Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Level 3, Christ Church Precinct
Preston
PR1 8XB
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD - North West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
QE1
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Lancaster, Morecambe Bay & South Cumbria Lymphoedema Service - Cancer & Non Cancer
Reference number
WHISP204
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board(ICB) who are looking to undertake a Competitive Process for the provision of a Lancaster, Morecambe Bay and South Cumbria Lymphoedema Service.
The aim is to commission a high quality, evidence-based, effective, equitable and accessible service for patients who have cancer-related and non-cancer related lymphoedema, regardless of aetiology, that ensures improved patient outcomes in relation to clinical needs, quality of life, health and well-being for the populations of Lancaster, Morecambe Bay and South Cumbria.
There will be a maximum of 1 contract totalling £2,028,707 for the full length of the contract. The contract will be for 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The annual value is £405,741.
The Contract Start Date is 16th September 2024.
The ICB has set an affordability threshold within the Competitive Process. Bidders who submit a bid over the maximum contract value will not achieve the score of a pass. Their bid will be regarded as non-compliant and be a failed bid and the rest of the bid will be rejected and the scoring questions will not be evaluated. This will be checked during the preliminary stages of the evaluation during the compliance checks. The ICB may seek clarification on bids that are unusually low or above the affordability threshold. This is not a competition on price.
The ITT will be live on Wednesday 21st February 2024 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submissions will Friday 22nd March 2024 12:00pm midday.
The deadline for clarification questions is Tuesday 12th March 2024 12:00pm.
As part of this Competitive Process, the Authority is intending to identify one provider.
To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. (C206051, 'Lancaster, Morecambe Bay & South Cumbria Lymphoedema Service-Cancer & Non Cancer').
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-005700
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.1.4
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This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice that this provider selection process has been abandoned and a contract has not been awarded. This process has been abandoned under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply.
seven.2) Other additional information
The ICB has taken the decision to abandon this Competitive Procedure due to no bids being received, in line with Regulation 15, Paragraph 2 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The competitive tendering process to which this ITT related to and further to which the Authority intended to purchase the Services was set out in regulation 11 of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award of a contract with a competition.
This ITT was made available to all Bidders who expressed a potential interest in delivering this service in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
As such, the competitive tendering of these Services was being run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation in the ITT, and in the Find a Tender contract notice advertisement.
The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004(EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR.
In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority may publish documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU has conducted this Competitive Procedure exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body.