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Published 13 Sept 2023, 16:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Anti - Coagulation Services

Official notice

Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board - Tees Valley Place (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

5 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£2,364,7004 contracts · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Oct 2023award published
Awarded to Intrahealth Limited4 awards

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria (NHS NENC ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Anticoagulation Service under the Full-Length NHS Contract 2023/24 (Particulars, Service Conditions, General Conditions) or any edition or any subsequent revisions.

The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years commencing on 01 April 2024, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

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 000-015046.

Thirdly, the affordability envelope may be subject to decrease or increase, for any one year, following contract award as a result of an increase or decrease in activity numbers. Any fluctuations in the affordability envelope and/or activity will be in accordance with Regulation 72(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). A tariff payment will be made based on activity undertaken by the provider.

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: 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 13 September 2023.

CPV: Health and social work services

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Darlington
Lot #2Middlesbrough
Lot #3Redcar and Cleveland
Delivery: North East · Redcar and Cleveland
Lot #4Hartlepool
Lot #5Stockton

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Shortlisting
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).

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Sept 2023, 16:52 BST
Last source update
21 Feb 2024, 16:49 GMT
Authority reference
NECS479
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005715
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fc89 Find a Tender

Publisher note: No bids were received for Lot 3 Redcar and Cleveland. Therefore no contract was awarded for Lot 3 under this procurement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Oct 2023 → 21 Feb 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    21 Feb 2024, 16:49 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Feb 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Feb 2024, 16:49 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    21 Feb 2024, 16:49 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 5
Awarded value £2,364,7004 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 4
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Darlington1 award
Intrahealth Limited£443,300 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Middlesbrough1 award
Intrahealth Limited£620,100 †—Awarded
Lot 4 · Hartlepool1 award
Intrahealth Limited£304,200 †—Awarded
Lot 5 · Stockton1 award
Intrahealth Limited£997,100 †—Awarded

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Darlington1bids———
2 · Middlesbrough1bids———
4 · Hartlepool1bids———
5 · Stockton1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board - Tees Valley Place

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Sunderland, North EastContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care BoardContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Sunderland, UKContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London
Process and specification contact points (1)

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.