Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-09-03
Buyer: NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 2755801 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Devon CCG intends to procure Termination of Pregnancy Services within the community for the population of Devon.
— provide consultations by phone or video call for women who prefer it. Settings of services to include hospital and in the community.
— contraception, providers should ensure the full range of reversible contraceptive options is available for women on the same day as the ToP, with staff who have the knowledge and skills to provide these, including implants and intrauterine devices if this is what the woman chooses. For women having medical ToP and who choose depot medroxyprogesterone acetate as contraception provide this at the same appointment they take mifepristone, explain that there is a risk of ongoing pregnancy, but this is low,
— services should be sensitive to the service user’s needs and feelings. Information, both written and verbal, should be provided in an objective and non-judgmental way, which allows service users to make choices. Inform that ToP does not increase risk of long-term health problems. Provide information about benefits and risks of medical and surgical methods of termination without being directive, so that women can make their own choice. The guideline provides detailed information on these, differentiating risks and benefits for each by gestational stage. Provide detailed information as early as possible to help women prepare- to include what it involves, what happens next, pain and bleeding to expect. Use a variety of formats. If the ToP method is medical include what they may see, what it will look like whether there may be any movement. If the ToP is at home include how to be sure the pregnancy has passed. Provide information on signs and symptoms to indicate they may need medical help after a ToP and who to contact. Provide information about different ways of handling foetal remains. If ToP is for foetal anomaly and this is not in a maternity setting, have clear referral pathways and communication routes to enable easy transfer and enable the woman to get more information about the anomaly,
— provide consultations by phone or video call for women who prefer it. Settings of services to include hospital and in the community.
The contract will be for a term of 5 years (the target commencement date is 1.4.2020). At the end of the 5 year term the commissioner will have options to extend the initial period by any period or periods up to a maximum of a further 2 years.
A market engagement event will be held virtually on 10.9.2019. Bidders must submit a request to participate and register their interest in bidding in order to participate in this event.
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
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The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) which are not subject to the full regime of the regulations, but is instead governed by the ‘Light Touch Regime’ contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority will not be bound by the regulations or the treaty on the functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these services.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the directive or regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the authority (‘Open’, ‘Restricted’, ‘Competitive Procedure with Negotiation’, ’Competitive Dialogue‘ or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive/Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
The contracting authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations. Unsuccessful bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the bidder/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the Regulations.


Award value: 2755801