Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East)
The Waterfront 4
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
UK
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.uk
NUTS: UKD1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.england.nhs.uk/north/
Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Copeland Alternative Provider Medical Services
Reference number: NHSE464
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and is managing this procurement process. Under delegated commissioning arrangements NHS England has delegated the commissioning of primary medical services to NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, who are proposing to Commission a GP practice for patients registered at Flatt Walks surgery, Beech House surgery, Cleator Moor Health Centre and Griffin Close Health Centre. The contract will be for an initial period of 8 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
929 820.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85120000
85121000
85141000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD1
Main site or place of performance:
Copeland, Cumbria, England.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and is managing this procurement process. Under delegated commissioning arrangements NHS England has delegated the commissioning of primary medical services to NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, who are proposing to commission a GP practice for patients registered at Flatt Walks surgery, Beech House surgery, Cleator Moor Health Centre and Griffin Close Health Centre. The contract will be for an initial period of 8 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years.
NHS England has a set price of 88,96 GBP for the capitation payments per weighted patient. This is at 2018/2019 values and is subject to change. This amount will be reduced by 4,87 % to account for the out of hours opt-outs resulting in a net price per weighted patient of 84,63 GBP. This capitation payment is designed to cover the essential and additional services element of the contract as per the NHS (general medical services contracts) regulations.
Payments will be adjusted on a quarterly basis to reflect the actual number of weighted patients on the contractor’s list.
In addition to capitation payments the practice will be eligible for enhanced services and Quality outcomes framework (QOF) payments in line with GMS contractors. The practice will also be eligible for reimbursement of rent and rates on current premises as per the NHS (general medical services premises costs) directions.
A sustainability fund is being offered each year to help support the service, the amounts are as follows:
Sustainability fund year 1 = 371 928 GBP;
Sustainability fund year 2 = 278 946 GBP;
Sustainability fund year 3 = 185 964 GBP;
Sustainability fund year 4 = 92 982 GBP.
Patient list = 23,991 (raw) 27 667,84 (weighted) as at 1.10.18 This service are currently being delivered from the following sites:
— Flatt Walks Health Centre, 3 Castle Meadows, Catherine Street, Whitehaven, CA28 7QE,
— Beech House Medical Centre, St Bridget’s Lane, Egremont, CA22 2BD,
— Cleator Moor Health Centre, Birks Road, Cleator Moor, CA25 5HP, and
— Griffin Close Surgery, Griffin Close, Frizington, CA26 3SH.
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 ‘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) applied to this contract as this is an existing service provision.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/pdfs/uksi_20150102_en.pdf
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 060-140092
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/06/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
North Cumbria Primary Care Ltd
Voreda House, Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 7QQ
UK
NUTS: UKD1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 929 820.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the Proactis portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the Proactis e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on Proactis, which can be accessed at any time of day.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 08.30 a.m. to 05.00 p.m.).
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
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) applied to this contract as this is an existing service provision.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Thornaby
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Thornaby
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The commissioner will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the high court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Royal Courts of Justice — The High Courts
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/07/2019