Request
Dear Sir or
Madam,
I am conducting a
survey of all PCTs in England regarding their use
of
private sector
providers and the FESC to support their
commissioning
functions.
I would like to
request information from you regarding the
procurement
process undergone for these contracts. Was
procurement
conducted through
the FESC or through a local tendering process?
I
would greatly
appreciate if you could provide the following
information:
a. Contract award
date
b. Contract
length
c. Number of
bidders
d. Details of
unsuccessful bid documents
e. Tender date
and all tender documents.
Also, could you
please provide a copy of all contracts listed above.
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Our Response
Freedom of
Information
I refer to your
email of 16 July requesting information in respect of Primary Care
Trust use of private sector providers and FESC to support their
commissioning functions.
I can confirm in
accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that
we do hold some of the information that you have
requestedand
this is as follows:-
You initially ask how
the procurement was conducted. I can confirm that the
procurement was not conducted through the FESC process. It
was a normal tender.
A
Contract award date
21.07.09
B
Contract length
3
months
C
Number of bidders
6
D
Details of unsuccessful bid documents
This information is not held by NHS East Midlands
E
Tender date and all tender documents
The tender date is not held by NHS East Midlands. However, a
copy of the
contract is attached for your information
(Please contact the SHA if you require sight of
this)
Please note that
this contract was a national piece of work led by South Central on
behalf of a number of SHAs. Derbyshire County
Primary
Care trust was one of the 9 Primary Care Trusts in
our region to engage in this work and the total contract value for
the region was split between the 9 PCTs, based on the normal
capitation arrangements.
Should you
require further information from NHS South Central, the Strategic
Health Authority can be contacted by following the link
below:-
http://www.southcentral.nhs.uk/page.php?id=62
I hope that this
information is of use to you. If you are dissatisfied with
the way in which we have dealt with your request you can complain
in writing to:-
Mr Kevin
Orford
Deputy Chief
Executive and Director of Finance
NHS East
Midlands
Octavia
House
Interchange
Business Park
Bostock's
Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10
5QG
If at the
conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain
to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at:-
The Office of the
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe
House
Water
Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9
5AF
