Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-27
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (“NSS")
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79610000 | 79620000 | 79624000 | 85141200: Services provided by nurses
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-04-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (“the Authority") acting through its division Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities is undertaking this procurement of the supply of Temporary Agency Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Operating Department Practitioners on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 and Hospices.
The provision temporary agency nurses, healthcare assistants and operating department practitioners to NHS Scotland Entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Common Services Agency), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 and Hospices.
The Common Services Agency shall be entitled (at its sole discretion)to extend the duration of the Framework agreement by 2-12 calendar month periods.
1. Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide statements of account or extracts relating to their business;
2. Please attach your bankers statement outlining the current cash and credit facility position and confirming the Contractor’s economic and financial standing;
3. see contract/tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the ESPD (Scotland) and the financial period of reporting is the previous 3 financial years;
4. Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide confirmation of Employers Liability, Public Liability and any other relevant insurances, also confirm the limits of indemnity per occurrence and aggregate for Public Liability, and any other relevant insurances are above the minimum of 2 000 000 GBP for any one incident in any 1 year
— Potential Framework Participants must hold a current full registration with the Care Inspectorate before 9.10.2018,
— Potential Framework Participants must submit with their tender at least 2 references from NHS registered bodies or registered healthcare providers attesting to the nature, quality and effectiveness of services provided by the potential framework participant,
— Potential Framework Participants must be able to provide monthly data to the authority regards the details of services provided and value of those services provided as defined in the management information template (Schedule 4 contract information),
— Potential Framework Participants must agree to fund and pay for an external audit undertaken by an external audit provider.
1. Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide a statement covering the 3 years previous financial years including the overall turnover of the Potential Framework Participants in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice;
2. Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide statements of account or extracts relating to their business;
3. see contract/tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the ESPD (Scotland) and the financial period of reporting is the previous 3 financial years;

Eligibility requirements: 1. Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide statements of account or extracts relating to their business; 2. Please attach your bankers statement outlining the current cash and credit facility position and confirming the Contractor’s economic and financial standing; 3. see contract/tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the ESPD (Scotland) and the financial period of reporting is the previous 3 financial years; 4. Potential Framework Participants will be required to provide confirmation of Employers Liability, Public Liability and any other relevant insurances, also confirm the limits of indemnity per occurrence and aggregate for Public Liability, and any other relevant insurances are above the minimum of 2 000 000 GBP for any one incident in any 1 year Minimum level(s) of standards required: — Potential Framework Participants must hold a current full registration with the Care Inspectorate before 9.10.2018, — Potential Framework Participants must, — Registration with Disclosure Scotland in relation to PVG scheme, — Potential Framework Participants must confirm Employer liability of 5 000 000 GBP, — Potential Framework Participants must submit with their tender at least 2 references from NHS registered bodies or registered healthcare providers attesting to the nature, quality and effectiveness of services provided by the potential framework participant, — Potential Framework Participants must be able to provide monthly data to the authority regards the details of services provided and value of those services provided as defined in the management information template (Schedule 4 contract information), — Potential Framework Participants must agree to fund and pay for an external audit undertaken by an external audit provider.

Award value: 80000000