Published date: 20 February 2025

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 March 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical analysis or consultancy services - 71621000

Location of contract

GL53 7AN

Value of contract

£2,000,000 to £130,000

Procurement reference

CF-2879000D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

20 February 2025

Closing date

24 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 May 2025

Contract end date

30 April 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

GHFT (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) "the Authority" invites Bidders to compete Clinical Coding Services.

On a monthly basis, the Clinical Coding department operates to strict deadlines in fulfilling clinical data set reporting and audit requirements, necessary to meet commissioning obligations and the collection of income under the payment by results regime. The coding department is responsible for the completion / allocation of clinical codes against all finished consultant episodes (FCEs) undertaken in each month.

Clinical coding is a specialist activity, whereby clinical codes are applied to medical records, using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures (OPCS) codes. Staff members are required to undertake specialist training and achieve National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) accredited status.

This contract is being tendered under the restricted procedure. The documentation will be sent out to the market in accordance with this Notice. The documents list shall be sent out together as a single Tender document pack for completion in line with the PCR 2015 regulations.

The Tender information can be found on the Trusts e-Portal (Atamis Health Family) at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Reference - C298235

you must be registered on the Atamis to view the Documents and all bids and communications must be submitted via this e-Portal.

If you require any technical assistance using Atamis, please refer to the Supplier Portal user guide ( https://services.atamis.co.uk/docs/Supplier_User_Guide.pdf )and/or the helpdesk on 0800 098 8201.


More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Ian York

Address

Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road
Gloucester
GL53 7AN
GB

Telephone

03004222770

Email

ian.york@nhs.net