Official UK procurement notice
NHS Staffordshire CCGs Termination of Pregnancy Services
Authority: NHS North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 13 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe CCGs entered into a procurement process for the provision of Termination of Pregnancy Services across NHS North Staffordshire, NHS Stoke-on-Trent, NHS Stafford and Surrounds, NHS Cannock Chase and NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular CCGs.
The service shall provide a fully comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice and provision for all women requesting induced abortions.
CPV: Gyneacologic or obstetric services · Health and social work services · Health services · Medical practice services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs have successfully procured a Termination of…AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,459,245
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs have successfully procured a Termination of Pregnancy Services which shall provide a fully comprehensive package of care including assessment, counselling, treatment, follow-up care and contraceptive advice and provision for all women requesting induced abortions.
The following Clinical Commissioning Groups are participating in this procurement:
- Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group
- Stafford & Surrounds Clinical Commissioning Group
- South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group
- East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
- North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
- Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group
The Provider shall deliver a full package of care addressing and maximising opportunities for contraception, sexual health and mental health needs as well as the actual termination of pregnancy procedure.
The objectives of the service are to:
- Offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all service users who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, religious or personal circumstances.
- To provide service users with appropriate information on post-abortion counselling services both prior to and after having a termination.
- Provide service users with access to an abortion as early as possible.
- Offer a range of contraception including long acting reversible contraception and if the patient chooses, provide on the same day as the termination. The objective being to minimise the number of repeat terminations.
- Improve the sexual health of women by providing screening and treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia for people at risk, Provide information and signpost women to local sexual health services.
- Ensure that risk of infection and other complications to service users is minimised.
- Ensure clear and responsive pathways with acute hospital gynaecology services for complex patients who have medical complications or are considered high risk.
- Ensure that guidelines on supporting and managing young people under the age of 18 are adhered to.
- Ensure that services are delivered in line with current legislation (I.e. Abortion Act) and adhere to national guidelines with regards to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The service provider is to deliver this service for a period of 3 years with an optional 24 months extension available.
The annual service value is 1,059,093. The contract is on a block basis and will be unaffected by activity levels, the contract will be subject to a cap and collar on activity levels.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Service Delivery: 35
- Quality and Governance: 16
- Workforce: 6
- IM&T: 3
- Information Governance: 3
- Equalities: 2
- Finance: 35
- price: 35
Published award criteria (8)
- Service Delivery: 35%
- Quality and Governance: 16%
- Workforce: 6%
- IM&T: 3%
- Information Governance: 3%
- Equalities: 2%
- Finance: 35%
- Price: 35%
- Suitability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Se…
- Price carries 35 of 135 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2022, 14:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Sept 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008697- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d7b4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
Publisher note: Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to reregister; (ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Helpdesk on +448003684850 or E-mail: [email protected]. Light Touch Regime’ services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime Services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the regulations (‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
20 Sept 2021 → 31 Mar 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline20 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published31 Mar 2022, 14:32 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2022- Status changed to complete31 Mar 2022, 14:32 BST
- Buyer details updated31 Mar 2022, 14:32 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUPASNHS Staffordshire CCG Termination of Pregnancy Services | £3,177,279 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NHS Staffordshire CCG Termination of Pregnancy Services · NUPAS
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2022
- Value
- £3,177,279
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
9 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS North Staffordshire CCG, NHS Stoke on Trent CCG, NHS Cannock Chase CCG, NHS South East Staffordshire & Seisdon Peninsula CCG, NHS Stafford & Surrounds CCG, NHS East Staffordshire CCGContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
- NHS South East Staffordshire & Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Stafford & Surrounds Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Stafford and Surrounds Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, North Staffordshire, South East Staffs and Seisdon Peninsula, Stafford and Surrounds and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NUPAS LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria