Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-29
Buyer: NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75231230 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England will work in partnership with patients and the public, to improve patient safety, patient experience and health outcomes; supporting people to live healthier lives. By prioritising the needs of those who experience the poorest health outcomes, NHS England has more power to improve access to services, reduce health inequalities in communities and make better use of resources.
Participation (sometimes referred to as engagement or involvement) can take place in a variety of ways. This requirement focuses on the setting up and facilitation of health councils within prisons to encourage patients within the secure estate are able to “participate” in consultation.
The services required within this lot are the same as the services described within the description. The lot will include Cumbria and the North East and cover the following prisons:
A full description of the requirements are provided within Document 2: statement of requirements within the Invitation To Tender (ITT) documentation associated with this opportunity, which is available via https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Subject to future NHS England policy and strategy, this may be renewed by a period of up to 24 months.
A full description of the requirements are provided within Document 2: statement of requirements within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation associated with this opportunity, which is available via.
Subject to future NHS England policy and strategy, this may be renewed by a period of up to 24 months.
A full description of the requirements are provided within Document 2: statement of requirements within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation associated with this opportunity, which is available via.
Subject to future NHS England policy and strategy, this may be renewed by a period of up to 24 months.
This procurement exercise will be conducted via the authority's e-tendering portal ( https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ). There will be no hard-copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications between potential providers and the authority, including tender submissions will be through the e-tendering portal.
The authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point that information about the actual 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. The public contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide remedies under statute for aggrieved parties.

Eligibility requirements: This procurement exercise will be conducted via the authority's e-tendering portal ( https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ). There will be no hard-copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications between potential providers and the authority, including tender submissions will be through the e-tendering portal.

Award value: 1200000