Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-10-15
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement North West
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48800000 | 48814200 | 72300000 | 72310000: Data processing services | 72312000: Data entry services
Estimated value: 12764533 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West (Cheshire and Merseyside and Lancashire and South Cumbria) (the Contracting Authorities). The Contracting Authorities are procuring child health information services (CHIS) in the Cheshire and Merseyside area and separately Lancashire area.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West (Cheshire and Merseyside and Lancashire and South Cumbria) (the Contracting Authorities).
The Contracting Authorities are procuring child health information services (CHIS) in the Cheshire and Merseyside area and separately Lancashire area. The contracting authorities plan a contract start date of 1.4.2020 with a phased mobilisation of services.
The financial threshold for this procurement for both lots is 20 814 533 GBP. The contract is for 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the contracting authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
Lot 1: Cheshire and Merseyside: the annual contract value per year is 2 024 261 GBP for the first 3 years, year 4 1 922 258 GBP, year 5 1 766 704 GBP, year 6 1 503 995 GBP and year 7 1 498 793 GBP per annum which is inclusive of 1,25 % CQUIN. The contract will be monitored in line with the service specification and NHS contract terms and conditions.
Lot 2: Lancashire: the annual contract value is 1 150 000 GBP per annum which is inclusive of 1,25 % CQUIN. The contract will be monitored in line with the service specification and NHS contract terms and conditions.
The open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bides in accordance with Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the e-tendering system.
The proposed contract term for this procurement is 5 years with an option to extend for 2 years subject to approval of CEG on 11.6.2019. Should approval not be given the contract term will be 3 years with the option to extend for 1 year. A clarification will be send out to advise bidders via Proactis.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the Proactis e-tendering portal, which can be found at:
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contract the eTendering provider by Email: suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/core/Defalut/Index (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm).
— how the proposed service to be procured may improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the North region for which the procurement is taking place,
— how, in conducting the process of the procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement; and
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’.
Originally a joint procurement however no compliant bids received for Lancashire and South Cumbria, so only awarding to Cheshire and Merseyside.


Winner: NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Award value: 12764533
Number of bids: 4