Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
Kingston House, 438-450 High Street
West Bromwich
B70 9LD
UK
Contact person: Richard Ward
E-mail: richard.ward11@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG37
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/68205
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Walsall CCG
Jubilee House, Bloxwich Lane
Walsall
WS2 7JL
UK
E-mail: richard.ward11@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG38
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://walsallccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wolverhampton CCG
Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive
Wolverhampton
WV10 9RU
UK
E-mail: richard.ward11@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG39
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://wolverhamptonccg.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=27942&B=OGC
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=27942&B=OGC
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Termination of Pregnancy Services (Black Country CCGs)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The successful provider will be required to deliver termination of pregnancy services for the registered populations of the following Commissioners/Contracting Authorities:
1) NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG;
2) NHS Wolverhampton CCG; and
3) NHS Walsall CCG. The contract duration will be for 5 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months.
Please note, during the term of the agreement, Birmingham and Solihull CCG may become responsible for commissioning services for the registered GP patient population of West Birmingham. Further details can be found in the tender documentation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
12 054 522.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG39
UKG38
UKG37
UKG31
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service is for the provision of abortion care to the female population of Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
The service relates to the provision of termination services to women with an unwanted pregnancy who request termination. It also describes how termination services will provide contraception and sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment services.
The abortion service shall comply with the abortion Act 1967, as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Those seeking terminations that are under 16 years of age will comply with the guidelines stated within the service specification.
The objectives of the service are:
— to offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances,
— to provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible,
— to provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical circumstances,
— to improve the sexual health of all service users through providing sexual health screening for Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections (STI's) for all age groups for patients from Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton CCG’s,
— to provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full range of long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods,
— to work with local Sexual Health Service providers to facilitate ongoing continuation of long term contraception for Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton residents. This may involve requests to patients to share patient contact details with sexual health service for follow up,
— to provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination.
Further details relating to the service and procurement process can be found within the EU Supply system. Please refer to Section I.3) of this notice for details on accessing the relevant information.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
12 054 522.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 72
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
5 year contract with 12 month extension option.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
All professional and/or trade registrations is specified within the tender documentation.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Financial standing requirements for the procurement are outlined within Document 1 — ITT Process Overview, Section 9.4 Financial Standing.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Financial standing requirements for the procurement are outlined within Document 1 — ITT Process Overview, Section 9.4 Financial Standing.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
All technical capacity and its evaluation criteria are specified within the tender documentation.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
28/05/2019
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
28/05/2019
Local time: 17:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
AGCSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the “Regulations”). The services being procured are Schedule 3 Services and NHS Arden and GEM CSU and the commissioner it represents are bound only by those parts of the regulations applying to the procurement of these services commonly referred to as the Light Touch Regime (LTR). Whilst the procurement process is being referred to as an open process, Schedule 3 of the regulations provides the Commissioner with the flexibility to define its own process as long as it complies with the provisions of Regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the regulations. The commissioner may require that the provider and/or members of its supply chain provide guarantees, bonds or other instruments of appropriate security for the due and proper performance of its or their obligations, in such forms as may be required by the commissioner or otherwise prescribed for any such purpose. Please see published documentation for further details. The CCG(s) reserves the right not to award the contract in whole or in part and/or to
Withdraw the procurement at any stage and that it shall not have any liability for any bid costs.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
West Bromwich
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
West Bromwich
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
West Bromwich
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/04/2019