Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-02-05
Buyer: NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester
Country: UK
Region: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85121200: Specialist medical services | 85121230: Gastroenterology services
Estimated value: 2322251 GBP
Award criteria: Quality, Presentation/Mobilisation, Cost

Technical requirements: Quality
Presentation/Mobilisation
Cost
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England Lancashire & Greater Manchester (the Contracting Authority).
The Contracting Authority proposed to commission Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Services within Greater Manchester and East Cheshire (GM&EC) and invited expressions of interest in this tender opportunity.
A process that mirrors that of the Open Procurement route was followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption and saving for certain NHS procurements. Regulation 120 provides that nothing in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 affects any contract award procedure that relates to the procurement of health care services for the purposes of the NHS within the meaning and scope of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013(b), that is commenced before 18.4.2016 and any subsequent contract awarded as a result of such a procedure. The current Part B regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013(b) will continue to apply to the commissioning of these services until 18.4.2016.
It is anticipated that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply for this contract.
Tenderers were advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence, it is the Tenderers responsibility to verify TUPE information with the incumbent service provider.
(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 had been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social, and environmental well-being. These priorities were described in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and were reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract’
Option to extend the contract after the initial 3 years by a further 1 x 24 month period subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance at the discretion of the Contracting Authority
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority acted in accordance with Regulation 32 and Part 9 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) as amended by the Public Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 no 2992). Part 9 of these Regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Winner: Greater Manchester
Number of bids: 2