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Published 16 Aug 2024, 16:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Community Dermatology Service Lewisham

Official notice

Authority: NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,749,740exc. VAT0% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Sept 2024awarded 25 Nov 2024
Awarded to Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

PRJ2068 - Community Dermatology Service Lewisham

CPV: Dermatology services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,749,740

This notice relates to the Authority's procurement of Community Dermatology Service Lewisham

This is a re-procurements of an existing service.

This notice is an intention to award a contract under the The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The completed procurement route is "The Competitive

Process" which falls under Part 2, Regulation 11 of the Provider Selection Regime. The chosen route of the Competitive Process meant that there was no separate selection stage, i.e., the opportunity was open to the whole market.

The lifetime value of the contract is to be £1,749,163, at £349,833 per annum.

Initial 3 years - £1,049,499

Additional 2 years - £699,666

The contract term will be 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

The contract will start on 01/04/2025 and therefore have an initial end date of the 31/03/2028, if the optional extension is utilised the contract end date will be 31/03/2030. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 10th December 2024.

This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Written representations should be sent to [email protected]

Decision-Makers:

Lewisham Senior Management Team

Lewisham Care Partnership Strategic Board

Relative Importance of the Key Criteria:

Quality & Innovation - 25%

Value - 15%

Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - 46.50%

Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice - 8.50%

Social Value - 5%

A cross-functional team were involved in delivering this project. The Authority set out to receive responses from suitably qualified and experienced healthcare providers with the necessary capacity and capability (or a demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide the range of services as set out in the Specification in a safe and effective manner.

The Selection Questionnaire (SQ) was based on the standard Cabinet Office document, with the ITT Questionnaire being comprised of a detailed scoring methodology, the weighting criteria was published within the ITT documentation in accordance with procurement regulations.

Further information is provided in the associated procurement documents on the Atamis portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Rationale for Provider Selection:

The Exclusions and Basic Selection Criteria responses were evaluated first, any bidder who failed the Selection Questionnaire would not progress further in the procurement process and would be disqualified. All Providers passed the Selection Questionnaire progressed in the procurement and had their ITT Questionnaires scored.

Based on the outcome of the evaluation and in line with the criteria stipulated by the Authority within the ITT documentation, it was recommended that the contract be awarded to the Preferred Bidder. The Preferred Bidder being the Bidder that offers the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT), i.e. achieves the highest combined score.

Conflicts of Interest:

To safeguard against potential conflicts of interest influencing the procurement process and evaluations, all panel members signed conflict of interest declarations and non-disclosure agreements. Project members and evaluators were informed of their role and the importance of the confidential nature of this procurement. No material conflicts were declared.

Delivery: London
Extensions: The contract term will be 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority. The contract will start on 01/04/2025 and therefore have an initial end date of the 31/03/2028, if the optional extension is utilised the contract end date will be 31/03/2030. · The contract will have an initial term of 3 years (36 months), followed by an optional extension of 2 years (24 months) If all available extension is taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 5 years (60 months).Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 85%Price: 15%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 85
  • Price: 15
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
16 Aug 2024, 16:58 BST
Last source update
29 May 2025, 11:01 BST
Award evaluation window
23 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
PRJ2068
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028385
Classification (CPV)
Dermatology services
Delivery area
London (UKI44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048bd2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 10th December 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Written representations should be sent to [email protected] Decision-Makers: Lewisham Senior Management Team Lewisham Care Partnership Strategic Board Relative Importance of the Key Criteria: Quality & Innovation - 25% Value - 15% Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - 46.50% Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice - 8.50% Social Value - 5% A cross-functional team were involved in delivering this project. The Authority set out to receive responses from suitably qualified and experienced healthcare providers with the necessary capacity and capability (or a demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide the range of services as set out in the Specification in a safe and effective manner. The Selection Questionnaire (SQ) was based on the standard Cabinet Office document, with the ITT Questionnaire being comprised of a detailed scoring methodology, the weighting criteria was published within the ITT documentation in accordance with procurement regulations. Further information is provided in the associated procurement documents on the Atamis portal: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome Rationale for Provider Selection: The Exclusions and Basic Selection Criteria responses were evaluated first, any bidder who failed the Selection Questionnaire would not progress further in the procurement process and would be disqualified. All Providers passed the Selection Questionnaire progressed in the procurement and had their ITT Questionnaires scored. Based on the outcome of the evaluation and in line with the criteria stipulated by the Authority within the ITT documentation, it was recommended that the contract be awarded to the Preferred Bidder. The Preferred Bidder being the Bidder that offers the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT), i.e. achieves the highest combined score. Conflicts of Interest: To safeguard against potential conflicts of interest influencing the procurement process and evaluations, all panel members signed conflict of interest declarations and non-disclosure agreements. Project members and evaluators were informed of their role and the importance of the confidential nature of this procurement. No material conflicts were declared.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
20 Sept 2024, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Sept 2024 → 29 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Sept 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    29 May 2025, 11:01 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Nov 2024, 19:44 GMT
Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive procedure. The provider has been …

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,749,1631 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC)£1,749,163 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: 72Q 160 TOOLEY STREET, LONDON, London, SE1 2TZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.