Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-19
Buyer: NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber
Country: UK
Region: YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 8752020 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Leeds North, Leeds South and East, Leeds West, North Kirkless and Wakefield, and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven, Bradford City, Bradford Districts, Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber (the Contracting Authority) who wish to commission NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes, and is inviting expressions of interest in the following 2 Lots.
Lot 2: Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven, Bradford City, Bradford Districts, Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield.
The basic principles of the Open Procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption and saving for certain NHS procurements. Regulation 120 provides that nothing in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 affects any contract award procedure that relates to the procurement of health care services for the purposes of the NHS within the meaning and scope of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013(b), that is commenced before 18 April 2016 and any subsequent contract awarded as a result of such a procedure. The current Part B regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013(b) will continue to apply to the commissioning of these services until 18 April 2016.
The aim of this procurement process is to appoint the most economically advantageous tenderer or tenderers to deliver the required services under Lot 1 and Lot 2.
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes will commence on 01 April 2017 and be for an initial period of 3 years plus the option to extend the contract for a further 1 x 24 month period at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. The resulting contract or contracts will be the NHS Standard Contract 2015/16 and or any updated contract documentation issued by NHS England for use in 2016/17.
Potential tenderers are to note: It is anticipated that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply to these contracts. Potential tenderers are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
(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; and
(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”.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system (In-Tend) to manage this procurement and communicate with potential tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued and all communications between potential tenderers and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the In-Tend portal. Please see Section VI (VI.3 Additional Information) on how to access
NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber proposes to commission NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes for Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven, Bradford City, Bradford Districts, Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield in accordance with the specification requirements.
The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years plus the option to extend the contract for a further 1 x 24 month period at the discretion of NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance under the NHS Standard Contract 2015/16 and or any updated contract documentation issued by NHS England for use in 2016/17
NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber proposes to commission NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes for Leeds North, Leeds South and East, Leeds West, North Kirkless and Wakefield in accordance with the specification requirements.
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