Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-07-21
Buyer: NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 102000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-08-15

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) works for and on behalf of NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG) who wish to commission a Diabetes Remission Programme for patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the North Tyneside locality.
The aim is to provide patients of North Tyneside with a DIRECT (DIabetes REmission Clinical Trial) style diabetes remission programme.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) works for and on behalf of NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG) who wish to commission a Diabetes Remission Programme for patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the North Tyneside locality.
The aim is to provide patients of North Tyneside with a direct (DIabetes REmission Clinical Trial) style diabetes remission programme
— achieve comparable remission rates to those of the national pilot programme – i.e. 46 % of patients participating in the DRPP will achieve remission of type 2 diabetes (HbA1c <48 mmol / mol) within 12 months,
— work with North Tyneside CCG and Newcastle University to evaluate the effectiveness of the programme, this will include the collection and sharing of quantitative and qualitative data on patient experiences and outcomes,
— the programme will be delivered in a community setting and integrated closely with the delivery of routine primary care.
The service is to commence from 1.1.2019 for a period of 2 years with no option to extend the contract.
How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of North Tyneside and how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement. This will be tested via the response to the tender.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
The tender questionnaire and all relevant documentation associated with this offer can be accessed via the above link from 12:00 noon on 20.7.2018.
It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the PROACTIS helpdesk via:
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions;
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being”. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 Nº 102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts)."


Award value: 102000