Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group
11N
Sedgemoor Centre, Priory Road
St Austell
PL25 5AS
UK
Contact person: Julie Davies
Telephone: +44 7584337819
E-mail: julie.davies30@nhs.net
NUTS: UKK30
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.kernowccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/48712
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
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Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
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Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
AQP Audiology.
Reference number: ID:NHSK/AQPAud/17-18/501
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Routine Adult Hearing Service for Adults (aged 55 and over) — Any Qualified provider contract.
This service is aimed at adults aged 55 years of age and over experiencing hearing and communication difficulties. Patients must be referred by their GP into a service which includes hearing assessment; hearing aid fitting (if clinically indicated) and follow-up and after-care services which will be delivered in line with the National Commissioning Framework, other national guidance and local requirements.
The vision for people with hearing problems is for them to receive high quality, efficient services delivered closer to home, with high responsiveness to the needs of local communities, free at the point of access.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33185000
33185100
85140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK30
Main site or place of performance:
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Routine Adult Hearing Service for Adults (aged 55 and over).
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
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
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.2.13) 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
All information can be found within the EU Supply e-procurement site.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
The Provider should have an appropriate skill mix within their team in keeping with the recommendations set out in ‘Transforming Adult Hearing Services for Patients with Hearing Difficulty — A Good Practice Guide’, DH, June 2007 and the BAA Scope of Practice (2016). Assessment and treatment should always be provided by staff that are either suitably registered or are supervised by a suitably registered practitioner and who are appropriately trained, qualified and experienced.
The Professional Head of Service must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council or the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists. Other team roles may include: Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers and assistant/associate audiologists who are suitably qualified. Where the Government's Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) programme brings about changes to registration requirements, audiologists must be registered accordingly and arrangements should be in place to support MSC training placements.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
02/06/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
02/06/2017
Local time: 12:00
Place:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NHSSW
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/05/2017