Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-07
Buyer: NHS South Tyneside CCG
Country: UK
Region: Tyneside
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85110000: Hospital and related services | 85120000: Medical practice services
Estimated value: 586200 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (STCCG) wish to commission a Termination of Pregnancy Service (TOPS) to cover the whole of South Tyneside locality.
This service is required to provide advice and support to women wishing to explore a termination of pregnancy and to facilitate access to the most appropriate procedure.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (STCCG) who wish to commission a Termination of Pregnancy Service (TOPS) to cover the whole of South Tyneside locality. The CCG are expecting to commission a high quality advice and treatment service which is responsive and sensitive to the needs of people referred or referring themselves to the service.
This service is required to provide advice and support to women wishing to explore a termination of pregnancy and to facilitate access to the most appropriate procedure.
— To offer high-quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, religious or personal circumstances.
— To provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical circumstances.
— To improve the sexual health of service users through providing sexual health screening, counselling and referral to treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV.
— To encourage use of contraception services and ensure women have information about local contraception services including those GP Practices that provide a full range of contraceptive services.
The service is to commence from 1.12.2016 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend the contract by a further 1 x 24 month period subject to satisfactory contractual performance.
How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of South Tyneside and how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement. This will be tested via the response to the tender.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal: https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs hosted by In-Tend, the managed service provider for the NECS e-tendering system.
It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Should potential providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the In-Tend help desk by calling 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 17:00) or email: support@in-tend.co.uk
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders web site at: http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=177111
The Contracting Authorities will act in accordance with Regulation 92 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 provides for appeals to OJ/S S4809/03/201680251-2016-EN- — Services — Contract notice — Open procedure 6 / 609/03/2016S48.
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union 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: 586200