Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-09
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33141740 | 33141760 | 33183000 | 85100000: Health services | 85111600
Submission deadline: 2017-08-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs commission health services for approx. 479,373 patients and are inviting Expressions of Interest from providers to deliver an Orthotics Service to be based within one main hub in Northern Staffordshire, with the potential to provide spoke services during the life of the contract. The CCG's are initially looking to award the contract for a period of three years, with the potential to extend for a further two years at the discretion of the commissioners. Interested providers must be able to provide a fully managed service offering a full range of provision including but not limited to, clinical, administrative, reporting and filling prescriptions, provision, manufacture and repair of equipment. It is anticipated that suppliers will provide a bid to cover the fully managed service requirement. It is also expected that the successful provider will deliver an in-reach function into the local acute hospital.
Interested providers must be able to provide a fully managed service offering a full range of provision including but not limited to, clinical, administrative, reporting and filling prescriptions, provision, manufacture and repair of equipment. The contract will not be split into lots and it is anticipated that suppliers will provide a bid to cover the fully managed service requirement. It is also expected that the successful provider will deliver an in-reach function into the local acute hospital to support with outpatient, theatre and inpatient ward work across adult and paediatric services and will, therefore, be expected to show examples of delivering a clinically effective, high quality service at scale, including demonstrating successful implementation and delivery.
North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs are looking for a Provider that can fully meet the specification and demonstrate innovation, best quality, patient experience, cost effectiveness, superior access and is committed to the delivery of seamless patient pathways.
Commissioners will potentially undertake site visits as part of the tender evaluation during November 2017 on an informal basis and this will not be scored.
The successful Provider will be required to sign the national NHS contract for the service, accepting all terms and conditions where applicable for this service. TUPE rules will apply for those staff currently substantively employed within the Orthotics service.Bidders are invited to express an interest in providing this service by email to r.klimczak@nhs.net and olena.florek@nhs.net no later than Thursday 31.8.2017. The following information must be stated in the email:
If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.
This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information via e-mail as shown in ii: i) Candidates should be registered on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. For technical support in registering with Bravo Solutions contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
ii) Once registered, candidates must also confirm their expression of interest by emailing the relevant information to Roman Klimczak (E-mail: r.klimczak@nhs.net and olena.florek@nhs.net. You must submit your expression of interest by email by the deadline stated.
‘Light Touch Regime’ services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations(‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the MOI. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
The Commissioners may hold a bidders event 1 week after the issue of the tender documents. Details to be issued with the tender documents.