NECS479

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria (NHS NENC ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Anticoagulation Service under the Full-Length NHS Contract 2023/24 (Particulars, Service Conditions, General Conditions) or any edition or any subsequent revisions.

The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years commencing on 01 April 2024, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

Lot 1 - Darlington Lot 2 - Middlesbrough Lot 3 - Redcar and Cleveland Lot 4 - Hartlepool Lot 5 - Stockton

Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2023/S 000-015046.

Thirdly, the affordability envelope may be subject to decrease or increase, for any one year, following contract award as a result of an increase or decrease in activity numbers. Any fluctuations in the affordability envelope and/or activity will be in accordance with Regulation 72(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). A tariff payment will be made based on activity undertaken by the provider.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:

[email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 13 September 2023.

Please note no bids were receive for Lot 3 - Redcar and Cleveland, and no contract was awarded for this lot.