Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Northamptonshire ICB
Francis Crick House, Summer House Road
Northampton
NN3 6BJ
UK
Contact person: Procurement Team
E-mail: agem.procurementnorthants@nhs.net
NUTS: UKF24
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/icb
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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, Northamptonshire
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is procuring a provider for the Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPs) contract. <br/><br/>It is expected that the contract will be for a proposed period of 5 years with no opportunity for any further extensions. Based upon current activity levels the total indicative annual value for this service is £1,265,000, and may be subject to change (over and above any chargeable actual activity completed in relation to a cost and volume contract) dependent on NHSE guidance. <br/><br/>The procurement is being run via the Atamis e-system where all procurement documents are available for download. Providers who do not have an account can register at the link here, https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <br/><br/>The deadline to receive bids is 12 noon on 19th December 2022.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 265 000.00
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:
UKF24
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is procuring a provider for the Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPs) contract. <br/>The Commissioner is seeking provision of TOP services to meet the following objectives;<br/>• 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. <br/>• To provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible.<br/>• To provide abortion methods clinically appropriate for a service user's gestation and clinical circumstances.<br/> • 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 Northamptonshire. <br/>• To provide information and advice on all methods of contraception and the supply of the full range of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods.<br/> • To work with local sexual health service provider/s to facilitate ongoing continuation of long-term contraception Northamptonshire residents. This may involve requests to patients to share patient contact details with sexual health service for follow up. <br/>• To provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination.<br/>• To provide information and advice on all methods of contraception, and the supply of the full range of reversible contraceptive methods. <br/>The service will provide the following for the population of Northamptonshire: <br/>• Offer face to face appointments for all young people aged 18 and under.<br/>• Offer telemedicine and face to face appointments for Service Users as clinically appropriate. <br/>• Advice for unwanted pregnancy and referral for termination of pregnancy. <br/>• Pre-and post-termination support and advice and contraception planning and implementation post-termination. <br/>• Active Health promotion/prevention campaigns on Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV. <br/>• Ensuring that contraception and sexual health advice, support and provision is available as part of all termination of pregnancy service care pathways. <br/>• Reducing unintended and unwanted conceptions and repeat terminations of pregnancy in all ages by improving access to long-acting reversible contraception <br/>• To improve the sexual health of service users through proactively signposting to local sexual health services for screening and treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. and signposting to GPs for cervical screening as appropriate <br/>• To improve the sexual health of service users through proactively offering sexual health screening and treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) <br/>• To provide information and advice on all methods of contraception, (with particular emphasis on the promotion of LARC) and the offer of the full range of reversible contraceptive methods. Where The supply of contraception is not appropriate, the service user should be signposted to local contraceptive and sexual health services.<br/><br/>The procurement is being run via the Atamis e-system where all procurement documents are available for download. Providers who do not have an account can register at the link here, https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <br/><br/>The deadline to receive bids is 12 noon on 19th December 2022.
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:
1 265 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/10/2023
End:
30/09/2028
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:
No
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
17/12/2022
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:
19/12/2022
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Arden and GEM CSU
Francis Crick House
Northampton
NN3 6BJ
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Northamptonshire ICB
Francis Crick House, Summer House Road
Northampton
NN3 6BJ
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/icb
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/11/2022