Published date: 24 August 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 24 September 2021, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £1

Procurement reference

20210824123040-68205

Published date

24 August 2021

Closing date

24 September 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of the East Midlands Clinical Commissioning Groups which includes NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group (NNCCG) acting as lead Commissioners on behalf of NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (DDCCG), NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) and NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG) (referred to as "the Commissioners or CCGs") are inviting suitably qualified providers capable of delivering Fertility Treatment (Invitro Fertilisation and Intracytoplasmic sperm injection - IVF & ICSI) Services for the patients registered with member GP Practices of the CCG's, for which they are the responsible Commissioner.

IVF can be a legitimate medical intervention as part of NHS provision where there is a medical reason for being unable to conceive a child. It may not always be possible to identify the precise nature of the medical reason and thus, infertility is defined as failure to conceive after frequent unprotected sexual intercourse for one to two years in couples in the reproductive age group or by undertaking the number of Donor Insemination cycles defined in the CCG's local policy without conceiving or by having a defined tubal blockage thereby preventing conception.
The aim of the service is to ensure that all Patients or service users eligible for NHS funded specialist fertility services in line with the Greater East Midlands Commissioning Policy for IVF/ICSI are treated in line with the policy and guidance issued by the Department of Health, Infertility Network and the revised NICE Guidance (CG 156) published in 2017.
The service will provide IVF/ICSI in line with the East Midlands policy, commencing with ovarian stimulation and deemed to be complete when all viable fresh and frozen embryos resulting from that stimulation have been transferred.

These services are delivered as zero value / zero volume contracts paid on tariff for activity undertaken. Activity is driven by patient choice.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Lisa Innes

Address

2nd Floor North, Cardinal Square,
10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
ENG

Email

agem.Procurementeastmids@nhs.net

Website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/