Published date: 17 September 2019
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
North East
Procurement reference
NECS344
Published date
17 September 2019
Closing date
14 October 2019
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS Durham Dales, Easington & Sedgefield CCG, NHS North Durham CCG and NHS Darlington CCG, to conduct market engagement to obtain input and feedback as part of the development of potential service models for the provision of;
(1) Non-Complex Post-Op Cataract Service and
(2) Virtual Community Glaucoma Monitoring Service.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) to manage this process.
It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.
To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please navigate to the In-Tend portal:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
RFI documentation will be available on the In-Tend Portal from Monday 16 September 2019 and the deadline for RFI responses is 12 noon on Monday 14 October 2019.
Following review of the RFI responses, should the commissioner feel that further benefit can be gained by holding 1-1 sessions, these will be held at
Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG
Sedgefield Community Hospital
Salters Lane
Sedgefield
TS21 3EE
Sessions will be held on the afternoons of:
• Wednesday 30 October;
• Thursday 31 October; and
• Friday 01 November.
Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering; they should contact the In-Tend helpdesk via:
support@in-tend.com or on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm.
Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.
Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal.
About the buyer
Address
Westpoint Road, Thornaby
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS176BL
England
Telephone
01642 745129 ext 45129
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