Employment Adviser Service - North Tyneside

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission an Employment Adviser Service in North Tyneside under Standard NHS Contract Terms and Conditions 24/25.

The contract term is for an initial period of 3 years commencing on 01 April 2025, 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.

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 23 October 2024.

Additional information

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 08.00am - 06.00pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 19 September 2024


Legal, economic, financial, and technical information
Conditions for participation

Objective rules and criteria for participation 

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Contracting Authorities must consider: 

(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and 

(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being". 

The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).