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NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT

NHSE805 St George and Riverside Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

HealthcareCPV 85100000
Value£8.5m
Awarded11 Sept 2023
Published6 Dec 2023
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£8.5mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority), who are undertaking a procurement to commission St George and Riverside Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission St George and Riverside Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS).

The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 28 February 2024, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

The closing date for submission of tenders was by 12 noon on 11 September 2023 Additional information Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract.

However, 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.

Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2023/S 000-013094 on Find a Tender Service ( FTS).

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders.

Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

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 Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm Tender documentation was available on the e-tendering site from 09 August 2023

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority), who are undertaking a procurement to commission St George and Riverside Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS).

02

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission St George and Riverside Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS).

03

Should bidders have any queries, or are

Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:.

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Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035

Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

TUPE transferContract conditions
(TUPE) may apply to this contract.

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