NHS Business Services Authority Medical Services Tender
The main requirements of the Medical Service is to make decisions, provide advice, and rationale, on applications against criteria prescribed by the NHS Pensions Regulations.
United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Health services
2016/S 115-204454
Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
United Kingdom
Contact person: Jonathan Whitley
Telephone: +44 1912035593
E-mail: jonathan.whitley@nhs.net
NUTS code: UKD42
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Medical Services.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The main requirements of the Medical Service is to make decisions, provide advice, and rationale, on applications against criteria prescribed by the NHS Pensions Regulations, the NHS Injury Benefits Regulations and the NHSBSA for Ill Health Retirement, Deferred Benefit, Permanent Injury Benefit and Temporary Injury Allowance.
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
For information, the NHS Pensions Division of the NHS Business Services Authority is located in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The main requirements of the Medical Service are:
— making decisions, providing advice and rationale on applications against criteria prescribed by the NHS Pension and NHS Injury Benefit Regulations, and the NHSBSA, for Ill Health Retirement, Deferred Benefit, Permanent Injury Benefit and Temporary Injury Allowance;
— consideration of evidence to support the above applications;
— completion of reports, including decisions, rationale and advice to the NHSBSA, the details of which may also be subject to external scrutiny, e.g. Ombudsman;
— interpretation and advice to the NHSBSA on clinical evidence;
— follow-up liaison with the NHSBSA in relation to applications;
— provision of a quality-control regime, including audit and a complaints function;
— provision of management information as required;
— liaison with NHSBSA and if directed, liaison with relevant organisations to support the provision of further evidence;
— full administration of the service;
— assisting with appeals/disputes.
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
The contract is for a minimum term of 4 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.4)Objective rules and criteria for participation
The full details are available in the tender documentation.
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
The economic operator shall ensure all medical decisions and advice is only discharged by a Registered Medical Practitioner who holds as a minimum a diploma in occupational medicine (D Occ Med) or EEA Equivalent; or is an Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (AFOM) or EEA equivalent.
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
The Supplier shall either:
(i) employ each Registered Medical Practitioner to make decisions; or
(ii) contract directly with each Registered Medical Practitioner to make decisions.
Registered Medical Practitioner is defined in the draft services description, accessible via the Authority’s e-tendering web portal (BRAVO).
Further details are available in the tender documentation.
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Form of procedure
IV.1.11)Main features of the award procedure:
The procedure will involve an initial pre-qualification stage to select and short-list interested economic operators. The shortlisted economic operators will then be invited to submit initial tenders. If the NHSBSA does not decide to award the contract on the basis of those initial tenders, economic operators may be invited to negotiate and to submit subsequent tenders. The NHSBSA may down-select economic operators at one or more stages during the tendering and negotiation phase.
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate / Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
The procurement documents (the PQQ, contract documents and ITTN) can be accessed by registering on the eSourcing Portal (BRAVO) athttps://nhsbsa.bravosolution.co.uk and creating a user-name and password.
To register on BRAVO, select the ‘Click here to register’ link. Accept the terms and conditions and select “continue’. Enter business and user details. Note the user-name and select ”save’ when complete. An email will be sent with a unique password (to be kept secure). Follow the instructions on BRAVO to select the Medical Services PQQ.
If further assistance is required, detailed on-line help is available, by telephone: +44 800 368 4850; or by e-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
The NHSBSA is not bound to award a contract as a result of this process. The NHSBSA will not be liable for any costs incurred by an economic operator in participating in this process, including in the event of termination or amendment by the NHSBSA.
VI.4.1)Review body
Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1912325371
Fax: +44 01912322480
VI.4.3)Review procedure
In accordance with Part 3 (Remedies) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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