Health services

Tender description

NHS England Specialised Commissioning (South) is responsible for the provision of satellite haemodialysis operational services to 3 existing haemodialysis units at Taunton, Yeovil and Frome. In addition, the commissioner would like to explore the opportunity of further sites at Bridgwater and Bath. The procurement is split in to three lots: — Lot 1: Taunton (and Bridgwater), — Lot 2: Yeovil, — Lot 3: Frome (and Bath). Bidders should note that award of the Bridgwater and Bath elements of Lots 1 and 3 are optional and at the sole discretion of the Commissioner, as detailed in the procurement docs. The contract for each of the lots will be held by NHS England as the Contracting Authority, but bidders should note the possibility of the contract(s) being novated to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term, as further described in the procurement docs. The initial contract duration for each lot is 48 months. The total annual value for this procurement is 5 523 336 GBP and 6 152 328 GBP. NHS England Specialised Commissioning (South) is responsible for the provision of satellite haemodialysis operational services to 3 existing haemodialysis units at Taunton, Yeovil and Frome. Each Site is supported by a Supervising Trust, which will be Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust for Lot 1. Bidders will need to ensure they are able to provide dialysis treatment in the unit they are bidding for, in accordance with the specification and that all necessary supplies and support services for dialysis provision, including signposting to relevant Trust and GP support services, are provided. For Lot 1 Taunton (and Bridgwater), the commissioner would like to explore the opportunity of a further site at Bridgwater, as further described in the procurement documentation. The Contract value for Lot 1 is between 1 729 728 GBP-2 358 720 GBP per annum. The resulting contract for each of the lots will be held by NHS England as the Contracting Authority, but bidders should note the possibility of the contract(s) being novated to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term, as further described in the procurement documentation. In bidding for any of the Lots listed in this procurement, Bidders accept and agree that the relevant contract may be novated away from NHS England and to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term. Any such novation will be against the existing terms of the contract, and in line with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. NHS England Specialised Commissioning (South) is responsible for the provision of satellite haemodialysis operational services to 3 existing haemodialysis units at Taunton, Yeovil and Frome. Lot 2 Yeovil has a contract value of: 1 277 640 GBP per annum. Each Site is supported by a Supervising Trust, for Yeovil this is Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Bidders will need to ensure they are able to provide dialysis treatment in the unit they are bidding for, in accordance with the specification and that all necessary supplies and support services for dialysis provision, including signposting to relevant Trust and GP support services, are provided. The resulting contract for each of the lots will be held by NHS England as the contracting authority, but bidders should note the possibility of the contract(s) being novated to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term, as further described in the procurement documentation. In bidding for any of the lots listed in this procurement, Bidders accept and agree that the relevant contract may be novated away from NHS England and to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term. Any such novation will be against the existing terms of the contract, and in line with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. NHS England Specialised Commissioning (South) is responsible for the provision of satellite haemodialysis operational services to 3 existing haemodialysis units at Taunton, Yeovil and Frome. In addition, the commissioners would like to explore the opportunity of a permanent site for Bath. Lot 3 Frome (and Bath) has a contract value of: 943 488 GBP-2 515 968 GBP per annum. Each Site is supported by a Supervising Trust. For Frome (and Bath) this is North Bristol NHS Trust. Bidders will need to ensure they are able to provide dialysis treatment in the unit they are bidding for, in accordance with the specification and that all necessary supplies and support services for dialysis provision, including signposting to relevant Trust and GP support services, are provided. The resulting contract for each of the lots will be held by NHS England as the contracting authority, but bidders should note the possibility of the contract(s) being novated to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term, as further described in the procurement documentation. In bidding for any of the Lots listed in this procurement, Bidders accept and agree that the relevant contract may be novated away from NHS England and to the relevant Supervising Trust during the contract term. Any such novation will be against the existing terms of the contract, and in line with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.