Published date: 8 April 2021

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 16 April 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Procurement reference

NHSE676 - Windermere and Bowness APMS - Bidder Event

Published date

8 April 2021

Closing date

16 April 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West (The Contract Authority) and NHS Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group (the Commissioner); who has full delegated authority to commission an Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) to be delivered from Windermere and Bowness Medical Practice.

The commissioner wishes to invite all interested providers to attend a virtual bidder event to be held prior to the procurement process, which will include information regarding the service and the medical practice and an overview of the procurement process and associated documentation, including information to support submission of bids.

This event will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 20 April 2021, between 10am and 11.30am.

If you are interested, please register your attendance via the In-Tend portal, providing your organisation name as well as names and email addresses of all attendees.

Deadline for registering attendance is 12 noon on Friday 16 April 2021 and Microsoft Teams invites will be issued on or before Monday 19 April 2021.

All communications in relation to this event will be conducted via the In-tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu

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 providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via:

support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm
Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 21 April 2021.

About the buyer

Contact name

NECS Procurement

Address

Westpoint Road, Thornaby
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS176BL
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net