Expressions of Interest for the Provision of Infertility Treatment Services Across the East Midlands Region.

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of the East Midlands Clinical Commissioning Groups which includes NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (DDCCG), NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group (NNCCG), NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) and NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG) (referred to as "the Commissioners or CCGs") are inviting Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified providers capable of delivering Infertility Treatment (Invitro Fertilisation and Intracytoplasmic sperm injection - IVF & ICSI) Services for the patients registered with member GP Practices of the CCG's, for which they are the responsible Commissioner.

The service will provide IVF/ICSI in line with the East Midlands policy, commencing with ovarian stimulation and deemed to be complete when all viable fresh and frozen embryos resulting from that stimulation have been transferred.

The aim of this Expression of Interest is to;

1. Allow the market visibility of the proposed opportunity;

2. Support the CCGs informed decision making on the future commissioning of this service (as applicable);

3. To help refine the future commissioning and procurement approach and;

4. To gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity across the East Midlands region to deliver the services illustrated above.

If you wish to express an interest please register on EU-Supply AGCSU (eu-supply.com). The reference ID is 45279

Once registered please complete the questions in the qualification envelope which asks providers to give details about your organisation's name and postal address, email address, contact name and number along with your capability and experience of delivering a similar service to the one summarised above.

Bidders who have expressed an interest in this market testing exercise will have the opportunity to submit a separate response to the Contract Notice as applicable.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest responses is by 5pm 23rd July 2021.

Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the CCGs' to carry out any further procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements. Only fully completed questionnaires will be regarded as an Expression of Interest. Organisations only reviewing the information, and/or part completing the questionnaire will not be considered to be an actual Expression of Interest