Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-20
Buyer: NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Estimated value: 1710084 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-20

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 NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber) (the Contracting Authority).
The Contracting Authority is procuring 5 to 19 years Vaccination and Immunisation and Childhood Flu Services for North Yorkshire and York. The contract is to commence on 1.4.2018 and will be for a period of 3 years.
The Contracting Authority has set a financial threshold at a maximum payment of 10 GBP per vaccination (inclusive of CQUIN). The overall anticipated financial threshold for this procurement is 1 710 084 GBP inclusive of CQUIN based on meeting the national targets for the 3 year contract duration as detailed in II.2.4.
The Contracting Authority is procuring 5 to 19 years Vaccination and Immunisation and Childhood Flu Services for North Yorkshire and York. The contract is to commence on 1.4.2018 and will be for a period of 3 years. Based on achievement of the KPIs within the contract documentation, the anticipated contract value for 2018/19 is 521 080 GBP, 570 028 GBP for 2019/20, and 618 976 GBP for 2020/21. This is an activity based contract and reconciliation will be undertaken annually. It is important to note that financial years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 include additional school years 5, 6, and 7 respectively to cover school-aged flu. Currently it is uncertain whether this additional roll out will be implemented but in accordance with prudence the financial impact of these additional vaccinations have been included in the financial envelope. (The financial envelope will be subject to change if the additional school years are not rolled out). The maximum cost of 10 GBP per vaccination (inclusive of CQUIN) will remain the same. The closing time and date for tender return is 12:00 on 20.7.2017.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) will apply to this contract. Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
(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.
This procurement will be conducted via NECS e-Tendering system (PROACTIS) accordingly there will be no 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 register on 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 Contracting Authority 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: 1710084