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Enhanced Training Practice.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

NHS England: Lancashire and Greater Manchester
Preston Business Centre, Watling Street Road, Fulwood
Contact point(s): Procurement
PR2 8DY Preston
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1772420150
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.england.nhs.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA31749

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Health
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Enhanced Training Practice.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: United Kingdom.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England, Lancashire and Greater Manchester who wish to commission an Enhanced Training Practice for the Morecambe/Heysham area.
 The aim of the service is to deliver a comprehensive Dental Enhanced Training Practice (ETP) service for patients within the Morecambe and Heysham geographical area. An ETP is a dental practice delivering NHS primary care dental services with an added undergraduate training element. The training element hosts a training environment for students from the Dental Education Centre, in line with the dental curriculum of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN).
 The service will provide education and training for 40 weeks per year to a group of 8 dental students for 6 sessions per week (in line with UCLAN curriculum). The practice will have 4 surgeries which will be utilised by the students for the equivalent of 3 full days per week. The remainder of the time the surgeries will be utilised for the regular primary care dental practice element.
 The basic principles of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Tenderers in accordance with Part B regime of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption for NHS healthcare procurements before 18.4.2016.
 Potential Bidders are to note: It is anticipated that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply for this contract. Potential Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
 Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authority must consider:
 (a) How, what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
 (b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
 Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the Invitation to Tender and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your tender submission, will be conducted via the portal https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs hosted by (In-Tend), the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.

To express an interest:

To express an interest in tendering for this service, and (if you have not already done so) please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs.

Once registered, you will be able to view details of the tender opportunity by selecting the ‘Tenders’ tab, and then selecting ‘Current’, scroll down through the tender lists until you come to ‘Enhanced Training Practice - NECS-128’. To view further information on this specific tender opportunity, click the button marked ‘View Details’. From this area, you will be able to express your interest in this tender opportunity by selecting the button marked ‘Express Interest’.
 Please note that it is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

If you require further assistance, a help guide can be found on the portal by clicking on the tab marked ‘Guidance for Suppliers’. Alternatively, (should potential providers have any queries) a dedicated helpdesk is available and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm or email:

The closing date for submission of tenders is 12 noon on 10.12.2015.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85100000, 85000000, 85130000, 85131000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 7 323 600 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality. Weighting 90
2. Finance. Weighting 10
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
NECS-128
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 091-163721 of 11.5.2015

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 213-389464 of 4.11.2015

Section V: Award of contract

Lot title: Enhanced Training Practice
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
10.3.2016
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Genix Healthcare Limited
2 College Court, Gildersome
LS27 7WF Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 7 323 600 GBP
V.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
(MT Ref:173930).
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

North Of England Commissioning Support (NECS)
Teesdale House, Wetpoint Road, Thornaby
TS17 6BL Stockton on Tees
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will act in accordance with Regulation 32 and Part 9 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) as amended by the Public Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 no 2992). Part 9 of these Regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Royal Courts of Justice - High Court
Strand
WD2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
7.4.2016