Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-10-19
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

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 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:
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
"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 Proactis portal.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm).


Winner: Counterweight Limited
Award value: 102000
Number of bids: 3