Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-09-23
Buyer: NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 20359744 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-10-25

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)are working for and on behalf of NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group(CCG)who wish to commission a talking therapies service within the locality of Newcastle Gateshead CCG area.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) who are working for and on behalf of Newcastle Gateshead (CCG) who wish to commission talking therapies service for Newcastle Gateshead area.
The contract is for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 year period at the contracting authority's discretion and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The basic principles of the open procurement route will be followed to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Bidders in accordance with the light touch regime outlined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013.
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal:
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(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to ‘economic, social, and environmental well-being’. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
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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: 20359744