Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-24
Buyer: NHS Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (on behalf of itself and the CCGs identified below)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 3809000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge (BHR) CCG’s are seeking to commission a Community ENT Service to manage conditions that don’t require specialist intervention at secondary care level. This will enable improved patient flow through ENT services, and support the management of increasing demand for secondary care services.
The service described in the specification encourages providers to deliver care as cost effectively and conveniently for patients as possible and to utilise the skills of a variety of clinicians. This will also support the sustainability of 18 week referral to treatment (RTT) compliance.
The values specified above are maximum values, and the value includes the potential extension option.
The above values are based on activity levels over 60 months, further details on activity levels for the 3 year contract are set out in the ITT documentation available from the contact point at I.3.
The form of contract to be entered into by the CCGs and the successful service provider will be the NHS Standard Contract 2017-19.
NEL CSU is managing this procurement on behalf of NHS Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who is leading this procurement on behalf of itself and NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG and NHS Havering CCG (BHR CCGs). The Service is being procured by the BHR CCGs in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), under the Light Touch Regime, “Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services”. The Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations referred to therein and, to the extent that it follows any other part of the Regulations, it does so entirely voluntarily. It is anticipated at this stage the BHR CCGs will contract with the successful provider, however the Commissioners reserve the right to change this in the future, including (but not limited to) the withdrawal of any one of the parties from the procurement process.
The value and period specified in this document is the maximum value/duration and includes the potential extension option (if exercised). Prices must not exceed the current financial thresholds.
Section 1.3 The tender documents are available for download from the eTendering portal (Pro-Contract) the address for which is in Section I.1. These documents are available until the dates specified in Section IV.2.2. To obtain these documents interested organisations must first register on the Pro-Contract portal. Interested organisations must refer to the guides and other documents which are available on the Pro-Contract portal to guide them through the electronic registration and submission process.
Arrangements for Site Visits (6 February) and a Bidder Information Event (5 February) are included in the ITT Overview document, please read the documents and follow the instructions provided.
Bidders are encouraged to submit their completed tender documents well in advance of the stated date and time (as set out in Section IV.2.2) in order to avoid such issues as technical difficulties with the electronic system. Tender documents received after the date and time specified or sent to a different address, electronically or otherwise, will not be considered.
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Right to Cancel: The CCGs reserve the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contact, and do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserve the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.
The CCG shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or bidder in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this Contract Notice are provisional and the CCG reserves the right to change them.
Transparency: The CCG is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the CCG intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the CCG. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under FOIA and the EIR. Further information on transparency can be found at:

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to information in the Invitation to Tender document.

Award value: 3809000