Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-05
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (’the Authority’)
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel | 85150000: Medical imaging services
Estimated value: 7000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-12
Award criteria: Cost, Service Delivery, Quality

Technical requirements: Cost
Service Delivery
Quality
This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Radiology Reporting Services by suitably qualified Radiologists and Radiographers to all NHS Health Boards together with independent contractors to NHS Scotland such as dentists,general medical practitioners, pharmacists, opticians etc and the following further authorities: Scottish FurtherEducation Colleges and Higher Education Institutions and APUC Limited and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The primary service will be the reporting of radiology examinations which cannot be accommodated by staff of the Participating Authorities and can be carried out remotely or on-site.
NOTE: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.
To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 5702 under ITTs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the dropdown. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the ITT it will move to your My ITTs area.
For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdf
If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.
This Lot is for routine and urgent Radiology Reporting carried out remotely by suitably qualified Radiographers.
This Lot is for routine and urgent radiology reporting carried out on-site by suitably qualified Radiographers.
This Lot is for routine and urgent radiology reporting carried out remotely by suitably qualified Radiologists.
This Lot is for out of hours emergency radiology reporting carried out remotely by suitably qualified Radiologists overnight or during Saturday/Sunday day times.
This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Radiology Reporting services to be carried out either on-site or remotely by suitably qualified Radiologists or Radiographers. Full details of the requirement are available in the Invitation to Tender documents. The award will be made on a multi supplier basis.
The Authority is entitled at its sole discretion to extend the duration of the Framework Agreement by up to 24 months (2 x 12 months).

Eligibility requirements: As detailed in the tender documents. (1) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business. As detailed in the tender documents. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to operate a quality management system. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to only use practitioners who meet the minimum English language requirements It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to be able to demonstrate their previous experience of providing a service similar to the one required in this Framework Agreement It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to fully comply with the Data Protection Act. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to have in place the insurances listed in the ITT and to ensure that all practitioners have in place personal professional indemnity insurance of 5 000 000 GBP It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to only use such practitioners in the provision of this service that hold the qualifications and registrations outlined in the tender documents.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
As detailed in the tender documents. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to operate a quality management system. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to only use practitioners who meet the minimum English language requirements It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to be able to demonstrate their previous experience of providing a service similar to the one required in this Framework Agreement It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to fully comply with the Data Protection Act. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to have in place the insurances listed in the ITT and to ensure that all practitioners have in place personal professional indemnity insurance of 5 000 000 GBP It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to only use such practitioners in the provision of this service that hold the qualifications and registrations outlined in the tender documents.
As detailed in the tender documents.
It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to operate a quality management system. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to only use practitioners who meet the minimum English language requirements It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to be able to demonstrate their previous experience of providing a service similar to the one required in this Framework Agreement It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to fully comply with the Data Protection Act. It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to have in place the insurances listed in the ITT and to ensure that all practitioners have in place personal professional indemnity insurance of 5 000 000 GBP It is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its sub contractors) to only use such practitioners in the provision of this service that hold the qualifications and registrations outlined in the tender documents.