the 2 300 000 GBP p.a. (16 100 000 GBP over 7 years including extensions or 2 years) threshold budget we currently have for delivery of these services.
The start date for the contract is in November 2016 for a contract period of 5 years with the possibility of an extension of a further 2 years.
BBC are the lead authority on behalf of CBC and will be running an ‘open’ procurement process. Organisations wishing to register an interest in tendering should go to https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ to express their interest. You will also be able view and respond to the tender at the same time, view other attached documents and send questions and queries via the messaging system within the website.
The Council is conducting the procurement under the Open Procedure pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘The Regulations’). For the avoidance of any doubt, the services to be procured fall within Part 2 (Rules Implementing the Public Contracts Directive), Chapter 3 (Particular Procurement Regimes), and Section 7 (Social and Other Specific Services) of the Regulations ‘light touch’.
All communications, questions regarding this tender or the procurement process must be via the messaging system within the Delta e-tendering website.
If you have need any assistance using the e-tendering website please call 0845 270 7050 or email Delta E-Sourcing. All communication and questions must be via the https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ website. Access Code 32C4KU9HRA.
The deadline for the submission of Tender Proposals is 29.3.2016, 12:00 via the Delta e-sourcing website.
Bedford Borough Council (BBC) & Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) are responsible for the provision of Public Health Services for their residents. This will be a joint procurement exercise led by BBC on behalf of BBC and CBC. They are seeking expressions of interest and tender submissions from suitably qualified and experienced providers who can meet all of the legal requirements of Local Authority contracts.
Bedford Borough Council (BBC) & Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), have been working to improve choice, quality, and value for money, of the sexual health services and are committed to significantly improving outcomes as well as ensuring that these improvements are sustainable.
We are looking to award to a single Provider that can work collaboratively with other providers in the Region, with a view to delivering Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Sexual Health Services and who can provide quality care of the highest degree to our residents. The successful provider will be required to provide an integrated service that is easily accessible to all our residents
As the bidder community is aware, all public sector budgets are under the pressure of cuts and reductions in grants and support from Central Government. As such CBC and BBC have to deliver more services for a lower budget, and are looking to providers that can take advantage of streamlined and collaborative working as they will be a single point of contact and provider for levels 1 to 3 of sexual health services. . Accordingly, we are expecting providers to submit tenders that are below the 2 300 000 GBP p.a. (16 100 000 GBP over 7 years including extensions) threshold budget we currently have for delivery of these services.
BBC are the lead authority on behalf of CBC and will be running an ‘open’ procurement process. Organisations wishing to register an interest in tendering should go to https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ to express their interest. You will also be able view and respond to the tender at the same time, view other attached documents and send questions and queries via the messaging system within the website.

Eligibility requirements: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender. A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority. Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT. Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT. Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT. Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT.
Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT. Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT.
Please refer to ITT issued to interested organisations. Minimum levels of standards required will also be set out in the ITT.

Award value: 1