Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-09
Buyer: NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Bedfordshire CC
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85150000: Medical imaging services
Estimated value: 1681942 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Bedfordshire CCG (BCCG) wish to secure Providers for the provision of Diagnostics (Non-obstetric Ultrasound Service) NOUS.
Referrals into these services may come from secondary care, accident and emergency, walk in centres or GP practices. Services must be provided by trained practitioners with appropriate equipment. Bedfordshire CCG are looking to contract on a Any Qualified Provider type basis (AQP) for this service.
The aim of the service is to aid early diagnostics and avoid the need for unnecessary referral to secondary care or to support the shift of activity in to a primary care setting, where this will improve access. Where there are clear secondary care clinical pathways with ultrasound as a core component, it is more appropriate for this diagnostic to be undertaken as an integral part of the clinical pathway.
The care pathway being commissioned is pre-appointment communication with patients, the diagnostic investigation and a report. The report will be sent to the referrer. This must cover not only the description of the investigation and the findings but also, where appropriate, include any recommendations for further imaging or investigation. It must also include advice on patient management. Structured reporting will be in place to support local referrers in their options for further clinical management. The service will need to be fully quality assured and validated. The provider(s) must send a minimum data set (example in Appendix 1) without Patient Identifiable Data (PID) to enable processing of invoices.
The AQP Contract will be for a term of 48 months, with the possibility of extending the term for a period of 6 additional months beyond the initial contracted duration by mutual agreement between Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and the Provider. The total contract value of 1 681 942 GBP is across all successful suppliers for a maximum term of the contract (56 months).
The Services to which this notice relates fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). As such, the procurement of the Service is being run as a bespoke, process that mirrors a Open Procedure. The use of the terms Memorandum of Information, , Invitation to Tender or Open Procedure nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (the ‘Light Touch’ Regime). The initial Contract Term is for 48 Months with an option to extend up to a further 6 Months. The total maximum contract term is therefore 56 months. The total contract value of 1 681 942 GBP is across all successful suppliers for a maximum term of the contract (56 months).


Award value: 1681942