Health and social work services

Tender description

North of England Commissioning Support is working for & on behalf of Manchester Health and Care Commissioning (MHCC) and NHS England Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMH&SCP) who wish to commission Hawthorn Medical Centre and City Health Centre Alternative Provider Medical Services and Walk-in Centre Services. The services will be procured in Lots as follows: Lot 1 — Hawthorn Medical Centre APMS and Walk-in Centre; Lot 2 — City Health Centre APMS and Walk-in Centre. Providers will be expected to deliver APMS essential services and Walk-in Centre services for each Lot that they bid for. The term for the contracts will be 5 years with effect from 1.8.2018. The basic principles that mirror that of the Open Procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, & technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the 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) may apply. 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 issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement & 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 Proactis portal https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS 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 Proactis helpdesk via: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index The helpdesk is open Monday — Friday between 9:00 am — 5:30 pm. Tender documentation will be available on e-tendering site on 2.1.2018. The closing date for submission of tenders is 12:00 noon 2.2.2018. The basic principles that mirror that of the Open Procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, & technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the 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) may apply. 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 issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement & 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 Proactis portal https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS 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 Proactis helpdesk via: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index The helpdesk is open Monday — Friday between 9:00 am — 5:30 pm. Tender documentation will be available on e-tendering site on 2.1.2018. The closing date for submission of tenders is 12:00 noon 2.2.2018.