Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
Gemini House, Bartholomew's Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove
Ely
CB7 4EA
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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
Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75312000 - Maternity benefits
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The requirements of the ongoing programme of work for Maternity and Neonatal System and the ongoing need for Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) is outlined in the NHSE Maternity and Neonatal three-year delivery plan.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75312000 - Maternity benefits
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
We are seeking a provider to deliver an adequately resource, well-functioning Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) to operate within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Maternity and Neonatal System (C & P LMNS) consists of Perinatal units at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Peterborough City Hospital and The Rosie Hospital served by North West Anglia Foundation Trust and Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust.
Within Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (C&P) we have a long history of coproduction with our MNVPs both at a local and system level, however, the role of an MNVP has evolved and developed significantly with the emergence of ICBs and the national maternity reports. The current service has workplans in placed already aligned with these reports. The new service provider will be required to adopt these plans and use them as a basis for future plans to ensure continuity of service. Further information is included within the Service Specification.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The contract term will be for an initial 24 months, with the option to extend by a further 12 months.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
30 August 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
31 July 2024
Local time
1:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
The closing date for submitting completed Invitation to Tender (ITT) Responses is 12:00 noon on 30th August 2024.
The Authority may wish to introduce additional and/or expand the Service during the lifetime of the contract (“Contract modification(s)”. Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority named in the Contract Notice. To this end, providers should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract to include additional services or modalities in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).
Disclaimer: The Authority shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by respondents to this procurement in preparing and/or submitting such responses.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
Gemini House, Bartholomew's Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove
Ely
CB7 4EA
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
Gemini House, Bartholomew's Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove
Ely
CB7 4EA
Country
United Kingdom