Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England - North East and Yorkshire
West Offices, Station Rise.
York
YO1 6GA
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-yorkshire/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHSE963 - Adult Critical Care Transfer Service
Reference number
NHSE963
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service and worked for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire - Specialised Commissioning (the Contracting Authority), to commission an Adult Critical Care Transfer Service to be delivered across the Yorkshire and Humber Region.
The contract term is for a period of 5 years, commencing on 01 October 2024.
The closing date for submission of tenders was 12 noon on Friday 24 May 2024.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service who worked for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire - Specialised Commissioning (the Contracting Authority), to commission an Adult Critical Care Transfer Service to be delivered across the Yorkshire and Humber Region.
The contract term is for a period of 5 years, commencing on 01 October 2024.
The closing date for submission of tenders was 12 noon on Friday 24 May 2024.
Additional information
Providers were advised that the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. Bidders were advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
NECS utilised an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, no hard copy documents were issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, were conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Providers were advised that if they had any queries or problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:
Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm
Tender documentation was available on the e-tendering site from 10 April 2024.
Legal, economic, financial, and technical information
Conditions for participation
Objective rules and criteria for participation
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Contracting Authorities must consider:
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".
The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capability, capacity, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-011550
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
NHSE963 - Adult Critical Care Transfer Service
Lot No
NHSE963 - Adult Critical Care Transfer Service
Title
NHSE963 - Adult Critical Care Transfer Service
A contract/lot is awarded: No
five.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected