Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group
3rd Floor, A Block, St Leonards, Nuttall Street
London
N1 5LZ
UK
Telephone: +44 2036881292
E-mail: shaju.jose@nelcsu.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI12
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cityandhackneyccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cityandhackneyccg.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.supplying2nhs.org/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://www.supplying2nhs.org/
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
Consultant Led Community Based Anticoagulation Service.
Reference number: NELCSU/WELC/CH/SJ/2016/00073
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The overall aim of this service is to improve patient access to anticoagulation; including discussions about the most appropriate choice of anticoagulant and then if the choice is warfarin, initiation and monitoring. This service must be close to home, and a more convenient service for patients with increased local capacity to meet the demand for treatment with anticoagulants. The intention is to provide a comprehensive, community based, consultant led service for patients needing anticoagulation. The service must be delivered to all appropriate patients registered with GP practices in NHS City and Hackney CCG and ensure equitable access and quality of service to the entire population group. Service locations will need to be agreed with the CCG using existing assets to good effect and should minimise travel for patients.
Please refer to additional information section VI.3 for more details.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 003 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI12
Main site or place of performance:
Inner London — East.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The overall aim of this service is to improve patient access to anticoagulation; including discussions about the most appropriate choice of anticoagulant and then if the choice is warfarin, initiation and monitoring. This service must be close to home, and a more convenient service for patients with increased local capacity to meet the demand for treatment with anticoagulants. The intention is to provide a comprehensive, community based, consultant led service for patients needing anticoagulation. The service must be delivered to all appropriate patients registered with GP practices in NHS City and Hackney CCG and ensure equitable access and quality of service to the entire population group. Service locations will need to be agreed with the CCG using existing assets to good effect and should minimise travel for patients.
Service Thresholds:
—The service provider will be expected to deliver services to 1359 patients in the first year, 1413 in the second year and 1470 in the third year
—The priority for mobilisation will be to take patients out of secondary care into the community. The service provider will be expected to increase the number of patients having warfarin managed in the community from existing 623, and add in approximately 90 % of the hospital cohort i.e.1285 by the end of Q3 The service provider will be expected to deliver support for self-testing patients up to 20 patients in the first year, 30 in the second year and 40 in the third year
—The service provider participates in a nationally recognised scheme for External Quality Assurance (EQA) and EQA is undertaken at all service delivery sites at the frequency specified by the scheme.
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:
2 003 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The contract will be for a duration of 3 years with the option to extend for a further two years in 2 x 12-month instalments.
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:
The contract will be for a duration of 3 years with the option to extend for a further two years in 2 x 12-month instalments.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The CCG is following a Light Touch Regime procurement using the steps for an Open Procedure procurement process to secure this service. Interested organisations must express their interest by registering on Pro-contract: https://www.supplying2nhs.com. MOI and Invitation to Tender documents will be published on Pro-Contract on 15.8.2016. Please refer to the MOI for further details.
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:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing 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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 097-173610
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/09/2016
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
30/09/2016
Local time: 14:00
Place:
London.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
NEL Commissioning Support Unit Procurement Team.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
August 2021.
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The contract will be for a duration of 3 years with the option to extend for a further two years in 2 x 12-month instalments. The contract value will be up to £2.003m over three years.
Service Exclusions:
—Patients registered with a GP outside of City and Hackney CCG
—Known hypersensitivity to warfarin or to any of the excipients
—Initiation of warfarin for all indications other than non-valvular AF (patients will be expected to be transferred to the community warfarin service when two successive INR results are within target therapeutic range)
Patients prescribed Acenocoumarol or Low Molecular Weight Heparin
The service must embrace a person-centred approach to the care of patients and must work as a partner alongside all other health and social care professionals involved in the patient's care so that patients experience co-ordinated, seamless and integrated services.
The service will also be expected to foster continued quality improvement and to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing review of safety and quality monitoring information about service provision. Additionally the provider will be required to have robust systems for acting on the results of safety and quality monitoring information, including more formal measures to improve provider performance if safety or quality indicators for the service remain persistently below expected standards.
The CCG is following a Light Touch Regime procurement using the steps for an Open Procedure procurement process to secure this service. Interested organisations must express their interest by registering on Pro-contract: https://www.supplying2nhs.com and submit a tender by no later than 30.9. 2016.
Invitation to Tender will be issued on 15.8.2016 to all bidders who have expressed an interest by the above deadline via the Pro-Contract e-procurement system https://www.supplying2nhs.com. Please refer to the attached MOI for further details.
Upon receipt of the Invitation to Tender, suppliers should login and complete the tender response documentation electronically and submit them via the Pro-contract e-tendering portal. The deadline for tender submission is 12:00 on 30.9.2016. Any submission received after the above deadline may not be considered.
Please note that any communication from NEL Commissioning Support Unit or City & Hackney CCG regarding this tender will be via Pro-contract discussion board. Bidders must use Pro-contract discussion board for their communications with NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this procurement.
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GO Reference: GO-2016810-PRO-8611336.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NEL Commissioning Support Unit
Clifton House, 75 — 77 Worship Street
London
EC2A 2DU
UK
Telephone: +44 2036881292
E-mail: shaju.jose@nelcsu.nhs.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NEL Commissioning Support Unit
1st Floor Clifton House, 75-77 Worship Street
London
EC2A 2DU
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NEL Commissioning Support Unit
First Floor Clifton House, 75 — 77 Worship Street
London
EC2A 2DU
UK
Telephone: +44 2036881292
E-mail: shaju.jose@nelcsu.nhs.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nelcsu.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/08/2016