Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England - North West
Regatta Place, Summers Road, Brunswick Business Park,
Liverpool, Merseyside,
L3 4BL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
q84
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/contact-us/
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Chorley House, Lancashire Business Park, Centurion Way,
Leyland, Lancashire
PR26 6TT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
q84
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHSE867 Waterloo House Surgery and Central Lakes (Ambleside and Hawkshead) Alternative Provider Medical Services
Reference number
NHSE867
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS England - North West and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board who wish to commission Alternative Provider Medical Services to be delivered from Waterloo House Surgery, Millom, Cumbria and Central Lakes Medical Practice (Ambleside and Hawkshead).
The basic principles that mirror those of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of providers in accordance with the Light Touch Regime within The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authority must consider:
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it 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.
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (In-tend). As such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the In-tend portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the In-tend e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on In-tend, which can be accessed at any time of day.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).
PLEASE NOTE: Tender documentation will be available via In-tend from Monday 24 October 2022 and the closing date for receipt of tenders is 12 noon on Wednesday 23 November 2022.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-029874
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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Date
23 November 2022
Local time
12:00pm
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Date
24 November 2022
Local time
12:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
24-hour extension to original tender deadline.