Shropshire CCG - Termination of Pregnancy Services

Shropshire CCG invites formal Expressions of Interest for the provision of Termination of Pregnancy Services (for both Shropshire CCG and Telford & Wrekin CCG). The Commissioner is seeking to procure a Lead Provider who is a suitably qualified and experienced Termination of Pregnancy Provider, with the necessary capacity and capability (or demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide Termination of Pregnancy Services.

The Service shall deliver:

All of the afore-mentioned Services should be provided within the geographical boundaries of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, unless stated otherwise. It is anticipated that the Service shall be required to deliver the following approximate annual activity levels:

Consultations 1,795

TOP up to 9 weeks 888

TOP 10-14 weeks 170

TOP 15-18 weeks 30

TOP 19+ weeks 18

Counselling available for all Service Users.

The contract shall be for an initial contract period of five years, with a potential option to extend for a further period of up to 24 months at 12 monthly intervals. The anticipated contract commencement date is 1st December, 2015.

Additional information: If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet, and may also be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the future ITT and/or Memorandum of Information (MOI) for details with whom the successful bidder(s) shall enter into contracts for the supply of the services). Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details shall be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.

SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Bidders are invited to Express an Interest in providing this Service by email to martyna.migas@staffordshirecss.nhs.uk by no later than 12 noon on Thursday 16th April, 2015. The following information must be included in the email: Organisation Name; Organisation Address; Telephone number; Email Address; Website Address; Organisation Type.

Following the publishing of the Invitation to Tender (the anticipated publishing date is 8th May,2015) candidates wishing to be considered must register their Expression of Interest and provide additional procurement specific information (by completing an ITT) via the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). ii) Once registered, candidates must Express their Interest by a) Logging in to the MLCSU e-Tendering portal, b) Select response to advertisement and ITT, c) Select Open Access ITT, d) Search for and access listing relating to this proposed contract and view details, e) Click on Expression of Interest link iii) Once you have expressed interest, access the My ITTs page, where you can download documentation (if required) and construct your response, as instructed. You must submit your response on the portal by the stated deadline. For technical support in submitting your Expression of Interest please contact the BravoSolution Help desk on 0800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk.

The Services to which this ITT relates falls within the light touch regime of the Public Contract Regulations ("the Regulations"). Neither the inclusion of an Applicant stage nor the use of the term "Invitation to Tender" (ITT) nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to light touch regime clinical healthcare services. Therefore, this notice is provided for publicity purposes only.