Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-14
Buyer: NHS England North (Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 26810018 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-13

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership. This tender opportunity is for the provision of Diabetic Eye Screening Programme in Greater Manchester covering 2 Lots:
The aim of the service is to reduce the risk of sight loss amongst people with diabetes by the prompt identification and effective treatment if necessary of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, at the appropriate stage during the disease process.
— are safe, effective, of a high quality, externally and independently monitored, and quality assured,
— are delivered and supported by suitably trained, competent, and qualified, clinical and non-clinical staff who, where relevant, participate in recognised on-going Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and Quality Assurance (QA) schemes; and,
The contract term will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend the contract by a further 24 months at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred fromthe public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
The aim of the service is to reduce the risk of sight loss amongst people with diabetes by the prompt identification and effective treatment if necessary of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, at the appropriate stage during the disease process.
— are safe, effective, of a high quality, externally and independently monitored, and quality assured,
— are delivered and supported by suitably trained, competent, and qualified, clinical and non-clinical staff who, where relevant, participate in recognised on-going Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and Quality Assurance (QA) schemes, and
The contract term will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend the contract by a further 24 months at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred fromthe public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
This procurement will be conducted via NECS e-Tendering system (PROACTIS) accordingly there will beno hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and the Contracting Authority including tender submissions, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, and (if you have not already done so) please registeron the PROACTIS e-Tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on PROACTIS, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
The Commissioner will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 Nº 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Award value: 26810018