Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-25
Buyer: NHS Arden and GEM CSU
Country: UK
Region: Birmingham
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 650000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of Birmingham South Central CCG is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers for a 12 Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation Service. For the avoidance of doubt, separate arrangements are already in place for the provision of the associated recording services.
It is the intention of the commissioning organisation to run an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) process. The contracts awarded as a result of this process will initially be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year at the sole discretion of the commissioning body. It is important to note that the award of a contract to any Bidder does not guarantee any volume of activity or payment to a Bidder.
Organisations wishing to express an interest and complete the AQP documentation must register their expression of through Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU's Bravo portal.
i) If not already registered, candidates should register on the portal at: https:// ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If already registered, candidates can use the existing registration.
iii) Once you have expressed interest, the opportunity will appear in ‘My ITTs’ page where you can download documentation (if required) and construct your reply as instructed. You must submit your reply on the website by the deadline stated.
For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on 0800 368 4850 or e-mail help@bravosolution.co.uk
Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU are managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The Services are being procured are Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services and Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU are bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.
The contract(s) awarded as a result of this Any Qualified Provider process will be for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year at the sole discretion of the Commissioner.
The Authority reserves the right to require groupings of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single economic operator to take primary liability for a contract to be performed by a group of economic operators or to require each party to undertake joint and several liability in respect of the entire contract irrespective of the form the grouping takes.
NHS Arden and GEM CSU requires that potential providers, in submitting their Any Qualified Provider (AQP) application, complete an application available at https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
NHS Arden and GEM CSU is conducting this AQP exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to Accreditation documentation for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from the NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Accreditation documentation.
The services to which this notice relates fall within Schedule 3, of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) ('the Regulations').
Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Schedule 3 services.
It is important to note that award of Contract does not guarantee any volume of activity of payment to a bidder.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box. 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT. — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.

Eligibility requirements: NHS Arden and GEM CSU requires that potential providers, in submitting their Any Qualified Provider (AQP) application, complete an application available at https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk