Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group
Pemberton House, Colima Avenue
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
UK
Contact person: Garry Mitchell, Commercial and Procurement Lead, Estates and Technology Transformation Fund
Telephone: +44 7786275627
E-mail: commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.sunderlandccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
NHS Sunderland CCG — Procurement for the Provision of Medical Records Scanning for GP Practices in Sunderland
Reference number: PR003587
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79999100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
A typical GP Practice in Sunderland, with 7100 patients will house approx. 450 000 pages in Lloyd George (LG) Envelopes containing crucial historical medical records for every patient.
The detailed personal information stored inside means that security and accuracy are vital and coupled with the fact that many paper records are over 60 years old and in a state of decay and becoming unreadable, this is both clinically and legally unsafe.
Practices are required by law to retain patient records, pre-digitisation records are kept within the Lloyd George envelope. For the most part, they can be very paper heavy and take up storage space on a practice site or in secondary storage areas, sometimes at significant costs to practices.
39 practices across Sunderland have funding to fully digitise their Lloyd George Records which will not only create efficiencies within general practice but free up much needed space within the practice which can be utilised for clinical use.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
771 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79996100
60000000
72512000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC23
Main site or place of performance:
Sunderland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement is for a one off scanning exercise up to and including the above number of Lloyd George Records. The practices reserve the right to withdraw from the process. In the event of practice withdrawal the cost envelope will reduce in relation to their list size. To help ensure practices remain in the process it is requested that the work that is required from the practices must be kept to a minimum.
Sunderland CCG is leading the procurement on behalf of it’s GP Practices, but the contract shall reside with the individual practice and any ongoing work following the initial scanning requested as part of this procurement, will be agreed and funded by the practice.
For avoidance of doubt the list size is the maximum number of Lloyd George records that will be required and may not be the final total number once the supplier is chosen. It will depend upon the work required by the practices.
A project group has been established within Sunderland CCG with a dedicated project manager who will be coordinating the procurement process, responsible for guiding practices through the process and will be the main point of contact.
This procurement is being carried out by the National Commercial and Procurement Hub (NHS England) on behalf of the commissioners.
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:
771 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
20/08/2019
End:
31/03/2021
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:
Option to extend for a further 12-month period.
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:
Please see eligibility criteria 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
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:
08/07/2019
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
08/07/2019
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
In order to submit a bid, you will need to be registered on the e-procurement system and 'express an interest', and then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents.
On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.
The services are deemed to be subject to the full regime of current EU procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This contract will therefore be awarded in accordance with the provisions applicable in Section 5 (sub-section 7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The Contracting Authority intends to observe the provisions and 10 day standstill period described in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Unsuccessful bidders and applicants will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the bidder/applicant was unsuccessful. Deadlines for lodging appeals should be in accordance with the Regulations.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group
Pemberton House, Colima avenue
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.sunderlandccg.nhs.uk/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group
Pemberton House, Colima avenue
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.sunderlandccg.nhs.uk/
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group
Pemberton House, Colima avenue
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.sunderlandccg.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/06/2019