Planning

NEC473 Routes to Rights Service Request for Information (RFI)

  • NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice without call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-008149

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03b4b1

Published 21 March 2023, 1:27pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

NORTH ORMESBY HEALTH VILLAGE FIRST FLOOR, 14 TRINITY MEWS

MIDDLESBROUGH NORTH YORKSHIRE

TS3 6AL

Contact

NECS

Email

NECSU.neprocurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham

NHS Organisation Data Service

16C

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

NEC473 Routes to Rights Service Request for Information (RFI)

Reference number

NECS473

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board(NENC ICB) and is managing the procurement process for the provision of Routes to Rights Service in the locality

of Tees Valley.

The Contracting Authorities are conducting a Request For Information (RFI) exercise to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed service, and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.

It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is

NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to

access the RFI documentation and submit their completed RFI.

The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home

Please follow the registration instructions (if you are not already registered) and look for the project NECS473 - Routes to Rights Service.

Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time

of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

The RFI documentation will be accessible from 21 March 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by no later than 12 noon 04 April 2022

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance

Tees Valley

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board(NENC ICB) and is managing the procurement process for the provision of Routes to Rights Service in the locality

of Tees Valley.

The Contracting Authorities are conducting a Request For Information (RFI) exercise

to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed service, and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.

It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and submit their completed RFI.

The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home

Please follow the registration instructions (if you are not already registered) and look for the project NECS473 - Routes to Rights Service.

Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

The RFI documentation will be accessible from 21 March 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by no later than 12 noon 04 April 2022

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

9 May 2023