Planning

NHSE561 - RFI - North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme

NHS ENGLAND AND NHS IMPROVEMENT NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE

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Planning

22 Apr 2022 at 11:32

Summary of the contracting process

The North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS), representing NHS England and NHS Improvement, is planning a Request for Information (RFI) concerning the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme across various regions. The RFI documentation will be made available from noon on 25 April 2022, with responses required by noon on 16 May 2022. The procurement is categorised under health and social work services, and the tender is currently in the planning stage, with a possible follow-up procurement opportunity expected to be published in August 2022.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in healthcare service provision, especially those focusing on screening programmes or related health services. Companies with expertise in health and social work services, particularly those capable of operating in the North East, North Cumbria, Lancashire, South Cumbria, and Greater Manchester regions, would be well-placed to respond. Engagement in this process may also lead to long-term contracts, making it an attractive prospect for businesses looking to expand their footprint in public health services.

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Notice Title

NHSE561 - RFI - North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme

Notice Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation and is managing this market engagement exercise and a possible future procurement process for the provision of a North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme for NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) North East and Yorkshire (South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw) (SY&B)) and (North East & North Cumbria (NENC)) and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) North West (Lancashire & South Cumbria (L&SC)) and (Cheshire & Merseyside (C&M)) and Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership (Greater Manchester and East Cheshire) (GM&EC)) (the Contracting Authorities). This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market to inform the further development of draft proposals for future service delivery of a comprehensive North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme to be delivered across (SY&B), (NENC), (L&SC), (C&M), and (GM&EC) covering the following areas. Lot 1 - Cheshire & Merseyside - Activity 13,398 Lot 2 - Lancashire & South Cumbria - Activity 10,897 Lot 3 - Greater Manchester and East Cheshire (excluding Glossop) - Activity 17,118 Lot 4 - North East & North Cumbria - Activity 21,132 Lot 5 - South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw - Activity 10,097 The objective of the RFI is to: - Understand market Capability and Capacity to deliver the service. - Understand the preferred contractual model for delivering the service. - Understand if the service model is viable and sustainable for the length of the contract. - Understand the preferred / most viable contract length. - Understand if there are any financial risks with the delivery of the service. - Understand the mobilisation requirements of the service. - Understand the premises requirements for the service. - Understand any barriers to bidding and whole service risk and - Understand the social value deliverable's of the service. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022. A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

Lot Information

Lot 4 - North East & North Cumbria

The Contracting Authorities are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return the completed RFI response document. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day. In-Tend can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022. A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

Lot 2 - Lancashire & South Cumbria

The Contracting Authorities are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return the completed RFI response document. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day. In-Tend can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022. A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

Lot 3 - Greater Manchester and East Cheshire (Excluding Glossop)

The Contracting Authorities are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return the completed RFI response document. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day. In-Tend can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022. A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

Lot 5 - South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw

The Contracting Authorities are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return the completed RFI response document. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day. In-Tend can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022. A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

Lot 1 - Cheshire & Merseyside

The Contracting Authorities are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return the completed RFI response document. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day. In-Tend can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022. A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-032f84
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010470-2022
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Apr 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
18 Aug 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND AND NHS IMPROVEMENT NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE
Additional Buyers

NHS ENGLAND AND NHS IMPROVEMENT NORTH WEST

NHS ENGLAND AND NHS IMPROVEMENT NORTH WEST - GREATER MANCHESTER OFFICE

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Contact Phone
+44 1642746918

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS2 7UE
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber

Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Piccadilly
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

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