II.1)
Scope of the procurement
Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Service for The East Midlands Region
Reference number:
AG20001_DT_DJ
85143000
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Ambulance services
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
Provision of specialised critical care ambulance transport service for the East Midlands region including Coventry & Warwickshire.
The associated services fall within the ‘Light Touch Regime (LTR)' governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. NHS England and NHS Improvement, and NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) as its representative, do not hold themselves bound to any part of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015), save those applicable to LTR provisions.
II.1.5)
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 12250000.00
GBP
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
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Health services
85143000
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Ambulance services
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
AGCSU on behalf of "NHS England and NHS Improvement - Specialised Commissioning Team" is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to submit their bids for delivering the specialised critical care ambulance transport service for the East Midlands region including Coventry & Warwickshire.
NHS England and NHS Improvement - Specialised Commissioning Team will be the contracting and commissioning authority for the contract resultant from this procurement and the contract will be held between them and the successful bidder.
The key objective of this procurement is to select a provider for delivering the specialised critical care ambulance transport services, to support:
• neonatal critical care (NCC);
• paediatric critical care (PCC); and
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) services for paediatric and adult service users
It is anticipated that the service provision resultant of this procurement will have an annual agreement value of: £1,750,000 per annum (excluding V.A.T.)
Based on 5 + 2 (potential extension) = 7 years contract it is anticipated that the total contract value for this procurement is likely to be around £12,250,000.
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7)
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:
60
This contract is subject to renewal:
yes
Description of renewals:
As a result of this procurement, an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 5 years with The Commissioner(s) having the option to extend the contract twice for 1 year at a time subject to annual reviews. In short, the contract duration will be for 5 years + 1 + 1 (two 1-year possible extension subject to annual reviews) = 7 years.
II.2.10)
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
no
II.2.11)
Information about options
Options:
no
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
In order to submit their bids, the potential bidders must register with and use NHS AG CSU's e-procurement portal, which can be accessed by visiting following web link: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu
All information relating to this procurement will be available at the above described e-procurement web portal.