Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-10-17
Buyer: Greater Manchester Health and Social Car Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership) who wish to commission Lindley Medical Practice APMS within the locality of Oldham, Greater Manchester.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England North (Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership) (the Contracting Authority) under devolved responsibility and NHS Oldham Clinical Commission Group (the Commissioner) under co-commissioning delegated responsibility.
This tender opportunity is for the provision of Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) at the Lindley Medical Centre and the contract term will be for an initial period of 5 years commencing 1.4.2019 with the option to extend the contract by a further period of 5 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
Further information and tender documentation can be obtained via: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. “Under the Public Services (Social Value Act 2012) Contracting Authorities must consider:
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) how in conducting the process of procurement they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contracts has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social and environmental wellbeing”.
To express an interest please register on the PROACTIS e-tendering portal at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
Problems with registration should be reported by email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com (Monday to Friday 8:30 to 5:00 pm).
Public contracts for health, social, education and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the Proactis portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the Proactis e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm).
The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102).
The Commissioner will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 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.