Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-03-17
Buyer: NHS England Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 7140130 GBP

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support worked for and on behalf of NHS England Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (Contracting Authorities) who wished to commission alternative provider medical services (APMS) at the premises currently known as Shanti Medical Centre within the locality of Bolton.
The term for the contract is 8 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance, with effect from 1 June 2020.
North of England Commissioning Support worked for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMH&SCP) and NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (the Contracting Authorities) who wished to commission alternative provider medical services (APMS) at the premises currently known as Shanti Medical Centre within the locality of Bolton.
The term for the contract will be 8 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance, with effect from 1 June 2020.The basic principles that mirror that of the open procurement route were 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 was scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authorities relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.
NECS utilised an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there were no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission, were 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. The closing date for submission of tenders was 12.00 noon 17 May 2019.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders were 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.
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 was conducted via the NECS eTendering system (Proactis) as such there were no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, was conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
The basic principles of the open procedure were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).’
The Contracting Authority will act in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Part 3 of these regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dis-satisfied bidder is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Winner: SSP Health Primary Care Ltd
Award value: 7140130
Number of bids: 6