High Consequence Infectious Diseases Airborne Interim Service

Tender description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England - Specialised Commissioning (referred to as the Commissioner(s)) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver High Consequence Infectious Diseases Adult and Child Interim Acute Inpatient Service to serve the NHS England Specialised commissioning area: North, Midlands and East and London and the South. The procurement will consist of three (3) lots covering: Lot 1 North (one provider) - Adult services and Paediatric services; Lot 2 Midlands and East (one provider) - Adult services and Paediatric services; Lot 3 London and South (two providers) - Adult services and Paediatric services; As a result of this procurement an agreement will be established with the successful bidders for a period of 2 years with the Commissioner with the option to extend the contract for up to a further 1 years. This is a new service and is expected to be fully operational, providing services from 1 April 2018. It is anticipated that the service provision resultant of this procurement will have an annual agreement value (including any potential option to extend the contract) as below: 1. Lot 1- circa £200k per annum (excluding V.A.T.) 2. Lot 2- circa £200 per annum (excluding V.A.T.) 3. Lot 3- circa £400k per annum (excluding V.A.T.) in total or £200k per annum excluding VAT per provider. Therefore, the total value for Lot 1 for the entire duration of the contract (including the option to extend the contract) is £600k. Therefore, the total value for Lot 2 for the entire duration of the contract (including the option to extend the contract) is £600k. Therefore, the total value for Lot 3 for the entire duration of the contract (including the option to extend the contract) is £600k per contract (or 1.2million in total). The maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer is one. Therefore, tenders may be submitted for one Lot only.