Lancaster, Morecambe Bay & South Cumbria Lymphoedema Service - Cancer & Non Cancer

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board(ICB) who are looking to undertake a Competitive Process for the provision of a Lancaster, Morecambe Bay and South Cumbria Lymphoedema Service.

The aim is to commission a high quality, evidence-based, effective, equitable and accessible service for patients who have cancer-related and non-cancer related lymphoedema, regardless of aetiology, that ensures improved patient outcomes in relation to clinical needs, quality of life, health and well-being for the populations of Lancaster, Morecambe Bay and South Cumbria.

There will be a maximum of 1 contract totalling£2,028,707 for the full length of the contract.

The contract will be for 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

The annual value is £405,741.

The Contract Start Date is 16th September 2024.

The ICB has set an affordability threshold within the Competitive Process.

Bidders who submit a bid over the maximum contract value will not achieve the score of a pass.

Their bid will be regarded as non-compliant and be a failed bid and the rest of the bid will be rejected and the scoring questions will not be evaluated.

This will be checked during the preliminary stages of the evaluation during the compliance checks.

The ICB may seek clarification on bids that are unusually low or above the affordability threshold.

This is not a competition on price.

The ITT will be live on Wednesday 21st February2024 on the Atamis Portal.

The deadline for submissions will Friday 22nd March 2024 12:00pm midday.

The deadline for clarification questions is Tuesday12th March 2024 12:00pm.

As part of this Competitive Process, the Authority is intending to identify one provider.

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome . (C206051,'Lancaster, Morecambe Bay & South Cumbria Lymphoedema Service-Cancer & Non Cancer').

The competitive tendering process to which this ITT relates to and further to which the Authority intends to purchase the Services as set out in regulation 11 of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award of a contract with a competition.

This ITT has been made available to all Bidders who have expressed a potential interest in delivering this service in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)Regulations 2023.

As such, the competitive tendering of these Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a Tender contract notice advertisement.