Published date: 7 October 2022

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: 9 November 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative healthcare services - 75122000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£3,856,200

Procurement reference

20221007140433-68205

Published date

7 October 2022

Closing date

9 November 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 May 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The procurement is to commission a service that is able to receive and coordinate planned, unplanned and repatriation requests via telephone and digital routes for intra-uterine, neonatal (CenTre), paediatric (CoMET), and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) for advice on resuscitation and stabilisation and/or patient transfers and/or repatriations to and from general hospitals to specialist treatment centres. For IUT requests, this service will also undertake bed and cot location services. In essence to help people who need critical care to get the right advice, first time and facilitate their journey.

The service will manage and coordinate requests for advice and/or transfers (via submission of a digital referral form wherever possible and/or a telephone call) according to processes that will need to be developed, agreed and implemented with the clinical service leads. The service will be delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The service will respond to all requests within the Key Performance Indicators.

NHS England East Midlands Specialised Commissioning is the contracting and commissioning authority for this service and wishes to commission centres across England to be delivered as part of a network arrangement.
The ITT documents are available through the EU Supply portal: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu
The reference is 57705 and the closing date for completed ITT responses is midday on Wednesday 9th November 2022.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Anna Salt

Address

County Hall
Leicester Rd, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
ENG

Email

anna.salt@nhs.net