Non-Complex Post-Op Cataract Service and Virtual Community Glaucoma Monitoring Service -Request for Information

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS Durham Dales, Easington & Sedgefield CCG, NHS North Durham CCG and NHS Darlington CCG, to conduct market engagement to obtain input and feedback as part of the development of potential service models for the provision of;

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) to manage this process.

It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.

To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please navigate to the In-Tend portal:

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

RFI documentation will be available on the In-Tend Portal from Monday 16 September 2019 and the deadline for RFI responses is 12 noon on Monday 14 October 2019.

Following review of the RFI responses, should the commissioner feel that further benefit can be gained by holding 1-1 sessions, these will be held at

Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG Sedgefield Community Hospital Salters Lane

Sedgefield

TS21 3EE

Sessions will be held on the afternoons of:

Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering; they should contact the In-Tend helpdesk via:

support@in-tend.com or on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

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

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 all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal.