Published date: 18 December 2018

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 8 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£440,000 to £572,000

Procurement reference

LLR-17-39

Published date

18 December 2018

Approach to market date

8 January 2019

Contract start date

1 March 2019

Contract end date

29 February 2024

Procedure type

Other: Light Touch Regime (AQP)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is a prior information notice with future call for competition and its purpose is to make the market aware of the CCGs' commissioning intentions.

NHS Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be re-commissioning the 13C Urea Breath test in early 2019 for Leicester City patients only.

The aim of all the service is to ensure excellent patient choice across Leicester City for the provision of the 13C Urea breath test which is the test of choice to detect H Pylori.

It is proposed that the terms and conditions of all the services, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in the NHS England Standard Short form contract.

The contract length will be 5 years.

The service will be commissioned via an Any Qualified Provider arrangement, advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract.

We recommend any current providers of similar services, providers who may be interested in providing this service in the future, or other stakeholders who may have an interest in providing this service to register on Contracts Finder and on the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo for alerts, please see links below.

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

(to register on the ML CSU Bravo portal please see instructions on the following page)

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2019/2020 £114,000

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Paulo Cabral

Address

Anglesey House,Towers Business Park
RUGELEY
WS151UL
England

Email

paulo.cabral@nhs.net