Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-12
Buyer: NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: North Yorkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85143000
Estimated value: 21000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-05-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Vale of York CCG is seeking to commission a Medical Non-Emergency Transport Service for its population and on behalf of NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG through a restricted procurement process. It is anticipated that the new service will be in place by 1.4.2018.
NHS Vale of York CCG are conducting this procurement on behalf of itself and NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG. There may potentially be other Contracting Authorities within the region that wish to join this procurement exercise in the future. This will be confirmed at ITT stage.
The SQ Documents will be available for download on Tuesday 18.4.2017 from the NHS Sourcing e-procurement portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk
The overarching aim of this service is to provide a Medical Non-Emergency Transport service that will deliver for the GP registered patient population of NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG and NHS Vale of York CCG, and will meet the needs of both patients and local providers within the available resource. It will make a link between Primary and Secondary care services, support up to date ways of working, understand how both long distance and short distance journeys can be effectively made, work with the voluntary sector, and improve the overall quality of the service for all users.
The service will be easily accessible to all users, be able to manage all requirements in a timely way, have an appropriate and, where necessary, skilled workforce, and be able to report against all agreed qualitative and quantitative standards. Patient and other stakeholder needs will be considered and the service will need to be able to flex and change with the requirements of partners over time.
The Services to which this procurement related fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). As such the procurement of the services is being run as a bespoke, single stage application akin to the Open procedure involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.


Award value: 21000000