Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-16
Buyer: NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85121200: Specialist medical services | 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel | 85147000 | 85148000
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-18

Technical requirements: The main requirements of the Medical Service is to make decisions, provide advice, and rationale, on applications against criteria prescribed by the NHS Pensions Regulations, the NHS Injury Benefits Regulations and the NHSBSA for Ill Health Retirement, Deferred Benefit, Permanent Injury Benefit and Temporary Injury Allowance.
For information, the NHS Pensions Division of the NHS Business Services Authority is located in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
— making decisions, providing advice and rationale on applications against criteria prescribed by the NHS Pension and NHS Injury Benefit Regulations, and the NHSBSA, for Ill Health Retirement, Deferred Benefit, Permanent Injury Benefit and Temporary Injury Allowance;
— completion of reports, including decisions, rationale and advice to the NHSBSA, the details of which may also be subject to external scrutiny, e.g. Ombudsman;
— liaison with NHSBSA and if directed, liaison with relevant organisations to support the provision of further evidence;
The economic operator shall ensure all medical decisions and advice is only discharged by a Registered Medical Practitioner who holds as a minimum a diploma in occupational medicine (D Occ Med) or EEA Equivalent; or is an Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (AFOM) or EEA equivalent.
Registered Medical Practitioner is defined in the draft services description, accessible via the Authority's e-tendering web portal (BRAVO).
The procedure will involve an initial pre-qualification stage to select and short-list interested economic operators. The shortlisted economic operators will then be invited to submit initial tenders. If the NHSBSA does not decide to award the contract on the basis of those initial tenders, economic operators may be invited to negotiate and to submit subsequent tenders. The NHSBSA may down-select economic operators at one or more stages during the tendering and negotiation phase.
The procurement documents (the PQQ, contract documents and ITTN) can be accessed by registering on the eSourcing Portal (BRAVO) at https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.co.uk and creating a user-name and password.
To register on BRAVO, select the ‘Click here to register' link. Accept the terms and conditions and select “continue'. Enter business and user details. Note the user-name and select ”save’ when complete. An email will be sent with a unique password (to be kept secure). Follow the instructions on BRAVO to select the Medical Services PQQ.
If further assistance is required, detailed on-line help is available, by telephone: +44 800 368 4850; or by e-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
The NHSBSA is not bound to award a contract as a result of this process. The NHSBSA will not be liable for any costs incurred by an economic operator in participating in this process, including in the event of termination or amendment by the NHSBSA.


Award value: 8000000