Integrated GP Out of Hours Service - South Tees locality

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) in the localities of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland (South Tees) who are undertaking a procurement to commission an Integrated GP Out of Hours Service across the South Tees locality of Tees Valley under the NHS Standard Contract 2022 / 23 Full-length (Particulars, Service Conditions, General Conditions) or any edition or any subsequent revisions.

Main site or place of performance

1. James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW; and
2. Redcar Primary Care Hospital, West Dyke Road, Redcar TS10 4NW.

Please note that Bidders will need to work from these premises and be integrated with existing services.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) in the localities of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland (South Tees) who are undertaking a procurement to commission an Integrated GP Out of Hours Service across the South Tees locality of Tees Valley under the NHS Standard Contract 2022 / 23 Full-length (Particulars, Service Conditions, General Conditions) or any edition or any subsequent revisions.

The term of the contract will be for 3 years with effect from 01 October 2023, with the option to extend for a further 24 months, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at be discretion of the Contracting Authority.

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 19 April 2023.

Additional information

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the In-tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu

It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.

Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via: support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 19 April 2023,

Tender documents will be available from the 17 March 2023.

Additional information: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

Conditions for participation

Additional information

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the In-tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu

It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.

Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via: support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 19 April 2023,

Tender documents will be available from the 17 March 2023.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation

Objective rules and criteria for participation

The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Contracting Authority must consider:

• (a)How, what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and

• (b)How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.