--- title: "NHS England Gender Identity Services for Adults" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2017-07-24" --- # NHS England Gender Identity Services for Adults Buyer: NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-65b3d652-6518-4b18-89eb-d0903cf34a5f.json) ## Summary The NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit is initiating a procurement process for the "NHS England Gender Identity Services for Adults," which falls under the health and social work services category. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a Market Engagement Event scheduled for 6th September 2017 in London. Participants will discuss the future commissioning strategies for these services, aiming to gather insights and preferences in terms of service delivery and geographical coverage. The engagement is open until 31st August 2017, with potential service providers invited to express their interest by that date. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those with experience in delivering gender identity services. Companies capable of providing both surgical and non-surgical care would be well-positioned to compete in this market. Attending the Market Engagement Event can provide valuable insights into NHS expectations and allow providers to shape their proposals accordingly. This process may lead to various contracts across different regions in England and Scotland, making it an attractive prospect for health service providers looking to expand their operations in the public sector. ## Notice This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice and relates only to a pre-procurement market engagement event. NHS England (National) (the Commissioners) invites suitably qualified providers to attend a Market Engagement Event to discuss the future commissioning and procurement of Gender Identity Services for Adults across the population of England (Surgical and Non-Surgical) and Scotland. (Surgical only). The potential lotting of any contract(s) both by services and geography is under discussion and attendees will be asked to indicate geographies they can serve and services they can deliver. Note - These are not pre-qualification questions but rather to inform any lotting strategy. NHS England (National) Specialised Commissioning will be the contracting and commissioning authority for Gender Identity Services. Specialised gender identity services provide assessment, care and treatment for people with gender incongruence with their birth-assigned sex who experience gender dysphoria symptoms that require intervention. Commissioners are looking for providers to deliver a high quality service within NHS England (Surgical and Non Surgical Services) and NHS Scotland (Surgical). It is envisaged that the tender documentation for the procurement of these services will be available from January 2018. A separate advert will be published to alert interested parties when the tender documentation is available. Additional information: The Market Engagement Event will be held on 6th September 2017 between 11:15 and 13:15 at: Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, 108 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH. The event is open to providers and potential future providers of Gender Identity Services for Adults. Commissioners will give a presentation on the draft specifications for delivery of Gender Identity Services for Adults, both surgical and non-surgical and potential procurement routes and timescales. Providers will then be invited to feedback and input through individual or group sessions. .Draft specifications are available at https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/gender-identity-services-for-adults/ Attendance is limited to two persons per organisation. Providers wishing to attend the Market Engagement Event should email their interest toscwcsu.procurement@nhs.net by 12pm on 31st August 2017 with the following details: - Name of attendee(s) - Job Title of attendee(s) - Organisation details, including address and contact details. Please ensure that the title of the email contains reference: PR002114 Lisa Chivers. In the event you are unable to attend but would like to receive a copy of any presentation materials, please send an email to scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net and copies will be sent to you. This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit NHS England or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHS England will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU ("the Directive") and Schedule3to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations"), which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime", (Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations). For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services. Any procurement conducted as a result of this event will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published. Providers who do not attend this Market Engagement Event will still be able to apply for the Procurement in the future. Please note that this Market Engagement Event does not represent a formal stage in the procurement process and attendance will play no part in any subsequent evaluation process. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df22730e-10d1-407d-a2af-b0f0565eaa97 | | 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 | 24 Jul 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | 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 SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 6LH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark | | Local authority | Southwark | | Electoral ward | St George's | | Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLM Scotland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 24 Jul 2017 at 13:47 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df22730e-10d1-407d-a2af-b0f0565eaa97 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df22730e-10d1-407d-a2af-b0f0565eaa97 24th July 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/gender-identity-services-for-adults/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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