Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2021-01-22
Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services and North Of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30210000 | 30212000 | 30213100 | 30213200

Technical requirements: Procurement for the provision of IT hardware and services that fall within lots for desktops, laptops, tablets, healthcare IT, clinical monitors, green IT, printers/scanners, deployment services, third party warranty and One Stop Shop.
The framework will be for the benefit of all public sector bodies, including any statutory and other successor organisations to any of the foregoing and in addition any other commissioners (whether alone of jointly with any other organisation), providers and regulators of NHS funded (either in whole or in part) services including practice based commissioning consortia, general practice commissioning consortia, NHS England and all subnational offices including any body obtaining new membership to NHS Shared Business Services Ltd and/or NOE CPC. This list may be subject to change and can include other organisations that are NHS SBS and/or NOE CPC members.
OJEU procedures include a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such information should be requested from NHS SBS. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly.
Procurement for the provision of IT hardware and services that fall within lots for desktops, laptops, tablets, healthcare IT, clinical monitors, green IT, printers/scanners, deployment services, third party warranty and One Stop Shop.
The framework will be for the benefit of all public sector bodies, including any statutory and other successor organisations to any of the foregoing and in addition any other commissioners (whether alone of jointly with any other organisation), providers and regulators of NHS funded (either in whole or in part) services including practice based commissioning consortia, general practice commissioning consortia, NHS England (and all subnational offices including any body obtaining new membership to NHS Shared Business Services Ltd and/or NOE CPC. This list may be subject to change and can include other organisations that are NHS SBS and/or NOE CPC members.
The Covid-19 pandemic meets the conditions outlined under 72(1) (c) of PCR 2015, and it is under those conditions that a modification to the duration of the framework is proposed to be made. In making such a modification it is understood that NHS SBS and NOE CPC would be required to send a notice to OJEU for publication outlined under 72(3) of PCR 2015.
Decision taken to extend framework agreement by 3 months to 12 March 2021 given the high priority operational needs of NHS to procure these particular products and services at short notice during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
The justification for the extension is that the necessary NHS expertise is not currently available to support the tender evaluation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, framework continuity is required during a period of high demand and priority to support the operational needs of the NHS in procuring these particular products and services at short notice. The Covid-19 pandemic meets the conditions outlined under 72(1) (c) of PCR 2015, and it is under those conditions that a modification to the duration of the framework is proposed to be made. In making such a modification it is understood that NHS SBS and NOE CPC would be required to send a notice to OJEU for publication outlined under 72(3) of PCR 2015.


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