--- title: "Service for Open Pre-natal Surgery to treat Fetuses with Open Spina Bifida" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2023-01-19" --- # Service for Open Pre-natal Surgery to treat Fetuses with Open Spina Bifida Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c5415657-fb50-4dab-848e-5a1de70ff986.json) ## Summary The National Health Services (NHS) England is planning a tender for a service providing open pre-natal surgery to treat fetuses with open spina bifida. The deadline for engagement is set for 16th February 2023. The procurement falls under the health and social work services category and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom. This tender opportunity with NHS England requires providers with specific experience and expertise in open fetal surgery for spina bifida. The contract duration is anticipated to be 3 years, with a possible 2-year extension. Businesses involved in fetal medicine, neurosurgery, and multidisciplinary teams are well-suited to compete for this service contract, ensuring service continuity and patient safety. ## Notice NHS England would like to identify providers who are interested in the provision of a national service for open pre-natal surgery to treat fetuses with open spina bifida service In line with the service specification Open-fetal-surgery-to-treat-fetuses-with-open-spina-bifida.pdf (england.nhs.uk) The commissioned Provider(s) must have: * Undertaken, as an organisation, a minimum of ten 'open' fetal surgery repairs in fetuses with open spina bifida in the period December 2019 to December 2022, and * In place the key fetal medicine, neurosurgery and other multidisciplinary team members to deliver the service who can evidence their experience and expertise in open surgery for fetuses with open spina bifida. These criteria are essential for service continuity and patient safety. Only providers which meet these criteria will be considered to be potentially capable. In addition, each provider is required to confirm, as evidence of its experience, that: * It currently acts as a regional unit for fetal medicine and paediatric neurosurgery for the wider geographic area that it sits within, and receives referrals from other units for an expert opinion in the diagnosis and open surgery management of women carrying a fetus which is suspected of having open spina bifida; * It currently undertakes open fetal (pre-natal) surgery to close open spina bifida in fetuses; * It has in place the required multi-disciplinary team with the expertise and experience to carry out the above activities and can demonstrate this, including fetal surgery counselling, expert and timely fetal MRI scanning and reporting; * It has the flexibility in its operational capacity to absorb the urgent activity demands for this service. The contract duration for this service is expected to be 3 years, including an option to extend for an additional 2 years. This notice is to advise prospective and incumbent providers in the market of the commissioner's intention to commission this service and to provide an opportunity to engage with and participate in a market engagement questionnaire. The outcome of this market engagement will help inform commissioners of the current and future capacity and capability of the market and will be considered with other evidence to inform the commissioning approach. It is possible that as a result of this exercise, a formal tender process may not be required but instead a simpler provider selection process will be undertaken. Where it is noted that competition is absent, direct awards may be considered. All providers will be notified of next steps following the conclusion of this market engagement exercise. An assurance process may be required if a direct award is recommended. The questionnaire is available through the Atamis portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The reference is C126605 and the closing date for submission of the completed questionnaire will be: 12pm midday on Thursday 16th February 2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d2a1b4f-d01f-40af-9485-300f63ab3004 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 19 Jan 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Feb 2023 | | 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 ENGLAND | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS2 7UE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 19 Jan 2023 at 16:35 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d2a1b4f-d01f-40af-9485-300f63ab3004 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d2a1b4f-d01f-40af-9485-300f63ab3004 19th January 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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