Published date: 16 October 2023

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


Closing: 10 March 2023, 12:33pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£9,853,146

Procurement reference

20231016140607-68205

Published date

16 October 2023

Closing date

10 March 2023

Closing time

12:33pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Direct award

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This exercise is to commission a service that is able to expertly manage the provision of the Multiple Sclerosis Management Service for Children, including patients with suspected Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or equally rare 'MS-like', recurrent acquired demyelinating syndromes (ADS) or who have had a first demyelination episode and have a high risk of relapse which would require a similar treatment approach, including: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMO, NMOSD) and other AQP4 antibody associated demyelination; Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG) antibody associated relapsing demyelination and other forms of recurrent relapsing demyelination.
The MS Hub Lead Centres will be geographically spaced across the Regional areas of NHS England as follows:
i) Lot 1 - North comprising the NHS England Regions: the North East and Yorkshire; the North West,
ii) Lot 2 - the Midlands comprising the NHS England Regions: the Midlands; the East of England
iii) Lot 3 - London and the South: comprising the South East; the South West; London
The Commissioner reserves the right to direct award where competition is absent.
This notice is to advise incumbent and prospective providers in the market of the commissioner's intention to commission this service and to provide an opportunity to engage with and participate in a market engagement questionnaire. The outcome of this market engagement will help inform commissioners of the current and future capacity and capability of the market and will be considered with other evidence to inform the commissioning approach,
Applications may be made jointly where partners can demonstrate appropriate expertise and meet the service criteria set out in the questionnaire and service specification: multiple-sclerosis-mgt-for-children-sept-2017.pdf (england.nhs.uk).

Award information

Awarded date

10 March 2023

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£9,853,146

This contract was awarded to 6 suppliers.

Manchester University Foundation Trust

Address

Cobbett House, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Josselin Canevet

Address

80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
ENG

Email

josselin.canevet@nhs.net