North and East London Commissioning Support Unit: City and Hackney Direct Access Adult Hearing Service

UK-London: Health services.
Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for Prior information notice: No
   This notice is for Contract notice: Yes
   This notice is for Contract award notice: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group
       3rd Floor, A Block, St Leonard's Hospital, Nuttall Street, London, N1 5LZ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2038163549, Email: nelcsu.welcpod-procurement@nhs.net
       Contact: Taofeeq Ladega
       Main Address: http://www.cityandhackneyccg.nhs.uk, Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cityandhackneyccg.nhs.uk/
       NUTS Code: UKI4
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .
I.3) Communication       
   The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:              
         https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address    
   Tenders or requests to participate must be sent: electronically via -- https://procontract.due-north.com/Login          
         to the abovementioned address    
   Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
      https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Health

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   II.1.1) Title: City and Hackney Direct Access Adult Hearing Service          
         Reference number: PRJ-442          
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      85100000 - Health services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICE

   II.1.4) Short description:
   Provision of hearing loss assessments, hearing aid fittings and aftercare as part of a Direct Access Audiology Service.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 1,250,000 - Currency : GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      85100000 - Health services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKI4 - Inner London – East
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The hearing loss assessments, hearing aid fittings and aftercare as part of a Direct Access Audiology Service. Further details are in the service specification. Interested bidders must register on Pro-Contract (https://procontract.due-north.com/Login) and express an interest to access the ITT and the online questionnaire.

In AQP process bidders who complete the accreditation process to (a) demonstrate capability and capacity to deliver the service and (b)accept the standard NHS contract and (c) accept the tariff price will be qualified and offered the standard NHS contract. The indicative contract value of £1,250,000 is the cost of the service rather than any individual contract value, as it will be spread across multiple providers. There is no guaranteed minimum or maximum level of activity. Payments will be based on the actual activity delivered. The contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for another 3 years.    
   II.2.6) Estimate value
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 1,250,000 - currency : GBP        
   II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement                    
      Duration in months - 36    
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds : NO           
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      This Service fall within Part B of Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”). By submitting a response you acknowledge that the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Regulation 75 and 76 and the procedure that the Authority is following is as set out in this ITT only.    
   
   
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information

III.1) Conditions for participation
   III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation    
      List and brief description of rules and criteria:       
         Not Provided            

III.2) Conditions related to the contract
   III.2.1) Information about a particular profession          
      Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
         Provision of key elements of the service are limited to qualified registered audiologists- more regarding this requirements and relevant laws/regulations can be found in the service specification    
   III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided           
   III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract    
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure              
         Open procedure                               
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system                
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement - NO                 
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:                
            Not Provided    
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
         An electronic auction will be used - Not Provided          
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - Not Provided
IV.2) Administrative information       
   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure    
   Notice number in OJEU: Not Provided    
   IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest          
         Date - 01/11/2017 Local Time - 12:00       
   IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:       
         English               

Section VI: Complementary Information       
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows                
    Electronic ordering will be used                
    Electronic invoicing will be accepted                
    Electronic payment will be used    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=281608412
GO-2017104-PRO-11143129 TKR-2017104-PRO-11143128              
VI.4) Procedures For Appeal
   VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
       NEL Commissioning Support Unit
       Clifton House, 75 – 77 Worship StreeT, London, EC2A 2DU, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2038163549, Email: nelcsu.welcpod-procurement@nhs.net
       Internet address: www.nelcsu.nhs.net                
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
       NEL Commissioning Support Unit
       Clifton House, 75 – 77 Worship Street, London, EC2A 2DU, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2038163549, Email: nelcsu.welcpod-procurement@nhs.net
       Internet address: www.nelcsu.nhs.net       
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:                
         Not Provided       
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
       NEL Commissioning Support Unit
       First Floor Clifton House, 75 – 77 Worship Street, London, EC2A 2DU, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2038163549, Email: nelcsu.welcpod-procurement@nhs.net
       Internet address: www.nelcsu.nhs.uk       

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 04/10/2017