Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
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
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
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 is 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 is 5 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
11 552 598.00
GBP
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 NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS 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 (STIs) for all age groups for patients from Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton CCGs;
• 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 provider/s 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.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 60 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
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 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 084-200597
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Qualification Questions
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BPAS
20 Timothys Bridge Road
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 9BF
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 11 552 598.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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
16/07/2020