Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-12
Buyer: NHS England: Cumbria and the North East
Country: UK
Region: Sunderland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Submission deadline: 2016-04-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Following a recent unsuccessful procurement exercise, NHS England has revised terms and now is in a position to re-tender for an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract which is currently delivered from the following 3 sites:
— Pennywell Medical Centre, Pennywell Shopping Parade, Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, SR4 9AS and are inviting suitably qualified providers to deliver this service.
The list size of the practice is approximately 13 526 patients (as at 1.10.2015) and the practice will have a boundary covering the whole of Washington and the locality of Sunderland West.
The aim of the service is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients from the premises detailed above.
The successful bidder will also be expected to deliver the Violent Patient Scheme Directed Enhanced Service via a specification from the following site:
Further information regarding the financial value can be found within the information contained in the tender documentation.
Contract and service commencement will be 1.10.2016. The contract will be awarded for a period of 9 years with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance, for an additional 2 years.
The basic principles of the open procurement route will be used for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with Part B regime of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption for NHS healthcare procurements before 18.4.2016.
— How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area. (Area is the geographic area for which the procurement is taking place)
— How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement.
The North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) is managing the procurement process for NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group in conjunction with NHS England (the contracting authority).
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers, and all communications and submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend Portal which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs
It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time. If you require further assistance with using the portal, a dedicated help-desk is available should potential providers have any queries and can be contacted on 0844 272 8810 (Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00) or via e-mail — support@in-tend.co.uk Alternatively, a Help Guide can be accessed via the portal by clicking on the tab marked ‘Guidance for Suppliers’.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 9 years with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance, for an additional 2 years.
The Contracting Authority will act in accordance with Regulation 32 and Part 9 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) as amended by the Public Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 no 2992). Part 9 of 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.