Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-20
Buyer: NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England)
Country: UK
Region: Peterborough
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85121000: Medical services
Estimated value: 576000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England Midlands and East (East) (the Contracting Authority) is seeking to identify suitable providers of Primary Care GP Care-taking Services to undertake a GP care-talking contract in Peterborough for Dogsthorpe Medical Centre and Burghley Road (branch site).
The contract let as a result of this procurement will have an initial duration of 1 year (12 months) followed by an optional extension period of 0,5 years (6 months). Therefore if all extension options are used, the maximum (extended) contract period will be 1,5 years (18 months).
All submissions will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which is contained within the published tender documentation.
All correspondence relating to this procurement throughout all stages of the process must be managed through the Arden & GEM CSU eTendering Procurement Portal Bravo only. Bids are only accepted via the Arden & GEM CSU eTendering Procurement Portal Bravo. The deadline for clarification questions to be received on the procurement portal, Bravo, is 22.8.2016 at 12:00 (noon).
The deadline for tenders to be received is 30.8.2016 at 12:00 (noon). Details on how to register for the procurement portal and this opportunity are contained below.
There is a financial threshold applicable to the procurement. Bids above 125 GBP per patient will not be accepted.
Dates, deadlines and contract values shown above are subject to amendment by the Contracting Authority. Please register on the portal and express and interest in the opportunity to receive updates via the portal for this project.
If you are not already registered on the portal you will need to register your organisation before you can continue with your submission.
i) Register on the portal at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html (registration and use of the website is free of charge);
ii) Once registered, express interest by: a) Logging-in to the Arden & GEM CSU eTendering portal; b) Selecting response to advert and ITT (Project_536); c) Select Open Access ITT; d) Search for and access ITT (Project Name) (ITT reference_521) and view details; e) Click on Express Interest link;
iii) Once you have expressed interest, access the My ITTs page where you can download documentation and construct your reply as instructed. If you require technical support in submitting your expression of interest, please contact the BravoSolution help desk on 0800 368 4850 or e-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
The estimated maximum value of the contract (including available extensions) is 1 065 000 GBP (ex. VAT). The final contract value may be lower than this figure and will be dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, bid price and the successful provider's subsequent contract performance and activity against the contract.
NELCSU is managing this Procurement (on behalf of Arden & GEM CSU and NHS England) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). The Service is being procured as ‘Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services’ and neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Commissioner intends to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Schedule 3 (‘Light Touch Regime’) services.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require 1 party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

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