Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group
Sedgefield Community Hospital, Salters Lane
Sedgefield
TS21 3EE
UK
Telephone: +44 1642746918
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://countydurhamccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group
North Ormesby Health Village 1st Floor 11 Trinity Mews North Ormesby
Middlesbrough
TS3 6AL
UK
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://teesvalleyccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries – applicable national procurement law:
NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group, and
NHS County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group
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
Non-Complex Post-Op Cataract Service and Virtual Community Glaucoma Monitoring Service
Reference number: NECS344
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) worked for and on behalf of NHS Tees Valley CCG and NHS County Durham CCG, to commission non-complex post-op cataract and virtual community glaucoma monitoring services.
The contracts are for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. It was intended that initial contract terms would commence on 1 August 2020, however due to the covid-19 pandemic the contract commencement date may need to be amended and this will be agreed between the contracting authorities and the successful provider.
Tender documents were made available to view on the In-Tend portal on 17 January 2020.
An electronic tendering tool was used to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers.
No hard copy documents were issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including bid submission and evaluation were conducted via the portal:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
The deadline for submission of all bids was 12. 00 noon on 17 February 2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 302 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Lot 1: Non-Complex Post-Op Cataract Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
Main site or place of performance:
NHS County Durham CCG and NHS Tees Valley CCG areas.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The aims of the services are to: provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service; and a high quality ‘step up, step down’ community glaucoma monitoring service for all patients aged 18 years or over, registered with a member GP Practice of the aforementioned CCGs.
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) may apply. Bidders were advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the new fair deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Lot 2: Virtual Community Glaucoma Monitoring Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
Main site or place of performance:
NHS County Durham CCG and NHS Tees Valley CCG areas.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The aims of the services are to: provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service; and a high quality ‘step up, step down’ community glaucoma monitoring service for all patients aged 18 years or over, registered with a member GP Practice of the aforementioned CCGs.
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) may apply. Bidders were advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the new fair deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
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:
2020/S 012-024888
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Lot 1. Non-Complex Post-Op Cataract Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/05/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
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
Primary Eyecare Services
Waulk Mill [2.3] 51 Bengal Street
Manchester
M4 6LN
UK
Telephone: +44 3301281544
E-mail: info@primaryeyecare.co.uk
NUTS: UKD33
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.primaryeyecare.co.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:
: 402 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 100 %
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Lot 2. Virtual Community Glaucoma Monitoring Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/05/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
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
Primary Eyecare Services
Waulk Mill [2.3] 51 Bengal Street
Manchester
M4 6LN
UK
Telephone: +44 3301281544
E-mail: info@primaryeyecare.co.uk
NUTS: UKD33
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.primaryeyecare.co.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:
: 900 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 100 %
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement was conducted via NECS e-Tendering system (In-Tend) accordingly there were no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and the commissioner including tender submissions, were conducted via the In-Tend portal.
It was important to note that bidders could register for this procurement via the In-Tend portal only and no other portal.
Bidders were to express an interest in tendering for this procurement, and register if required on the In-Tend e-Tendering portal, which was found at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
And by following the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which could be accessed at any time of day as long as you had a working internet connection.
(MT Ref:219451)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
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 Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
Internet address(es)
URL: https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/05/2020