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Tender for Provision of Fertility and other Gynaecology Services in Leeds
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Tender for Provision of Fertility and other Gynaecology Services in Leeds

Monday, 1 June 2020, 9:32

Tender for Provision of Fertility and other Gynaecology Services in Leeds

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is seeking to procure the provision of fertility and other gynaecology services in Leeds and the wider area.

United Kingdom-Leeds: Hospital and related services

2020/S 104-252564

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Official name: Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Postal address: Supplies Dept, St James Hospial, Trust HQ, Beckett St
Town: Leeds
NUTS code: UKE42 Leeds
Postal code: LS9 7TF
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Mrs Beverly Pettican
E-mail: beverly.pettican@nhs.net
Telephone: +44 1132060395
Internet address(es):Main address: http://www.leedsteachinghospitals.com/

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.leedsteachinghospitals.com/

I.2)Information about joint procurement

I.3)Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1f84a85f-45c3-e911-80f8-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1f84a85f-45c3-e911-80f8-005056b64545

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:

Provision of Fertility and other Gynaecology Services in Leeds

Reference number: DN479739

II.1.2)Main CPV code

85110000 Hospital and related services

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

Leeds Teaching Hospitals (‘The Authority’) is seeking to procure the provision of fertility and other gynaecology services in Leeds and the wider area (the ‘Services’).

‘Leeds Fertility’ (a collaboration between the Authority and Genesis Healthcare LLP (‘Genesis’) is a top-performing IVF centre, providing the most comprehensive reproductive medicine service in the UK and aims to maintain its position as a national leader in this field.

The aim of this procurement process is to provide a fully integrated service for both NHS and private patients enabling those in need to access fertility services, providing the full range of infertility treatments in a safe, cost effective manner to a high-quality.

Leeds Fertility see around 2 200 new referrals annually in secondary and tertiary care, resulting in 5 230 outpatient episodes in 2018/19. It performs approximately 1 300 IVF/ICSI cycles per annum of which 60 % are NHS and 40 % are privately funded and an additional 600 frozen embryo transfer cycles.

The resulting contract for services will be for a term of [up to] 10 years.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKE42 Leeds

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Leeds Teaching Hospitals (‘The Authority’) is seeking to procure the provision of fertility and other gynaecology services in Leeds and the wider area (the ‘Services’).

‘Leeds Fertility’ (a collaboration between the Authority and Genesis Healthcare LLP (‘Genesis’) is a top-performing IVF centre, providing the most comprehensive reproductive medicine service in the UK and aims to maintain its position as a national leader in this field.

The aim of this procurement process is to provide a fully integrated service for both NHS and private patients enabling those in need to access fertility services, providing the full range of infertility treatments in a safe, cost effective manner to a high-quality.

Leeds Fertility see around 2 200 new referrals annually in secondary and tertiary care, resulting in 5 230 outpatient episodes in 2018/19. It performs approximately 1 300 IVF/ICSI cycles per annum of which 60 % are NHS and 40 % are privately funded and an additional 600 frozen embryo transfer cycles.

The resulting contract for Services will be for a term of [up to] 10 years.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 120
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9)Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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 contract notice is restarting the procurement process for the provision of fertility and other gynaecology services in Leeds and the wider area. Due to the impact of Covid-19, the authority had to cancel its previous procurement process that was commenced under 2020/S 034-081735 (the ‘Previous Procurement Process’). Any organisation interested in expressing an interest in this procurement process will be required to submit a selection questionnaire by 12.00 noon on 30 June 2020. The authority will not be able to consider any selection questionnaire that was submitted under the previous procurement process.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 30/06/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

This contract notice is restarting the procurement process for the provision of fertility and other gynaecology services in Leeds and the wider area. Due to the impact of Covid-19, the authority had to cancel its previous procurement process that was commenced under 2020/S 034-081735 (the ‘Previous Procurement Process’). Any organisation interested in expressing an interest in this procurement process will be required to submit a selection questionnaire by 12.00 noon on 30 June 2020. The authority will not be able to consider any selection questionnaire that was submitted under the previous procurement process.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

Official name: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Town: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

26/05/2020