Published date: 22 January 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 13 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Procurement reference

NHSE471

Published date

22 January 2019

Closing date

13 February 2019

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 England, North of England Specialised Commissioning (North West Hub). This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for the service delivery of Autologous chondrocyte implantation for treating symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee.

Please be aware that the RFI documentation will be available on the PROACTIS Portal from 23 January 2019 and the deadline for RFI responses is 12 noon on 13 February 2019.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the Proactis portal.

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 PROACTIS portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS

It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day.

Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).

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."


About the buyer

Contact name

NECS Procurement

Address

Westpoint Road, Thornaby
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS176BL
England

Telephone

01642 746918

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS