Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-24
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85121210: Cardiology services
Estimated value: 2500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group jointly wish to invite prospective providers to express their interest for the provision of a Termination of Pregnancy Service, in line with the Royal College of Obstetricians Gynaecologisits (RCOG) clinical guidelines.
The aim of the service is to provide a full comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice for all women requesting induced abortions.
The NHS Standard Contract will apply. The contract period will be for 5 years with up to 24 months extension available to use at the discretion of the CCGs.
The Service will provide a minimum of one location in Shropshire and one location in Telford and Wrekin. Further details can be found in the specification.
Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group jointly wish to invite prospective providers to express their interest for the provision of a Termination of Pregnancy Service, in line with the Royal College of Obstetricians Gynaecologisits (RCOG) clinical guidelines.
The aim of the service is to provide a full comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice for all women requesting induced abortions.
The service shall offer a high quality, impartial support and advice to all women who request a termination of pregnancy regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, religious, personal circumstances or repeat abortions.
The service shall provide service users with appropriate counselling services both prior to and after having had a termination.
The service shall provide service users with access to a termination as early as possible and provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user’s gestation and clinical circumstances.
The service aims to improve the sexual health of women through providing sexual health testing and HIV screening, including the provision and referral to treatment where appropriate.
The Service Provider shall provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full range of reversible contraceptive methods.
The Provider shall be familiar with safeguarding procedures and related services in order to ensure service users are safe. This may include procedures and services in relation to issues associated with rape, domestic abuse, sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation (FGM).
The Provider shall deliver a procedure to service users whose gestation falls before the UK limit up to 24 weeks.
The Provider shall deliver a full package of care addressing and maximising opportunities for contraceptive, sexual health and mental health needs as well as the actual termination of pregnancy procedure. The service shall be consistent, effective, accessible and legal providing a quality service informed by the RCOG guidance and current best practice to ensure that the risk of infection and other complications is minimised.
The successful Provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions. Activity will be paid on a cost per case basis at an agreed local tariff (there will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contract awarded but indicative activity will be provided). The Contract is for a period of 5 years with the option to extend by up to 24 months subject to approval by the Commissioners.

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

Award value: 2500000