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title: "Market Engagement for Multi-Specialty Community Provider"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT"
published: "2017-11-03"
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# Market Engagement for Multi-Specialty Community Provider

Buyer: NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-755058aa-5788-4ae4-ad96-5ffd2952ec43

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## Summary

The North of England Commissioning Support (NECS), acting on behalf of NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Market Engagement for Multi-Specialty Community Provider." This process aims to establish a Multi-specialty Community Provider (MCP) to deliver a range of community-based health and care services for the Sunderland patient population. The anticipated contract, valuing between approximately £209 million and £240 million, may last up to 10 years. Businesses interested in participating must respond to the Request for Information (RFI) by noon on 20th November 2017, with an engagement event scheduled for 22nd November 2017 at 4 PM. The delivery of services will be concentrated within the North East region of England.

This tender offers significant opportunities for growth, particularly for healthcare providers, service integrators, and organisations capable of delivering community-based services. Innovative businesses with models that could manage or sub-contract various health and social work services would be well-positioned to compete in this process. The market engagement event will provide an excellent platform for potential bidders to showcase their capabilities and understand the requirements set by the NHS Sunderland CCG. This is an ideal opportunity for businesses looking to expand their services within the public health sector in the UK.

## Notice

NHS Sunderland CCG wish to commission a Multi-specialty Community Provider (MCP) for the delivery of a range of community-based health and care services for the registered patient population covered by the CCG. It is anticipated that the MCP will, in summary: * Have a contract term of up to10 years, based on 2017/18 budgets is expected to be between approximately PS209m GBP and PS240m GBP; * Manage a single integrated budget for out of hospital care; * Transform access to and delivery of community health and care services; and * Meet a defined set of outcome and performance measures. The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market engagement and is not being used as a call for competition. The Request for Information (RFI) and Market Engagement Event will inform the further development of the draft prospectus for the future service delivery. The PIN is intended to: *Inform the market of a potential future procurement process for the Sunderland MCP; and *Advise of a market engagement event which will be held on the 22nd November 2017 at 4pm. The model is based on letting a contract to a single legal entity but this does not preclude innovative or multi-party bidding models and potential providers can consider a range of models which will meet the CCG's requirements. The MCP may provide all or some of the services, and all or some of the services may be sub-contracted. The event will be used as a way of being able to understand the capacity and capability of the market to ensure that there is a provider with the ability to bring together and integrate the range of services that will be in the scope of the contract. Additional information: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS Sunderland CCG and is utilising an electronic tendering system to communicate with potential providers. There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS will be conducted via the portal www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS To express an interest, please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS. Once registered, you will be able to view details of the opportunity by selecting the "Opportunities" box, and then searching for "Market Engagement Sunderland MCP" (Reference NECS282). To view further information on this specific opportunity, click the button marked "show me". From this area, you will be able to request documents for this opportunity. Please note that it is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection. If you have any problems registering on the portal, you should contact PROACTIS by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00). PLEASE NOTE: The closing date for receipt of the Request for Information (RFI) Response Document is 12 noon on 20 November 2017

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d635606e-b175-4f13-a451-e4479ed957ae |
| 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 | 3 Nov 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 | NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT |
| Locality | STOCKTON-ON-TEES |
| Post town | Cleveland |
| Postcode | TS17 6BL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |
| Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Electoral ward | Mandale & Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 3 Nov 2017 at 16:41 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d635606e-b175-4f13-a451-e4479ed957ae
- 3 Nov 2017 at 16:38 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d635606e-b175-4f13-a451-e4479ed957ae

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d635606e-b175-4f13-a451-e4479ed957ae
  3rd November 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index

## Provenance

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