Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-24
Buyer: Cheshire East Borough Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cheshire East Council wishes to commission infection control related services to manage risk of spread of communicable disease. The commission will be split into 2 lots. The first involves delivery of a core infection prevention control service incorporating surveillance, prevention and outbreak response. The second lot involves delivery of specialist TB Nursing Services to the community including outreach, case management and new entrant screening. Both require work with key local stakeholders in order to deliver services successfully. The contract(s) will be for an initial 3 years from 1.4.2020 with options to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months at the sole discretion of the Council.
The requirements of this lot, known as the core IPC service are defined within the service specification, there are 3 main areas of requirement broken down as follows:
The annual contract value is anticipated to be up to 106 000 GBP bidders should note that TUPE will apply.
The initial contract period is from 1.4.2020 to 31.3.2023, with 2 x 12 month options to extend, therefore options maybe taken up for the period 1.4.2023 to 31.3.2025 in total. The options will be exercised at the discretion of the Council, in line with the contractual terms.
The requirements of this lot, known as the Tuberculosis Nursing element is defined within the service specification for Lot 2. The aims of the service are primarily to reduce the burden of TB within the population of Cheshire East through a range of actions focused on prevention.
The secondary aim is to support stakeholders within the community to respond promptly to outbreaks of TB, thereby reducing the impact they have on individuals within that setting and the wider community. This includes supporting the activities of the PHE Health Protection services. The annual contract value is anticipated to be up to 50 000 GBP bidders should note that TUPE will apply.
The initial contract period is from 1.4.2020 to 31.3.2023, with 2 x 12 month options to extend, therefore options maybe taken up for the period 1.4.2023 to 31.3.2025 in total. The options will be exercised at the discretion of the Council, in line with the contractual terms.
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the Council’s E-Tendering System 'The Chest': www.the-chest.org.uk
Organisations wishing to be considered for these contract(s) must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information via this system. For technical help contact Proactis email: ProcontractSuppliers@proactis.com or Tel. +44 (0)3300050352
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the Council’s E-Tendering System accessed via the website: www.the-chest.org.uk
Organisations wishing to be considered for these contract(s) must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information via The Chest system. For technical help contact Proactis who support the Chest — Email: ProcontractSuppliers@proactis.com or Tel. +44 (0)3300050352
Cheshire East Borough Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to scrutinise the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI No 102) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Award value: 750000