Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-04
Buyer: East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub c/o West Suffolk Hospital
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services | 85111000: Hospital services | 85121280 | 85121282
Submission deadline: 2020-12-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (EOECPH) is seeking experienced, proven, innovative and agile providers to be awarded onto a framework to be let by EOECPH for the benefit of publicly funded (wholly or partially funded) as detailed in ITT documents issued by EOECPH for the provision of dermatology services.
It is the intention of this framework to provide dermatology services which may either be supplementary, for example services secured in support of waiting list initiatives to ensure participating beneficiary authorities key performance indicators are maintained, or through a longer term arrangement via a trust acting as head provider via subcontracting or through commissioners seeking to secure additional dermatology services.
NHS and other related care sector organisations delivering or commissioning dermatology services, will be able to use this framework to secure compliant patient focused dermatology services throughout the United Kingdom (UK).
The East of England NHS Collaborative procurement Hub (EOECPH) has worked collaboratively with its member organisations on this procurement process, with the aim of providing a procurement compliant route to market, through the award of a UK wide framework agreement, for the provision of dermatology services, to either be provided at the framework beneficiary premises, (for example an acute NHS Trust) and or provided on the providers premises. Participants as listed and detailed below and in in the ITT documents, wishing to procure the provision of dermatology services specified in the ITT for this procurement and the resulting framework, is open to the benefit of all potential beneficiary organisations listed hereto; please see the links below to identify publicly funded organisations and types of beneficiaries:
• Foundation trusts: http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/home/about-nhsfoundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory
• Charities including VCSE’s: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
• Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
• Government Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/localg/usefullinks
Organisations referenced above can be found detailed in either the NHS Act 2006, and/or the Public Contract Regulations 2015, and/or the Government Departments, Agencies and Public Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
The authority is providing notice that a further competition will be run in parallel with the framework by Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MKUH). Only those bidders awarded to the framework shall be eligible for the MKUH requirement.
Notice to potential bidders: contract award from the further competition is not guaranteed, MKUH reserves the right not to award.
Suitability to pursue the required professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers as detailed within the ITT documents and supplier qualification questionnaire.
The type of services provided through the framework, lend themselves to be in accord with the Light Touch Regime Procurement Regulations, and therefore notice is hereby given, that the authority (The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub — EOECPH) reserves the right to re-open the procurement process for the framework at least once per year, giving notice of the month of re-opening, through recognised pathways, that when EOECPH re-opens competition the EOECPH will only be at liberty to produce and issue the suite of tender documents contained within the ITT documents that will be published for the framework for the provision of dermatology services. By way of further clarity, the purpose for this additional information is to put on notice that the EOECPH is aware that the above statement of fact will enable EOECPH to capture and appoint new providers to the framework agreement.

Eligibility requirements: Suitability to pursue the required professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers as detailed within the ITT documents and supplier qualification questionnaire.