Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-24
Buyer: NHS Birmingham South Central Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Birmingham
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 650000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands on behalf of NHS Birmingham South Central CCG is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a 12 lead Electrocardiogram Interpretation Service.
Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of Birmingham South Central CCG is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers for a 12 Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation Service. For the avoidance of doubt, separate arrangements are already in place for the provision of the associated recording services. It is the intention of the commissioning organisation to run an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) process. This is the 2nd window for this requirement. The contracts awarded as a result of this process will initially be for a period of 31 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the commissioning body. It is important to note that the award of a contract to any Bidder does not guarantee any volume of activity or payment to a Bidder. Organisations wishing to express an interest and complete the AQP documentation must register their expression of through Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU's Bravo portal. i) If not already registered, candidates should register on the portal at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If already registered, candidates can use the existing registration. ii) Once registered, candidates must express interest by: a) Logging-in to the Arden and GEM CSU e-Tendering portal, b) Selecting ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’, c) Search for and access listing related to this contract and view details, d) Click on Express Interest iii) Once you have expressed interest, the opportunity will appear in ‘My ITTs’ page where you can download documentation (if required) and construct your reply as instructed. You must submit your reply on the website by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on 0800 368 4850 or e-mail help@bravosolution.co.uk Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU are managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The Services are being procured are Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services and Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU are bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.
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.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.

Eligibility requirements: 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.

Award value: 650000