Published date: 14 March 2023

Last edited date: 15 March 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.


Approach to market date: 1 April 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£180,000

Procurement reference

NECS469 - EoI

Published date

14 March 2023

Approach to market date

1 April 2023

Contract start date

1 May 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2024

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who wish seek expressions of interest to deliver a Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Service for the North East and Cumbria region. The contract will be for a period of 12 months, commencing in May 2023 with a contract value of £180,000.
The service will cover the following areas:
North Cumbria, Northumbria, Newcastle, and Gateshead South Tyneside & Sunderland, County Durham and Darlington, North Tees and South Tees
Due to the service needing to be independent, any organisations who apply for this quotation must be independent of the 8 maternity providers as follows:
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Any organisations who would be interested in submitting a quotation for this contract must submit an expression of interest by 12:00 noon on Monday 20 March 2023. Only those organisations who express an interest by this this date/time will be invited to submit a quotation.
In order to express an interest in this opportunity organisations must register on the Intend Portal. The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home. To register your interest in delivering this service, please confirm by answering the questions on In Tend on project NECS469 Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Service - Expression of Interest (EoI).
It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should suppliers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should 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 9am - 5.30pm

Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 12:00 noon on Monday 20 March 2023.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2023/2024 £180,000

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

John Snow House
Durham
DH1 3YG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01642745068

Email

Necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk