Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-03-23
Buyer: Arden and GEM CSU
Country: UK
Region: Northamptonshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1947000 GBP

Technical requirements: Nene and Corby Clinical Commissioning Groups are seeking to procure a County-wide Orthotic and Lycra Service. The aim of the service is to facilitate the treatment and rehabilitation of patients through assessing the need and provision of an orthosis to aid comfort, improve function, prevent, correct or protect deformity, relieve discomfort and pain. The service will promote healing and facilitate a service user's discharge from their medical or surgical service as appropriate.
The service includes assessment and reassessment, provision (production and fitting) and the review, repair and maintenance of orthoses. The service provision should be explicitly linked to the strategic aims of accident prevention and independence. Good quality footwear supports independence in the community and helps to prevent accidents.
The CCGs are looking for a service which will identify areas for improvement through innovation, to help design a seamless and integrated service to deliver good outcomes to the patients of Northamptonshire.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction. (DN delete if electronic auction not being used)
The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ('the Regulations').
Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services. These opportunities may be divided into lots. Please see published documentation for further detail.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering helpdesk.


Winner: Chas A Blatchford & Sons
Number of bids: 2