Published date: 7 September 2023

Last edited date: 15 September 2023

This notice was replaced on 17 October 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 17 October 2023)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

NHSE967 Health Needs Assessment Provision

Published date

7 September 2023

Approach to market date

17 October 2023

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2029

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

An open procedure in which the contracting authority has exercised the power conferred by regulation 27(4) Where contracting authorities have published a prior information notice which was not itself used as a means of calling for competition, the minimum time limit for the receipt of tenders as laid down in paragraph (2) may be shortened to 15 days.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England Health and Justice North West to inform the market of a future commissioning intention.

The indicative timeline below is for Health Needs Assessment Provision for North West Health & Justice Services opportunity.

Publication of Call for Competition - October 2023
Tender - October 2023
Planned Contract Commencement - January 2024

Please note this may be subject to change.

Please note that this Notice does not act as part of any pre-qualification process or a call for competition. It is intended as an awareness and communication notice offering an opportunity to inform provider organisations of the commissioning intentions.

Please note NECS will utilise an electronic tendering tool to manage the anticipated procurement process.

It is anticipated that the tender documents will be available via the e-tendering portal Atamis in October 2023.

If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register.

If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system.

You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

It is free to register on Atamis, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.

Should you have any queries or issues with using the Atamis system contact the Atamis helpdesk via:

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
Phone: 0800 9956035
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00pm


More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2024/2025 £80,000
2025/2026 £80,000
2023/2024 £80,000

Additional text

North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England Health and Justice North West to inform the market of a future commissioning intention.
The indicative timeline below is for Health Needs Assessment Provision for North West Health & Justice Services opportunity.

Publication of Call for Competition - October 2023
Tender - October 2023
Planned Contract Commencement - January 2024

Please note this may be subject to change.

Please note that this Notice does not act as part of any pre-qualification process or a call for competition. It is intended as an awareness and communication notice offering an opportunity to inform provider organisations of the commissioning intentions.


About the buyer

Address

John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
Durham
DH1 3YG
United Kingdom

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net