Published date: 25 October 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 20 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Procurement reference

NECS345

Published date

25 October 2019

Closing date

20 November 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group to conduct market engagement to obtain input and feedback as part of the development of a potential service model for the provision of a Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation 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 Wednesday 23 October 2019 and the deadline for RFI responses is 12 noon on Wednesday 20 November 2019.

Following review of the RFI responses, should the commissioner feel that further clarity or information is required then this will be requested via the eTendering portal.

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

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net