Anticoagulant Services - Complex and Non-Complex Patients

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Contracting Authorities) who are conducting a Request for Information (RFI) exercise to engage with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for the future service delivery of Anticoagulant Services - Complex and Non-Complex Patients for County Durham and Sunderland areas.

The Contracting Authorities are interested to hear from providers who could deliver Anticoagulant Services - Complex and Non-Complex Patients in County Durham and Sunderland geographical areas.

The Request for Information (RFI) documentation will be available on 25 June 2021 to all interested parties who have registered an interest.

A market engagement event may also be held which will take the form of individual 1:1 type appointments on a 45 minute basis to allow interested parties the time to share and discuss their views on the development of draft proposals for the future service delivery. If 1:1s are held these will take place week commencing 02 August 2021 and will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the Intend portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home .

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) (e-Tendering system) to manage this market engagement exercise and communicate with potential bidders in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended)

It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or you are having problems registering please 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 9 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.

Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 5pm on 09 July 2021.

Please register your interest in attending the market engagement event by sending a message on the In-Tend portal.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal only.

Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.

Please note that the RFI documents can be accessed via the In-Tend portal from 25 June 2021.

Additional information: It is to be noted that this contract may be divided into lots, subject to the information gathered in this RFI exercise and a service review.