Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2016-02-10
Buyer: Croydon Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85121100: General practitioner services | 85149000 | 85323000
Estimated value: 2665000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The London Borough of Croydon is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of primary care embedded public health services and is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations.
The DPS will be established in April 2016 and run for a period of 5 years, and it is the Council's intention that initial contracts will commence on 1 October 2016.
The services relate to public health services that are designed to improve health outcomes for the residents of Croydon. The services are varied in nature; however they share a common need to be fully embedded within core primary care provision, both in terms of location and patient pathways, and to be in convenient locations within communities that Croydon residents trust and access for their general healthcare needs.
The rationale for this local approach is dependent on the service; however, in general it is intended to:
Ensure that a full range of services and/or comprehensive service provision is available in primary care (for example, where the local authority is responsible for commissioning elements of a system that is also commissioned by NHS England or the CCG);
There is no deadline for the submission of a PQQ, as providers may apply to join the DPS at any time. Interested organisations should however note that should they wish to tender for contracts commencing on 1 October 2016 responses must be submitted by 12:00 noon on 9 March 2016 in order to allow sufficient time for evaluation prior to ITT's being issued.
The Primary Care Embedded Public Health Services DPS is divided into 8 lots, details and approximate values of which can be found below.
It is envisaged that individual contracts will be awarded to successful tenderers for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
The majority of services are demand led and bidders should note that the Authority cannot guarantee activity levels.
The Council reserves the right, subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and other rules governing public procurement, to change without notice the basis of any part of the procurement process or to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with the award of any contract at any stage of the procurement process.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging of appeals: The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point at which information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved economic operators who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the authority to pay a civil financial penalty, and/or order that the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

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