Published date: 29 June 2023

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: 28 July 2023, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

CF-1681600D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

29 June 2023

Closing date

28 July 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 October 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

NHS England (East) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express interest in delivering Talking Therapy Services (Norfolk) by responding to this opportunity as required and described in the published tender documentation. This is for a period of 3 months from 1st October 2023. NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner and is supporting the procurement process.

The service is a Schedule 3 Service and is being procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The service is required to support the public health services elements of Sexual Assault Referral Services (SARS), and the co-commissioning of services within the wider Sexual Assault & Abuse Services (SAAS) pathway in Norfolk.

As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 3 months. Contracts are awarded on an AQP basis and are therefore zero value, zero activity guaranteed.

Full details of the service can be found and are included as part of the documentation within the project on Atamis. To access the documentation please visit Atamis on the link below and access project C187701 - NHS England (East) - Talking Therapies AQP: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The closing date is 15:00hrs on 28 July 2023.


More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Horrocks

Address

Cardinal Square, Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
UK

Telephone

07771981515

Email

chris.horrocks@nhs.net