Published date: 12 December 2023

Last edited date: 5 January 2024

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: 2 February 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£650,000

Procurement reference

Provision of Patient Choice Fertility Services AQP on behalf of NHS South West London ICB

Published date

12 December 2023

Closing date

2 February 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

NHS South West London is seeking to appoint suitable providers to a Provision of Patient Choice Fertility Services Any Qualified Provider (AQP) agreement.

The aim of the procurement is to is to provide a range of appropriate assisted conception treatment services for patients and their partners if they have one (following fertility assessment) who are registered with a GP practice in South West London and who meet the eligibility criteria set out with SWL ICB Evidence Based Interventions (EBI) policy 2023. The intention is to set up an AQP agreement with providers to offer patient choice to these services.

The Contract to be offered to the Preferred Applicants at the end of this Procurement will be for a duration of 3 years, which is intended to run from approximately 1st April 2024 (contract start date to be agreed) until approximately 31st March 2027 with the possibility of contract extensions of up to a total of 24 months, subject to any restrictions placed nationally by NHS England or the Department of Health and Social Care.

The Contract awarded to qualifying providers shall have no guaranteed value as any income for a Provider will be based solely on the choice of the service user. The Contracting Authority may publish historic, current and anticipated demand for the Services, but this must not be taken to imply any guarantee of such demand in future.

To download the tender documentation, please login and register at SAP Ariba on the below link. Please note the documents are free of charge to access: https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/18257977


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of Patient Choice Fertility Services on behalf of NHS South West London Integrated Care Board

  • Early engagement
  • Published 14 June 2023


About the buyer

Contact name

Simon Robison on behalf of NHS South West London ICB

Address

120 The Broadway
Wimbledon
London
SW19 1RH
England

Email

simon.robison@nhs.net

Website

https://www.southwestlondon.icb.nhs.uk/