Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-06-18
Buyer: NHS England (North) North East and Yorkshire
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 9114700 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-07-26

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England (North) North East and Yorkshire (NHSE) and NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Contracting Authorities) who wish to commission Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) at the premises currently known as The light surgery within the locality of Leeds.
The term for the contract will be 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance, with effect from 1.4.2020.
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England (North) North East and Yorkshire (NHSE) and NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Contracting Authorities) who wish to commission Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) at the premises currently known as The light surgery within the locality of Leeds. The term for the contract will be 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance, with effect from 1.4.2020. The basic principles that mirror that of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
(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 Authorities relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Proactis helpdesk via:
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the new fair deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being 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 contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to ‘economic, social, and environmental well-being’. 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 Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).’
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.
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 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).


Award value: 9114700