Notice Information
Notice Title
Insourcing of clinical support services_Dermatology
Notice Description
2gether Support Solutions, on behalf of the Contracting Authority is intending to award a 12 months contract for the provision of insourced Dermatology related clinical services under Regulation 9 (Direct Award Process C) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, i.e., the term of the existing contract is due to expire and the Contracting Authority proposes a new contract to replace that existing contract at the end of its term, the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably and that the Contracting Authority is of the view that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
Lot Information
Lot 1
2gether Support Solutions, on behalf of the Contracting Authority is intending to award a 12 months contract for the provision of insourced Dermatology related clinical services under Regulation 9 (Direct Award Process C) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, i.e., the term of the existing contract is due to expire and the Contracting Authority proposes a new contract to replace that existing contract at the end of its term, the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably and that the Contracting Authority is of the view that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
The contract shall include the provision of Dermatology / Skin Cancer minor operation related services at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent to support the Contracting Authority with recovering its waiting lists position.
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 14th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e92e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010392-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85121282 - Dermatology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £415,376 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Senior Category Manager - Corporate
- Contact Email
- ekh-tr.procurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CANTERBURY
- Postcode
- CT1 3NG
- Post Town
- Canterbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ44 East Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ44 East Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Canterbury
- Electoral Ward
- Barton
- Westminster Constituency
- Canterbury
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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