Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-12-23
Buyer: NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (the commissioners) invites expressions of interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced providers to provide community MSK services across Oxfordshire.
Commissioners intend to hold a market engagement event (MEE) with potential bidders to understand opportunities and barriers to providing this service within Oxfordshire and to assist commissioners with shaping their procurement strategy and service specification. This is not a call for competition.
The MEE is expected to be held in a virtual environment on the 28 January 2021. Further details will be released to interested potential bidders in due course.
Please email donnaharrington@nhs.net and claire.lester1@nhs.net to expression an interest and request a questionnaire and further documentation. Completed questionnaires must be received via email by the 22 January 2021.
NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (the commissioners) invites expressions of interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced providers, including third sector and social enterprise organisations, private and NHS organisations, to provide community MSK services across Oxfordshire.
Commissioners intend to hold a market engagement event with potential bidders to understand opportunities and barriers to providing this service within Oxfordshire and to assist commissioners with shaping their procurement strategy and service specification. This is not a call for competition.
The service will focus on delivering a fully integrated model of care that will offer a full Musculoskeletal Assessment Triage and Treatment (MATT) service, that incorporates, web based interactive self-management support, signposting, advice, triage, referral, assessment and treatment and will include all MSK physiotherapy, podiatry and pain management, women’s health and bladder and bowel care. Close joint working with other healthcare services, such secondary care (acute) NHS providers and primary care (GP), is imperative to the successful delivery of this service.
The Market Engagement Event is expected to be held in a virtual environment on the 28 January 2021. Further details will be released to interested potential bidders in due course.
Expression of Interest must be received by 22 January 2021 and submitted to Donna Harrington and Claire Lester via email to: donnaharrington@nhs.net and claire.lester1@nhs.net
This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit Oxfordshire CCG or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. Oxfordshire CCG will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.
In order to express an interest, you will need to email donnaharrington@nhs.net and claire.lester1@nhs.net to request a questionnaire and draft specification. Completed questionnaires should be submitted by 22 January 2021.
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.