Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-24
Buyer: NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Grouop
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85300000
Estimated value: 956250 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-24

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group wish to commission an Advocacy Service for the Newcastle Gateshead locality.
The aim of the service is to provide a free, independent, high quality and ethical advocacy service to the people of Newcastle and Gateshead aged 18 years and older including those people with a learning disability.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group wish to commission an Advocacy Service for the Newcastle Gateshead locality.
The aim of the service is to provide a free, independent, high quality and ethical advocacy service to the people of Newcastle and Gateshead aged 18 years and older including those people with a learning disability.
The provider will offer both long and short term advocacy as pertaining to the persons advocacy support needs in the following areas;
— BME Advocacy for people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities around health and social care issues,
The service is to commence from 1.1.2019 for a period of 3 years 3 months with an option to extend for 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the contracting authorities.
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 on the 24.8.2018. 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:
http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index.The helpdesk is open Monday – Friday between 9:00 am – 5:30 pm.
(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;
(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”. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 Nº 102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts)."
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.


Award value: 956250