Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-07
Buyer: Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 6505315 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract will support the creation of a combined respiratory airways programme, including audits for COPD and asthma. It therefore includes the continued delivery of a national clinical audit of COPD care provision and outcomes in England and Wales and the addition of Scotland to the programme. The successful provider will build on the successes and learning established by the audit to date. The programme will additionally incorporate national clinical audits of adult and paediatric asthma care provision and outcomes in England, Scotland and Wales.
This contract will support the creation of a combined respiratory airways programme, including audits for COPD and asthma. It therefore includes the continued delivery of a national clinical audit of COPD care provision and outcomes in England and Wales and the addition of Scotland to the programme. The successful provider will build on the successes and learning established by the audit to date. The programme will additionally incorporate national clinical audits of adult and paediatric asthma care provision and outcomes in England, Scotland and Wales. Full details of the Authority's requirements are set out in the Specification in Annex B1 of Section B.
— The ability to engage actively with patient and carer groups; experience of patient and public involvement;
— Methodological and statistical expertise and experience to inform, data collection, data cleaning, analysis and interpretation of the data;
— Information security/management skills including understanding/ experience of patient level data linkage and sound knowledge of information governance and procedures for gaining permissions for data processing;
The contract is offered for an initial duration of 3 years, with a potential to extend for up to an additional 2 years subject to the availability of funding and an assessment by HQIP on the quality of delivery of the programme.
The contract is for an initial period of 3 years at a maximum total budget of 2 463 189 GBP excluding VAT and bids exceeding this limit may be rejected.
However there is potential to add primary care for England and/or Scotland into the programme. This may or may not elicit additional funding. Therefore the value of the contract being tendered is 2 463 189 GBP in the first instance, to a maximum value of up to 3 903 189 GBP excl. VAT with the inclusion of primary care for England and/or Scotland.
There is also potential to extend the contract for a possible additional 2 years, subject to the availability of funding and an assessment by HQIP on the quality of delivery of the programme. Including this extension as well as the inclusion of primary care for England and/or Scotland would mean that the contract value over 5 years would be 6 505 315 GBP excluding VAT.
NB. Bidders should submit their Schedule of Offer based on providing the audit for the baseline ‘core’ delivery for the initial 3 years only (maximum total budget of 2 463 189 GBP excluding VAT).
Please follow the link to view the specification and to formally express your interest in this contract opportunity. NB. Potential providers must complete the Supplier Registration Form on the e-procurement system before they can access the Invitation to Tender (ITT) which is a separate event. The deadline for submission of Tenders is the same as Expressions of Interest.
Any subsequent contract award will include a performance related pay element linked to the achievement of key contract deliverables which will be mutually agreed with the successful Bidder.


Award value: 6505315