Tender

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB Community Gynaecology Service

  • NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-037493

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0428b9

Published 20 December 2023, 2:25pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

1 Staffordshire Place

Stafford

ST16 2LP

Contact

Julia Summers

Email

Julia.summers@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG24 - Staffordshire CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk/

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

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

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB Community Gynaecology Service

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are seeking to procure the provision of a Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Community Gynaecology Service.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £9,853,090

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
Main site or place of performance

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The service will deliver a consultant-led community gynaecology service which will incorporate triage, diagnosis and management of a range of general gynaecological conditions.

The service should be located within the geographical boundaries of Staffordshire, ensuring equity of access for local populations.

The NHS Standard Contract will apply. The contract will be for a period of 3 years with a start date of the 1st July 2024, with the option to extend for a further 2 years.

​The affordability threshold is £1,970,618 per annum for the Community Gynaecology service based on the indicative activity provided by the ICB. The total affordability threshold for the contract period of three years is £5,911,854. Including the optional two-year extension, the total contract period of five years is £9,853,090. Commissioning Authorities will evaluate bidder's prices submitted for the three-year contract period for the Community Gynaecology service.

The ICB has set an affordability threshold for the Procurement and reserves the right not to consider Bids that are unaffordable and above the affordability envelope. The ICB may seek clarification on bids that are unusually low. Following clarification, it will reserve the right not to consider bids that are unusually low. This is an indicative threshold and bidders are strongly advised to avoid exceeding the threshold.

​Full details of the services being procured are set out in the Specification within Annex 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £9,853,090

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

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.14) Additional information

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

ITQ reference: C232114

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

The contract conditions will be set out

in the Invitation to Tender. Further

details will be made available via

documentation and information

released during the course of the

tender process.

This procurement is for services which

are Light Touch Regime services for

the purpose of the Public Contracts

Regulations 2015 as specified in

Schedule 3 of the

Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly,

the contracting authorities are only

bound by those parts of the

Regulations detailed in Chapter 3

Particular Procurement Regimes

Section 7. The contracting authorities

are not voluntarily following any other

part of the Regulations. The procedure

which the contracting authorities are

following is set out in the MOI. As the

ICB is a relevant body for the purpose

of the National Health Service

(Procurement, Patient Choice and

Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013

these Regulations also apply to this

procurement.


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

5 February 2024

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

5 February 2024

Local time

1:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB

Stafford

ST16 2LP

Country

United Kingdom