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Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services

NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

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TenderUpdate

13 Oct 2023 at 15:11

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12 Oct 2023 at 12:30

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) is procuring a contract for the Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services. The contract, valued at £4,182,000, will run from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2026. The service entails community-based medical and surgical options up to the legal gestation period, with clinics in Liverpool, Chester, Warrington, and St Helens. The procurement stage is in the Award phase, and the contract was signed on 1st April 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for suppliers, particularly those in the health services industry. Businesses capable of providing termination of pregnancy services within Cheshire & Merseyside should consider competing. The contract is being awarded under the negotiated procedure without prior publication due to technical reasons necessitating the absence of competition in the area. Potential providers need to meet specific standards for consultant-led medical and surgical services. The buyer, NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, is seeking high-quality services to enhance patient experience and clinical outcomes, focusing on equity of access and choice.

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Notice Title

Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services

Notice Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board(ICB) to publish this Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice, for the award of a contract for the Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services. The ICB wish to directly award a contract to the incumbent provider for the following period: Contract Start Date: 1st April 2023 Contract End Date: 31 March 2026 The maximum contract value for the 3 years is PS4,182,000. The service is for the provision of community-based Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services across Cheshire and Merseyside to include medical and surgical options up to the maximum legal gestation period. The service will also include the provision of Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Service. The provider will offer local face to face clinics, to be delivered in Liverpool, Chester, Warrington, St Helens. Patients may choose to access advice and treatment from other provider locations across England via the Provider's central booking tele-hub service. Following the publication of this notice, a Contract Award Notice will also be published.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB wishes to inform the market of its action to directly award for local Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services. The current contracted services expired on 31st March 2023. The ICB are awarding a contract for a period of 36 months until31st March 2026. Additional information: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB wishes to inform the market of its action to directly award for local Termination of Pregnancy and Central Booking Services. The current contracted services expired on 31stMarch 2023. The ICB are awarding a contract for a period of 36 months until31st March 2026. In line with the requirement to offer patient choice of provider, any approaches from potential new providers of consultant led, medical and surgical termination of pregnancy and central booking services in our region, who could meet the required specification and standards, would be considered on a case-by-case basis. The expected aims/outcomes of the service are: - To offer and provide a high-quality termination of pregnancy service, at all stages of the patient journey, in terms of: acceptability, accessibility, effectiveness, efficiency and appropriateness to need as part of an integrated high quality sexual health service. - To provide abortions to women at the earliest gestation practicable (within the terms of the 1967 Abortion Act) through increasing provision of both early medical and local surgical abortions. - To offer choice of early medical and surgical abortions (depending on client's gestation) to provide a local service as an option for Early Medical Abortions. The DOH rationale is that 'The earlier in pregnancy an abortion is performed the lower the risk of complications. If women can access services before they are ten weeks pregnant, they can potentially have a choice of an early medical or surgical abortion, medical abortion avoids the need for anaesthesia and surgery. - To ensure equity of access, patient choice, improved patient experience and optimal clinical outcomes to assist in reducing the number of women requiring repeat abortions by increasing timely access to all long-term methods of contraception. - To provide a consistent approach to service provision throughout Cheshire and Merseyside that complements other sexual health services i.e. family planning, contraception, teenage pregnancy, genitourinary medicine and health promotion services.

Procurement Information

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. There are no alternative providers that can deliver the range of virtual and face to face consultations and medical and surgical treatment up to the maximum legal gestation at clinic sites within the Cheshire & Merseyside area.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-040b65
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030346-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,182,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Mar 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 4BL
Post Town
Liverpool
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)

Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Festival Gardens
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE

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