Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-14
Buyer: NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 64200000 | 79510000 | 79512000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 76506500 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-22

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing this process for and on behalf of NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG, NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees CCG, NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG, NHS Northumberland CCG, NHS North Durham CCG, NHS North Tyneside CCG, NHS South Tees CCG, NHS South Tyneside CCG, NHS Sunderland CCG (The CCG's) intend to commission the NHS 111 and the Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) for the North East Region.
The service provides vital help to people with urgent care needs to assessment, clinical advice and treatment quickly. The CAS will be responsible for offering patients access to clinicians, both experienced generalists and specialists. The NHS 111 IUC CAS will also have the ability to book people into urgent face-to-face appointment where needed.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing this process for and on behalf of NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG, NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees CCG, NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG, NHS Northumberland CCG, NHS North Durham CCG, NHS North Tyneside CCG, NHS South Tees CCG, NHS South Tyneside CCG, NHS Sunderland CCG (The CCG's) intend to commission the NHS 111 and the Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) for the North East Region.
The service provides vital help to people with urgent care needs to assessment, clinical advice and treatment quickly. The CAS will be responsible for offering patients access to clinicians, both experienced generalists and specialists. The NHS 111 IUC CAS will also have the ability to book people into urgent face-to-face appointment where needed.
To register an interest and to view the tender documents please go to the Proactis portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
The basic principles of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Bidders in accordance with the public contracts regulations 2015. Under the public services (social value) Act 2012 contracting authorities must consider:
a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authorities relating to economic, social, and environmental well-being.
Potential bidders are to note: It is anticipated that the transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) regulations 2006 as amended by the collective redundancies and transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) (amendment) regulations 2014 (TUPE) will apply for this contract. Potential bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. 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://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis. It is free to register on the portal but if you have any problems registering on the portal, you should contact PROACTIS by Email:Suppliersupport@proactis.com Website:
The contracting authorities will act in accordance with regulation 92 of the public contract regulations 2015.
These regulations provides for appeals to 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: 76506500