Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-10
Buyer: NHS Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield CCG
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2017-12-01

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (‘the CCGs) who wish to commission the provision of adult community healthcare services for the registered population covered by the CCGs.
Current services are fragmented and commissioned from a number of different providers. As a result, the CCGs, working closely with Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council are looking to commission community services where integration across health and social care is integral to the success of the service model.
The service is to commence on 1.10.2018 for a period of 5 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years (at the discretion of the commissioners and subject to satisfactory contract performance). The financial envelope for this service is circa 51 000 000 GBP per annum.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for NHS North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group who wish to commission a Community Integrated Service.
The procurement process will be conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). The Service being procured is listed at Schedule 3 of the Regulations and as such is not bound by the full scope of the Regulations. The CCG's and North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) (acting for and on behalf of the CCG's) are bound only by those parts of the Regulations that apply to the procurement of these services, which is commonly referred to as the Light Touch Regime (LTR).
Whilst the procurement process may be referred to as a Competitive Dialogue, and is similar in design to the Competitive Dialogue procedure as detailed within the Regulations, Schedule 3 of the Regulations provides the CCG's and NECS with the flexibility to define their own process as long as it complies with the provisions of Regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the Regulations. Therefore, the CCG's and NECS do not intend (and are not obliged) to follow specified procedures in the Regulations.
There will be a Bidder Event on the morning of Thursday 16 November, which is being held in Spennymoor. Potential Bidders are requested to hold this date in their diaries; full details will be included in the tender documentation which is scheduled to be published on Friday 10 November.
NECS working for and on behalf the CCG's will be utilising an 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.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement or to attend the bidder event, please register on the PROACTIS e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 8:30 to 17:00).
(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;
(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.