Tender

Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services.

  • NHS England North West
  • NHS England North East and Yorkshire

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-024007

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03d3a9

Published 16 August 2023, 11:36am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS England North West

Regatta Place Summers Road

Liverpool Merseyside

L3 4BL

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC11 - Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/

Buyer's address

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS England North East and Yorkshire

Quarry House Quarry Hill

Leeds

LS2 7UE

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC - North East (England)

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-yorkshire/

Buyer's address

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

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

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

Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services.

Reference number

NHSE903

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services.

Short description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (NW) Region and North East & Yorkshire (NE&Y) Region (the Contracting Authorities), who are undertaking a procurement to commission Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Patient Engagement Services North West

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD - North West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (NW) Region and North East & Yorkshire (NE&Y) Region (the Contracting Authorities) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services under NHS Standard Contract terms.

The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years and 2 months commencing on 01 February 2024, with the option to extend by 2 years.

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 15 September 2023.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 15

Cost criterion - Name: Quality (Technical Qs) / Weighting: 85

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

38

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Patient Engagement Services North East and Yorkshire

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Description of the procurement

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West (NW) Region and North East & Yorkshire (NE&Y) Region (the Contracting Authorities) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Patient Engagement in North Health & Justice (H&J) Services under NHS Standard Contract terms.

The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years and 2 months commencing on 01 February 2024, with the option to extend by 2 years.

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 15 September 2023.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 15

Cost criterion - Name: Quality (Technical Qs) / Weighting: 85

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

38

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-015825

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

15 September 2023

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

18 September 2023

Local time

12:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

Additional information

Firstly, 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. However, Bidders are 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.

Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2023/S 000-015825.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be 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. Should bidders have any queries, or are having 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 9am - 5.30pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 16/08/2023.

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 capacity, capability, 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).

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

London

Country

United Kingdom