Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPS) and Central Booking Service (CBS) for SW London

The South West London Alliance Partnership of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) is inviting applications from suitably experienced, qualified and registered providers of Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPS).

NHS commissioners across five boroughs of South West London wish to commission a new "Any Qualified Provider (AQP)" NHS framework to which successful applicant providers will be appointed to offer a choice of service provision to patients registered with GPs within: NHS Wandsworth CCG; NHS Merton CCG; NHS Kingston CCG; NHS Richmond CCG; and NHS Sutton CCG.

Service commencement is expected from 1st April 2018 for a 3-year period, which may be extended by the commissioners for up to a further 3 years (6 years in total being possible).

The AQP Framework offers providers fixed rate prices and a share of local activity as determined through patient choice, with no guaranteed levels of activity or income.

The CCGs are also inviting bids to operate a Central Booking Service (CBS) to support a coordinated approach for patients accessing TOPS across SW London. The CBS will be offered to a single successful bidder.

The process to evaluation applications for Lot 1 - AQP framework for TOPS, will be a non-competitive assurance process; whilst the award of a contract for Lot 2 - CBS, will be determined through a competition.

Additional information: Potential Bidders, intending to participate through the procurement process are now invited to register an interest and access the procurement documents (Service Specifications, supporting information, contractual terms and procurement applicant/bidder documents etc.) via the electronic procurement portal EU-Supply available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com. Once you have logged into the EU-Supply Portal, SEARCH FOR TENDER REFERENCE 29878 (Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPS) and Central Booking Service (CBS) for SW London) **The DEADLINE for submissions of ITT responses for which Bids must be submitted through the EU-Supply Portal, is 12 noon on 22 December 2017**. Registration on EU-Supply is FREE and the attached EU-Supply - Quick User Guide will be helpful. If you need technical support on the EU-Supply Portal, please contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com.