North West Bariatric Surgery - NHS England North (North West)

North and East London Commissioning Support Unit (NELCSU) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this process for and on behalf NHS England North (North West) (the Commissioner).

The Commissioner is seeking expressions of interest from potential providers for Bariatric Surgery (Tier 4 Severe and Complex Obesity) services commencing 01/04/2017. The procurement is split into 2 Lots. Lot 1 - Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria; Lot 2 - Merseyside and Cheshire. The Commissioner intends to award one contract per Lot as a result of this procurement. The contracts will run for 3 years followed by an optional 2 year extension. Therefore there may be a maximum contract period, if all extension options are taken up, of 5 years.

Please see link below to access this tender and further details.

The closing time and date for completed tender returns is 12:00 noon on 17/11/2016.

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The main clinical aim of a Tier 4 specialised complex obesity service is to achieve a significant reduction in the burden of obesity-related co-morbidities, where all other services have been unable to achieve this. This will be achieved by facilitating a significant, and sustained, weight reduction in the patient.

The provider of a Tier 4 complex obesity service will, as part of a continuous pathway of care, deliver a service providing specialised care, including both non- surgical interventions and surgical interventions, for patients who have been unable to achieve and/or maintain significant weight-loss.

Payment will be in line with the National Tariff and the contract to be used is the NHS Standard Contract.

This procurement will be conducted via NECS e-tendering system (PROACTIS) accordingly there will be no hardcopy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal.

To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, and (if you have not already done so) please register on the PROACTIS e-tendering portal, which can be found at: www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/ and follow the registration instructions.

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

The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement utilising the Light Touch Regime in accordance with Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102). The Contracting Authority will not be bound to comply with any Regulations save those applicable to procurements under the Light Touch Regime.

The closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 17 November 2016.

To express an interest in this tender, please register on the e-tendering portal (PROACTIS), which can be found at: www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal and look for NHSE115 North West Bariatric Surgery

Additional information: To express an interest in this tender, please register on the e-tendering portal (PROACTIS), which can be found at: www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal and look for NHSE115 North West Bariatric Surgery