Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-09
Buyer: NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East)
Country: UK
Region: NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2016-08-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England Cumbria and the North East and NHS England Lancashire are seeking to procure Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Services in Cumbria and the North East and Lancashire.
— Reduce deaths from AAA through early detection, monitoring and treatment to all men aged 65 registered with a GP or resident in Cumbria and North East (including Hambleton, Whitby and Richmondshire) and Lancashire;
— The service will also work with people who are housebound, people in other minority groups, people with protected characteristics (in accordance with disability discrimination/legislation) and people in places of detention to provide them opportunity to take up the service within the defined catchment area.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England Cumbria and the North East and NHS England Lancashire.
NHS England Cumbria and the North East and NHS England Lancashire are seeking to procure Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Services in Cumbria and the North East and Lancashire.
— Reduce deaths from AAA through early detection, monitoring and treatment to all men aged 65 registered with a GP or resident in Cumbria and North East (including Hambleton, Whitby and Richmondshire) and Lancashire;
— The service will also work with people who are housebound, people in other minority groups, people with protected characteristics (in accordance with disability discrimination/legislation) and people in places of detention to provide them opportunity to take up the service within the defined catchment area.
The basic principles of the Open procurement route will be followed to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). The new Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are now in force however there is a delay in application of the Light Touch Regime (LTR) to the commissioning of health services for the purposes of the NHS. Regulation 120 provides that the LTR will only apply to the procurement (‘commissioning’) of health services for the purposes of the NHS from 18.4.2016. The current Part B regime and NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 will continue to apply to the commissioning of those services until that date.
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.’
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with potential tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to tenderers and all communications with NECS, will be conducted via the portal hosted by (In-Tend): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.
Once registered, you will be able to view details of the tender opportunity by selecting the ‘Tenders’ tab, and then selecting ‘Current’, scroll down through the tender lists until you come to Prior Information Notice Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Service (AAA). To view further information on this specific tender opportunity, click the button marked ‘View Details’.
Please note that it is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
Alternatively, (should potential tenderers have any queries) a dedicated help desk is available and can be contacted on. +44 8442728810 Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00 or email: support@in-tend.co.uk