Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board - County Durham Place
County Durham
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham
NHS Organisation Data Service
UKC14
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nenc-countydurham.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board - Tees Valley Place
North Ormesby
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC - North East (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
16H
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nenc-teesvalley.icb.nhs.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
County Durham
DH1 3YG
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main 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
County Durham and Darlington Palliative Care Rapid Response Service - Request for Information
Reference number
NECS470/493
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 is working for and on behalf of NHS North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) County Durham Place and Tees Valley Place (the Contracting Authorities) to carry out market engagement for a Palliative Care Rapid Response Service across County Durham and Darlington.
The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) 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 services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.
The RFI documentation will be accessible from Wednesday 19th July 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12pm on Friday 28th July 2023.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) County Durham Place and Tees Valley Place (the Contracting Authorities) to carry out market engagement for a Palliative Care Rapid Response Service across County Durham and Darlington.
The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) 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 services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.
It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.
It should also be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, 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. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this RFI exercise and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including RFI submissions, will be conducted via Atamis: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register.
If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system.
You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. If you find that you need any advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
Opening times 8am - 6pm
PLEASE NOTE: You may be asked if you wish to merge your account with an existing organisation. This is based on a number of criteria including the domain name of your email address, so please ensure that you do register with your official work email address.
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 Wednesday 19th July 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12pm on Friday 28th July 2023.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
13 September 2023