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Published 2 Oct 2023, 12:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place - Medical Cover for IC Beds

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,500,000≈ £300k / year
Submissions closed 31 Oct 2023
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire &Merseyside Integrated Care Board who is looking for a provider of Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton place (Southport & Formby only).

CPV: General-practitioner services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 5 yrsPublished value£1,500,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2029 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West · Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place.
Extensions: The initial contract period will be from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2027 with the option to extend to 31st March 2029.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2023, 12:10 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2023, 12:10 BST
Award evaluation window
31 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
WHISP-196
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028947
Classification (CPV)
General-practitioner services
Delivery area
North West (UKD73)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04070f Find a Tender

Publisher note: This procurement is for Social and other specific 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') http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The only selection for type of Procedure was "Open" and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this is not a Open procedure but "Other" procedure under the Light Touch Regime. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents. As the Integrated Care Board (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. Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the tender process.

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
31 Oct 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
31 Oct 2023, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Oct 2023 → 1 Apr 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Notice published
    2 Oct 2023, 12:10 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    31 Oct 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    31 Oct 2023, 13:00 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Mar 2024, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park, Warrington, North West, WA1 1QYContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.