AQP (Any Qualified Provider) Direct Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Service and Direct Access Non-Obstetric Ultrasound (NOUS) Service - NHS Swale CCG - NHS/SoEPS/16.296

NHS South of England Procurement Services, acting on behalf of NHS Swale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Commissioner) is commencing an AQP Offer for the provision of a Direct Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Service and a Direct Access Non-Obstetric Ultrasound (NOUS) Service for NHS Swale CCG patients.

Please note that this is a reopening of the window for new providers to apply and a reaccreditation/due diligence exercise for already accredited AQP NOUS and MRI service providers to Swale CCG. Therefore, all providers that wish to provide the service to Swale CCG from 01 August 2017 must respond to this procurement whether they are new providers or providers already contracted with Swale CCG providing this service under AQP.

Please note that providers can apply to become qualified for MRI only services, NOUS only services or both MRI and NOUS services.

The CCG will have regular performance meetings (quarterly) with accredited AQP providers to review performance of the service. Please note that as this is an AQP there are no guaranteed or indicative volumes of activity within the contract.

Please access the procurement documents for further information.

Additional information: Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Tuesday 2nd May 2017 at 12:00pm (midday). Late submissions will not be accepted. The e-portal system will shutdown at 12:00pm and any unsubmitted bids not registered to the system at this time will not be accepted. Therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.

Project title: "AQP (Any Qualified Provider) NOUS and MRI Services - NHS Swale CCG", please access the ITT for all documents. Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the In-tend dedicated Supplier Helpdesk by calling 0845 557 8079 Monday to Friday (9am to 6pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk.

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