CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Other (Please specify)

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is a progressive organisation that aims to stay focused on better outcomes for its population of 330,000 patients. The CCG are seeking a prime contractor of psychological therapies, including improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) (excluding secondary care). The prime contractor will, as contract holder, be solely accountable for the entire adult service (including IAPT, but not secondary care) and for all referred psychological therapy patients. We are looking to work with people who aim for excellence in all areas and are willing and capable of going the extra mile to exceed expectations.

The CCG is highly committed to realising the full potential of clinical quality, value for money, and clinical and service user outcomes that an innovative, unified model of provision can offer. The intended financial envelope over a 5 year period is expected to be a maximum of GBP 20 m (i.e. circa GBP 4 m per annum) and a key focus of the contractual model will be an element of gain share linked to achievement of specified outcomes. The intended services include: cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, guided self-help, group work, counselling and psycho-education.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authority must consider:

? How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area.

? How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement.

The North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) are transacting the procurement process for and on behalf of NHS Northumberland CCG. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers, and all communications and submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend Portal (which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs). It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Once registered, bidders must select ?Forthcoming? within the ?Tenders? tab at the header of the home. Bidders must then select ?NHS Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group Psychological Therapies Service?. If you require further assistance, a help guide can be found on the portal by clicking on the tab marked ?Guidance for Suppliers?. Alternatively, a dedicated helpdesk is available should potential providers have any queries and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00) / support@in-tend.co.uk.

Please note the deadline for submission of all bids is 17:00 on 24.11.2014.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

NECS-107

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent