--- title: "PQQ: pqq_450 - Market Engagement Event for the Provision of an Integrated Urgent Care Services for Kent & Medway CCGs" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2017-12-01" --- # PQQ: pqq_450 - Market Engagement Event for the Provision of an Integrated Urgent Care Services for Kent & Medway CCGs Buyer: NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3b908e78-143f-431d-99f4-b7b60ac57f70.json) ## Summary The NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit is initiating a procurement process titled "PQQ: pqq_450 - Market Engagement Event for the Provision of an Integrated Urgent Care Services for Kent & Medway CCGs." This process falls under the healthcare industry category and is taking place in the South East region of the United Kingdom. Currently in the planning stage, the engagement event is scheduled for 12th December 2017, with a deadline for response submissions set for 11th December 2017 at 14:00. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those involved in urgent care, telephony, and clinical assessment services. With the procurement divided into four distinct lots, companies with expertise in providing integrated urgent care solutions and those capable of offering face-to-face services in various locations will be well-positioned to compete. Interested parties are encouraged to engage through the Arden & GEM Bravo Solution e-procurement portal to explore this forthcoming opportunity. ## Notice The Kent & Medway Clinical Commissioning Groups are holding a market engagement event on Tuesday 12th December 2017 at the Village Hotel, Castle View, Forstal Rd, Maidstone ME14 3AQ from 14:00 to 16:30. The CCGs are developing their Integrated Urgent Care Service (IUCS) Contract(s) to commence 1st April 2019. Kent & Medway Clinical Commissioning Groups are looking to re-procure a 111 Telephony/Clinical Assessment Service and a Face-to-Face Service and this market engagement opportunity is to provide an overview of the forthcoming process and give potential bidders a clear understanding of the high level expectations of what Commissioners wish to commission. The Procurement will be divided into four (4) lots: - Lot 1 - 111/Clinical Assessment Service - Lot 2 - Face to face Services in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley - Lot 3 - Face to face services in Swale - Lot 4 - Face to face services in Medway We are looking to ascertain which lots potential providers may be interested in bidding for, and which parties are interested in taking part in this market engagement event. We therefore ask for completion of the short market engagement questionnaire contained within pqq_450 - Market Engagement Exercise for the Provision of Integrated Urgent Care Services for Kent & Medway CCGs. Further information is detailed within the Briefing document which will be available as an attachment in Bravo. The subsequent formal procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published. The deadline for submitting a response is 14.00 on 11th December 2017 Additional information: Please register your interest on the Arden & GEM Bravo Solution e-procurement portal at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). * Express interest by: 1. Logging-in to the Arden GEM CSU e-Tendering portal 2. Select Open Access PQQ 3. Search for pqq_450 - Market Engagement Exercise for the Provision of Integrated Urgent Care Services for Kent & Medway CCGs 4. Click on Express Interest link 5. Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page you can complete the questionnaire. Please note that this is not a PQQ, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal to communicate with interested parties. The deadline for submitting a response is 14.00 on 11th December 2017. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d55e6f1-7cec-4f54-a21e-b112598fadb6 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Dec 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 11 Dec 2017 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | MANSFIELD | | Post town | Nottingham | | Postcode | NG21 0HJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF15 North Nottinghamshire | | Local authority | Mansfield | | Electoral ward | Southwell | | Westminster constituency | Mansfield | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 1 Dec 2017 at 15:46 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d55e6f1-7cec-4f54-a21e-b112598fadb6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d55e6f1-7cec-4f54-a21e-b112598fadb6 1st December 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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