Tender: UK-Northampton: health services

UK-Northampton: health services

2010/S 146-226145

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: NHS Northamptonshire
  Francis Crick House, Moulton Park
  Gisela Cox
  NN3 6BFNorthampton
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1604651716
  Gisela.Cox@northants.nhs.uk

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Body governed by public law

  Health

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  Adult Weight Management on Referral Service - NHS Northamptonshire.

  This is an AWPP process.

• II.1.2)
  Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

  Services

  Service category: No 25

  Main place of performance Provision of a comprehensive weight management on referral service across Northamptonshire.

  NUTS code UKF23

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  A public contract

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

• II.1.5)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  NHS Northamptonshire is seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a high quality and safe Adult Weight Management on Referral service, in a community setting for adults with a BMI of 30 or above, or a BMI of 28 and above with existing co-morbidities.

  This is an Any Willing PCT Accredited Provider (AWPP) procurement. NHS Northamptonshire will seek to accredit multiple providers to deliver the service and offers no guaranteed level of activity to any one of these providers. It is anticipated that the annual activity across the PCT area will provide up to 2742 adults per annum with access to a 12 week weight management service free of charge through the NHS in Northamptonshire.

  The price the PCT will commission the service for is detailed in the Service Specification.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  85100000

• II.1.7)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  No

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  No

II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted

• II.2)
  QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)
  Total quantity or scope

  As the services being procured under an AWP model will be 'Part B' Services, for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 commissioning bodies will need to ensure that they are carried out in accordance with the general principles of openness, transparency and non-discrimination.

II.2.2)
Options

• II.3)
  DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

  Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)
  CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)
  Deposits and guarantees required

  Parent Company guarantees may be required in certain circumstances.

III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

• III.1.4)
  Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

  Yes

  The accredited providers will need to work closely with the Weight Management Help Line and Referral Centre.

  The accredited providers will have to complete or submit reports as required by the PCT.

  Review meetings as required by the PCT.

• III.2)
  CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
• III.2.1)
  Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Suppliers instructions how to express interest in this tender~:

  1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://resource.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue" - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click "save" when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

  2. Express an interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the "PQQs / ITTs Open to all suppliers" link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content - Click the "Express Interest" button in the "actions" box on the left-hand side of the page - This will move the PQQ/ITT into your "My PQQs/ My ITTs" page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking the "settings and buyer attachments" in the "actions" box

  3. Responding to the tender - You can now choose to "reply" or "reject" (please give a reason if rejecting) - You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the "actions" box on the left-hand side of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per requirements to complete Sid4health profile.

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

• III.2.4)
  Reserved contracts

  No

III.3)
CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

III.3.2)
Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Open

IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)
Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

• IV.2)
  AWARD CRITERIA

IV.2.1)
Award criteria

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction will be used

  No

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  AWPP-NHSN-001

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  No

IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

• IV.3.4)
  Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

  30.9.2010 - 17:00

IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

• IV.3.6)
  Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

  English.

• IV.3.7)
  Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

  Until 31.8.2011

IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

• VI.2)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  This is an ‘Any Willing PCT Accredited Provider (AWPP) procurement.

  NHS Northamptonshire will seek to accredit multiple providers to deliver the service and offers no guaranteed level of activity to any one of these providers.

  As the services being procured under an AWP model will be 'Part B' Services, for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 commissioning bodies will need to ensure that they are carried out in accordance with the general principles of openness, transparency and non-discrimination.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  E-mail: Tel. Cooperation and Competition Panel via Gisela Cox
  NHS Northamptonshire, Francis Crick House, Moulton Park
  NN3 6BFNorthampton
  UNITED KINGDOM
  gisela.cox@northants.nhs.uk
  +44 1604651716

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Those providers who fail to be 'accredited' will be notified in writing along with the reasons behind the decision. This communication will include the appeals information.

VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.5)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  28.7.2010