Maternity and Neonatal Independent Advocate Service

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who wish seek expressions of interest to deliver a Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Service for the North East and Cumbria region. The contract will be for a period of 12 months, commencing in May 2023 with a contract value of £180,000.

The service will cover the following areas:

North Cumbria, Northumbria, Newcastle, and Gateshead South Tyneside & Sunderland, County Durham and Darlington, North Tees and South Tees

Due to the service needing to be independent, any organisations who apply for this quotation must be independent of the 8 maternity providers as follows:

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Any organisations who would be interested in submitting a quotation for this contract must submit an expression of interest by 12:00 noon on Monday 20 March 2023. Only those organisations who express an interest by this this date/time will be invited to submit a quotation.

In order to express an interest in this opportunity organisations must register on the Intend Portal. The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home. To register your interest in delivering this service, please confirm by answering the questions on In Tend on project NECS469 Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Service - Expression of Interest (EoI).

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. Should suppliers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via: support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 12:00 noon on Monday 20 March 2023.