Published date: 26 November 2021

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 17 December 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Procurement reference

NECS390

Published date

26 November 2021

Closing date

17 December 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Contracting Authority) who are conducting a Request for Information (RFI) exercise to engage with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for the future service delivery of General Practice Out-of-hours Service for South Tyneside area.

The Contracting Authority is interested to hear from providers who could deliver General Practice Out-of hours Service in South Tyneside geographical area.

The Request for Information (RFI) documentation will be available on 26 November 2021 to all interested parties who have registered an interest.

To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the Intend portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home .

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) (e-Tendering system) to manage this market engagement exercise and communicate with potential bidders in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended).

It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or you are having problems registering please 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 9 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.
Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 5:00 p.m. on 17 December 2021.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal only.

Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.

Please note that the RFI documents can be accessed via the In-Tend portal from 26 November 2021.


More information

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To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the Intend portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home .

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) (e-Tendering system) to manage this market engagement exercise and communicate with potential bidders in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended).

It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or you are having problems registering please 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 9 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.

Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 5:00 p.m. on 17 December 2021.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal only.

Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.

Please note that the RFI documents can be accessed via the In-Tend portal from 26 November 2021.


About the buyer

Address

John Snow House, Durham University Science Park
DURHAM
DH1 3YG
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

https://www.necsu.nhs.uk