Published date: 29 June 2017

Last edited date: 29 June 2017

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Approach to market date: 3 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Translation services - 79530000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£4,320,000

Procurement reference

NHS/SOEPS/16.289 RFI

Published date

29 June 2017

Approach to market date

3 July 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Contracting Authorities:-
• NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (B&H CCG)
• Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH)
• Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCT)
• Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT)
Are considering the re-procurement of Communication Support Services and wish to conduct market engagement before deciding their route to commission the services.
The Contracting Authorities are seeking views and comments from suppliers on the services required through the use of a Request for Information (RFI) document which contains further information about the requirement and a questionnaire.
To access and download the RFI document please follow the web links at the bottom of this advert.
Please return the form by Tuesday 2nd May 2017 according to the instructions on page one of the RFI document.
This process does not constitute the start of a formal procurement.
Brighton and Hove CCG (BHCCG), Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUHT), and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT), have worked as a collaborative to commission local communication support services for the local populations accessing services overseen or provided by these organisations; the current contract has run from 2014 and will end March 2018. In addition, for ongoing work, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) will be a partner in the recommission.

The organisations agree that there is added value in developing locally responsive services, that are able to respond to the needs of the demographic of the patients accessing primary care in Brighton and Hove, and the services of BSUH, SCFT and SPFT across the geographic areas they serve.
The Authorities envisage recommissioning communication support services will be for a three year contract, from April 2018 to March 2021 and the Authorities will have an option to extend by a period of up to a further 24 months

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2015/2016 £864,000

Attachments

Additional text

Additional information has been added to update suppliers following feedback received by the Contracting Authorities to their earlier engagement (Request for Information) and an invitation to suppliers to attend a bidder event on 12th July 2017.

About the buyer

Address

36 - 38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
England

Email

christopher.mccarthy@soeprocurement.nhs.uk