Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-28
Buyer: NHS North Manchester CCG
Country: UK
Region: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 40000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-20

Technical requirements: Provision of Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for MRI, NOUS and Adult Hearing Services on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups.
The 12 NHS Greater Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups (GM CCGs) consisting of Bolton, Bury, HMR, South Manchester, Central Manchester, North Manchester, Oldham, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Glossop, Wigan Borough and Trafford, are seeking to procure the following Services via an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) approach: Lot 1 — Direct Access Diagnostics — Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Lot 2 — Direct Access Diagnostics — Non-obstetric ultrasound (NOUS); Lot 3 — Direct Access Adult Hearing Service. The GM CCGs require local, responsive diagnostic services that will provide routine clinically appropriate assessment and diagnostic investigations with reports that support General practitioners (GPs) to manage a range of common conditions in primary care for patients over the age of 18 years. In securing these services from AQPs, the GM CCGs require assurance of competence, quality and safety standards. The commencement date for all 3 services is expected to be 1.10.2017.
Greater Manchester (Specifically Manchester North Central and South, Tameside and Glossop, Wigan Borough).
NHS North Manchester CCG, NHS Central Manchester CCG, NHS South Manchester CCG, NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG and NHS Wigan Borough CCG are seeking to procure Lot 1 — Direct Access Diagnostics — Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Service. The GM CCGs require local, responsive diagnostic services that will provide routine clinically appropriate assessment and diagnostic investigations with reports that support General practitioners (GPs) to manage a range of common conditions in primary care for patients over the age of 18 years. In securing these services from AQPs, the GM CCGs require assurance of competence, quality and safety standards.
The contracts will have no guaranteed minimum level of activity and no restricted maximum level of activity.
Greater Manchester (Specifically North Central & South, Tameside and Glossop, Wigan Borough, Stockport, Salford, Oldham, HMR (Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale), Bury and Bolton).
NHS North Manchester CCG, NHS South Manchester CCG, NHS Central Manchester CCG, NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, NHS Wigan Borough CCG, NHS Stockport CCG, NHS Salford CCG, NHS Oldham CCG, NHS HMR (Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale) CCG, NHS Bury CCG and NHS Bolton CCG are seeking to procure Lot 2 — Direct Access Diagnostics — Non-obstetric ultrasound (NOUS) Services. The GM CCGs require local, responsive diagnostic services that will provide routine clinically appropriate assessment and diagnostic investigations with reports that support General practitioners (GPs) to manage a range of common conditions in primary care for patients over the age of 18 years. In securing these services from AQPs, the GM CCGs require assurance of competence, quality and safety standard.
The contracts will have no guaranteed minimum level of activity and no restricted maximum level of activity.
Greater Manchester (specifically Manchester North Central and South, Tameside and Glossop, Wigan Borough, Stockport, Salford, Oldham, HMR (Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale), Bury, Bolton and Trafford).
NHS North Manchester CCG, NHS South Manchester CCG, NHS Central Manchester CCG, NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, NHS Wigan Borough CCG, NHS Stockport CCG, NHS Salford CCG, NHS Oldham CCG, NHS HMR (Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale) CCG, NHS Bury CCG, NHS Bolton CCG and NHS Trafford CCG are seeking to procure Lot 3 — Direct Access Adult Hearing Service. The GM CCGs require local, responsive diagnostic services that will provide routine clinically appropriate assessment and diagnostic investigations with reports that support General practitioners (GPs) to manage a range of common conditions in primary care for patients over the age of 18 years. In securing these services from AQPs, the GM CCGs require assurance of competence, quality and safety standard.
The contracts will have no guaranteed minimum level of activity and no restricted maximum level of activity.
The CCGs reserve the right at their sole discretion to reopen the application process for this AQP during the lifetime of the contract. Whilst there is no guarantee for any volume and/or value to any provider in the AQP, it is intended to allow new entrants to apply to the AQP framework thus facilitating patient choice as mandated by the NHS Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition Regulations 2013.
All procurement documents are available to be downloaded free of charge in electronic format from the EU-Supply Electronic Procurement portal, available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com ref 27069. The deadline for responses is 12:00, 1.5.2017. This opportunity is also being advertised on Contracts Finder.


Award value: 40000000