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title: "NHS Midlands (East) and East of England: Market Engagement for Bowel Cancer Screening Hub"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042da8"
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# NHS Midlands (East) and East of England: Market Engagement for Bowel Cancer Screening Hub

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042da8

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## Summary

The NHS England Midlands (East) and East of England is planning a tender titled "Market Engagement for Bowel Cancer Screening Hub" in the services category. The procurement involves obtaining market views and interest for the provision of NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Hub. Interested providers are invited to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire, accessible through the Atamis portal, with responses due by 2nd February 2024. The tender is at the planning stage, and the communication of future notices is scheduled for 26th February 2024.

This tender by NHS England presents opportunities for providers in the medical laboratories sector to gain insights into upcoming procurement opportunities. Businesses well-suited to compete in this market engagement exercise would be those with experience in healthcare services. The tender aims to gather feedback from potential providers to inform future procurement decisions, as part of a market testing exercise that does not bind the commissioners to any specific regulations or commitments. Interested parties should monitor further official publications for procurement advertisement details.

## Notice

NHS England Midlands (East) and East of England wishes to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to help gain market views and interest in relation to their Commissioning intentions for the provision of NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Hub

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) aims to reduce the incidence of, and
mortality from, bowel cancer by delivering a systematic, quality assured population-based
screening programme. Full details of the service and the standard NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) service specification is available at https://www.england.nhs.uk/

NHS England Midlands (East) and East of England would like to invite all interested providers to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire. The questionnaire
contains questions relating to the services advertised on which we are looking for feedback
from potential providers.

The questionnaire is available via Atamis portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome -
Project Code C232982. 

The deadline for responses to the questionnaire is 12 noon on 2nd
February 2024. Additional information: This is purely an early engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised
separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the
procurement advertisement as and when published.

This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the Commissioners to carry out a process.

Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold
itself bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for
further details.

The Service is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001505-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning 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 | 16 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 26 Feb 2024 |
| 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| 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 | TLF East Midlands (England), TLH East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85145000 - Services provided by medical laboratories

## Release History

- 16 Jan 2024 at 16:12 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001505-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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