Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-16
Buyer: Eastern Cheshire CCG
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Lot A will establish ‘Access and Referral’ for a primary care-based model of mental health services, including IAPT.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
NHS Eastern Cheshire CCGs intention is to procure a core IAPT service (covering Steps 2 and 3) in addition to a Well-being Wraparound service via separate lots. Access to both services will be via Access and Referral Points to be provided by the core IAPT Service Provider.
The model that NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG has developed, following extensive research and following national guidelines follows an innovative approach to providing care for people with a range of mental health problems, including:
— Establishing a ‘Access and Referral’ for a primary care-based model of mental health services, including IAPT;
— Establishing a well-being wraparound hub, so that everyone, regardless of whether they meet the thresholds for IAPT therapies or not, can access mental well-being support.
The innovation to integrate earlier intervention/prevention interventions into the pathway, ensuring that those at steps 1 and 2 with sub-threshold symptoms are getting a service (in-line with NICE guidance), is an valuable addition to the existing IAPT provision, and will ensure that those with mental health needs are supported faster, and by existing assets in our community.
Linking these to social prescribing/community referral schemes helps to address the causal factors, which has previously been a key missing element of service provision, and something as a Clinical Commissioning Group that we have felt very strongly about. The development of our ‘Well-being Wraparound’ in addition to the core IAPT service will help to integrate these elements in a new and innovative way in Eastern Cheshire.
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 on-screen 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.
(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) A statement of overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 2 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
The Clinical Commissioning Groups require that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form required by the web portal available at: https://nhssourcing.co.uk


Eligibility requirements: 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 on-screen 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. The following may be requested in assessing potential bidders' economic and financial capacity: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) A statement of overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 2 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Please refer to the tender documents for specific requirements. The Clinical Commissioning Groups require that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form required by the web portal available at: https://nhssourcing.co.uk Please refer to the tender documents for specific requirements. The Clinical Commissioning Groups require that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form required by the web portal available at: https://nhssourcing.co.uk
The following may be requested in assessing potential bidders' economic and financial capacity: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) A statement of overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 2 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Please refer to the tender documents for specific requirements. The Clinical Commissioning Groups require that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form required by the web portal available at: https://nhssourcing.co.uk
The following may be requested in assessing potential bidders' economic and financial capacity: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) A statement of overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 2 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Please refer to the tender documents for specific requirements.
The Clinical Commissioning Groups require that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form required by the web portal available at: https://nhssourcing.co.uk
Please refer to the tender documents for specific requirements. The Clinical Commissioning Groups require that potential bidders, in submitting their expression of interest, complete procurement specific information in the form required by the web portal available at: https://nhssourcing.co.uk
Please refer to the tender documents for specific requirements.