Published date: 12 January 2017

Last edited date: 12 January 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 7 November 2016

Contract summary

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Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£2,160,000

Procurement reference

16_06_06 (LPF 16-103)

Published date

12 January 2017

Closing date

7 November 2016

Contract start date

19 December 2016

Contract end date

18 December 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS England has held the direct commissioning responsibility for prescribed specialised services since April 2013. As part of these duties, NHS England is responsible for programme management of the development, testing and adoption of a range of clinical commissioning policies.

These policies set out the nationally consistent commissioning position for specific treatments, technologies and services to ensure equal access for defined groups of patients, for which NHS England has legislative responsibility for.

NHS England undertook a Further Competition through its Lead Provider Framework agreement to commission support services with expert knowledge and capacity to undertake clinical evidence reviews and evidence summary for clinical commissioning policy and service specification, to help support the development of
NHS England's specialised commissioning service.

The contract has been awarded to a specialised provider from the NHS England Lead Provider Framework, to deliver services over
6 programmes of care. The providers will be contracted to deliver specific reviews, as required, over a three year period, up to December 2019. This will enable delivery of the programme
objectives are supported through to December 2019.

NHS England have planned a programme of work that
delivers a maximum of 60 programme reviews. The programme of reviews, which are based on treatment topics, will be agreed on an annual basis with the flexibility to add new topics should they be considered clinically necessary through horizon scanning systems.

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Award information

Awarded date

7 December 2016

Contract start date

19 December 2016

Contract end date

18 December 2019

Total value of contract

£2,160,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Francis Crick House
Summerhouse Road
Northampton
NN3 6BF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
England

Email

nhsengland.commercial@nhs.net