Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-01
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Country: CY
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-01-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of Secondary Healthcare Services (SHC) to British Forces Cyprus (BFC) and Sovereign Base Area (SBA)
The provision of (or access to) effective, safe and efficient Secondary Healthcare services (SHC) to the entitled and eligible population (this is inclusive of military personnel, civil servants, certain contractors and dependants). The SHC service shall be available 365 days a year and 24 hours a day.
The provision of (or access to) effective, safe and efficient secondary healthcare services (SHC) to the entitled and eligible population (this is inclusive of military personnel, civil servants, certain contractors and dependants). The SHC service shall be available 365 days a year and 24 hours a day.
Clinical activity indicates that on an annual basis the future contractor must be able to resource a minimum of 4 000 outpatient appointments and 1 150 admissions across a full range of clinical specialities and must also be able to support circa 95 births per year. Radiology demands require MRI, CT, X-Ray, Mammogram, Ultra sound and Osteoporosis scans to be provided (circa 3 000 per year), along with a significant amount of laboratory tests (circa 29 000 per year). These figures are intended only to provide an indicator against potential contract activity and are not to be taken as a guarantee or imply clinical service user throughput for treatment.
Population size: the current entitled and eligible population of British Forces Cyprus (BFC) (including Sovereign Base Area and certain contractor staff) is circa 7 000. The size of the population is subject to variation throughout the duration of the contract, service population cannot be predicted. The figures are provided to inform parties only; they are not guaranteed, or imply, clinical service users throughput for treatment.
The authority has the option, within its sole discretion, to extend the contract by up to 2 (two) periods of 1 (one) year as detailed below:
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Award value: 25000000