Newcastle Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service

  • Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-032173

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0304aa

Published 23 December 2021, 9:53am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group

Newburn Riverside

Newcastle

NE15 8NY

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKC14 - Durham CC

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://newcastlegatesheadccg.nhs.uk/

Buyer's address

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


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Newcastle Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service

Reference number

NECS410

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this Request for Information (RFI) and a future procurement process for the provision of Newcastle Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service for NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Contracting Authority) who has full delegated authority to commission Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2021/S 000-032051


Section seven. Changes

seven.1) Information to be changed or added

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

Section number

II.2.4

Place of text to be modified

11.2.4

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The Commissioner is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information(RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service for the people of Newcastle, and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any

future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.

It should 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 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 return completed RFI documentation.

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 In-Tend portal can be found at: https://intendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu (Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and look for the project NECS410 - Newcastle Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services.

The RFI documentation will be accessible on 23 December 2021 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on 07 January 2022.

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The Commissioner is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information(RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service for the people of Newcastle, and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any

future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.

It should 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 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 return completed RFI documentation.

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 In-Tend portal can be found at: https://intendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu (Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and look for the project NECS410 - Newcastle Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services.

The RFI documentation will be accessible on 23 December 2021 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 17:00 on 11 January 2022.

seven.2) Other additional information

The closing date for the RFI has changed to 17:00 Tuesday 11 January 2022.