Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-19
Buyer: NHS Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (on behalf oif itself and NHS Barking and Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Havering Clinical Commissioning Group)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48814400 | 85100000: Health services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Estimated value: 1500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Primary Care Clinical Information and Facilitation Service for Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCGs.
To provide GP practices in Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering with expert clinical advice and clinically informed IT support to enhance the use of patient data in practice systems in order to improve the prevention, detection and management of disease.
The contract is for 3 years, there is an optional 2 year extension period. The extension is included in the above 60 month period. The extension is subject to agreement of both parties.
NEL CSU is managing this procurement on behalf of NHS Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who is leading this procurement on behalf of itself and NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG and NHS Havering CCG (BHR CCGs). The Service is being procured by the BHR CCGs in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), under the Light Touch Regime, “Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services”. The Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations referred to therein and, to the extent that it follows any other part of the Regulations, it does so entirely voluntarily. It is anticipated at this stage the BHR CCGs will contract with the successful provider, however the Commissioners reserve the right to change this in the future, including (but not limited to) the withdrawal of any one of the parties from the procurement process.
Sections II.1.5 and II.2.6 The value specified in these sections are estimates and indicative only. The final contract value may fall above or below the stated value range. The value is an upper range and therefore includes the potential extension options.
Section II.2.7. The period referred to is the maximum duration of the contract (if all options are exercised).
Section 1.3 The tender documents are available for download from the e-tendering portal (Pro-Contract) the address for which is in section I.1. These documents are available until the dates specified in section IV.2.2. To obtain these documents interested organisations must first register on the Pro-Contract portal. Interested organisations must refer to the guides and other documents which are available on the Pro-Contract portal to guide them through the electronic registration and submission process.
Bidders are encouraged to submit their completed tender documents well in advance of the stated date and time (as set out in section IV.2.2) in order to avoid such issues as technical difficulties with the electronic system. Tender documents received after the date and time specified or sent to a different address, electronically or otherwise, will not be considered.
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Right to Cancel: The CCGs reserve the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contact, and do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserve the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.
The CCG shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or bidder in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this Contract Notice are provisional and the CCG reserves the right to change them.
Transparency: The CCG is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the CCG intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the CCG. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under FOIA and the EIR. Further information on transparency can be found at:”
The Contracting Authority voluntarily incorporate a standstill period from the date when information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Eligibility requirements: See Invitation to Tender documents.

Award value: 1500000