Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2018-08-14
Buyer: NHS Arden and GEM CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England Specialised Commissioning
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 862157000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England (The Contracting Authority) is inviting suitable organisations to express interest in delivering Specialised Commissioning Services across the NHS England North Region under the Light Touch Regime (Schedule 3 – services) in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).
Organisations wishing to submit a bid will need to register on the Arden GEM Bravo solutions website and complete the ITT documentation at the following location: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
The ITT documentation should be completed by 5:00 pm on 14.9.2018. The main ITT reference is itt_1058 and itt_1059.
For more information please refer to section "II.1.6) Information about lots" and section "VI.3) Additional information" which also contains the details of the lots for this region.
The location of the services are those currently provided by the incumbent provider. For more information, refer to the procurement documentation on Bravo: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/
For the full service scope including service specification number please refer to the procurement documentation (on https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/) and to https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/.
The initial duration of the contract will be for a period of between 2 (two) and 3 (three) years. The Commissioner has the option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 (two) years. Therefore, the total contract duration for a contract with an initial 2 (two) year term, including the option to extend, will be 4 (four) years.
Note that the value stated in section II.2.6) (Estimated value) is for the entire contract duration including the option to extend (assuming a total duration of 4 years). The value is indicative and is based on 2017/2018 data.
Organisations wishing to access the tender documentation and submit a bid will need to register on the Bravo website: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
The location of the services are those currently provided by the incumbent provider. For more information, refer to the procurement documentation on Bravo: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/
For the full service scope including service specification number please refer to the procurement documentation (on https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/) and to https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/.
The initial duration of the contract will be for a period of between 2 (two) and 3 (three) years. The Commissioner has the option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 (two) years. Therefore, the total contract duration for a contract with an initial 2 (two) year term, including the option to extend, will be 4 (four) years.
Note that the value stated in section II.2.6) (Estimated value) is for the entire contract duration including the option to extend (assuming a total duration of 4 years). The value is indicative and is based on 2017/2018 data.

Eligibility requirements: Criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Award value: 862157000