NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (ENHCCG) as the Lead Commissioner, on behalf of NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (HVCCG) and NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (WECCG) (collectively referred to as the Commissioners) invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to Bid to deliver the Service(s), by responding to the opportunity as required and described within the published tender.
The purpose of the Specialist Fertility Services was to provide a range of appropriate assisted conception services for couples who meet the eligibility criteria. The service aims were to treat subfertility.
The total value stated in this notice is indicative based upon 19/20 activity and price and is subject to increase or decrease dependent upon activity (see published tender).
The service will be available to all patients registered with NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (ENHCCG), NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (HVCCG), or NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (WECCG).
The service being procured was an activity-based contract with maximum tariffs, further details of which were available in the tender documentation. The value stated in the notice is the total service value, based upon 19/20 values and is subject to increase or decrease dependent upon activity and not guaranteed.
As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with a maximum of 5 successful Bidder(s) for a period of 5 years with the Commissioner having the option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 years.
Should an insufficient number of compliant bids be received, the Commissioner(s) reserve the right to re-advertise the tender, or if in the future it becomes apparent this number (5) of contracts does not provide sufficient capacity then again, the Commissioner(s) reserve the right to re-advertise without re-engagement with whomever may then be a current Provider. Conditions which may mean re-tendering is not undertaken were included in the published tender documentation.
The service was a Schedule 3 Service and was procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
The current contract(s) for the Services will end on 30 April 2021 and as a result the successful Provider/s are expected to be fully operational, providing services from 1 May 2021.
Prospective Bidders were advised that they must read all the documentation published within e-procurement portal (EU-Supply) for all the relevant detail.
Full details of the qualification requirements of Bidders (as defined in the tender documentation) were provided in the tender documentation on EU-Supply. The Service Specification was available in the tender documentation on the EU-Supply Portal.