Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-20
Buyer: Arden and GEM CSU
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85121000: Medical services
Estimated value: 1050000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-01-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver primary care medical services under a care-taking arrangement for 1 year (12 months) commencing on 1.4.2016, at The Shehadeh Medical Centre, Quebec Road, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 7RB and The Shehadeh Medical Centre, Odd Fellows Hall, Dell Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 5JY. The aim of the service is to ensure a safe, timely and effective GP service that meets the needs of local people. The service must offer value for money. It is the intention of NHS England to enter into 1 APMS contract for this service. The offer documentation will be available from Monday 18.1.2016 and should be completed and submitted by the closing date of 12:00 on Friday 29.1.2016. All submissions and any interviews will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which are contained within the offer documentation. All correspondence relating to this procurement throughout all stages of the process must be managed through the Arden and GEM eTendering Procurement Portal bravosolutions only. To access the documentation and submit your response please use the Bravo website: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. The ITT reference is itt_381.
Parent company or other guarantees, bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
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.