London Neonatal Operational Delivery Network

NHS England (London Region) (hereafter referred to as "The Authority") invites Expressions of Interest (EoIs) and completed Invitation to Tender (ITT) submissions from London Level 3 Neonatal units to Host the London Neonatal Organisational Delivery Network (ODN) from May 2019.

The purpose of this procurement is to find a successful bidder who will be responsible for ensuring the effective functioning of the ODN working collaboratively with NHS England, and to ensure effective clinical pathways of care between providers across the British Association of Perinatal Medicine 2011 categories as detailed in the service specification.

The responsibility of the Host is to provide the support to enable:

Contracts will be awarded for an initial period of two (2) years, with an optional extension for a further one (1) year. Therefore, the maximum duration of this contract, if the extension option is taken up it will be three (3) years.

Following this procurement process, the Contracting Authority intends to award one contract.

Further information on the service description and responsibilities is provided in the Guidance documentations made available online to interested parties on the e-tendering portal. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=9b64ec6d-4929-e911-80f2-005056b64545

Additional information: The Procurement process will be facilitated entirely online via The Authority's e-procurement portal (ProContract). https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=9b64ec6d-4929-e911-80f2-005056b64545

Interested Bidders are required to complete the online questionnaires hosted on the portal prior to the deadline for submission of 12:00 Noon - Friday 08th March 2019.

All clarification requests and correspondence pertaining to this ITT opportunity must be directed through the portal. A timetable for the procurement, guidance re: process, and supplementary information relating to each contract opportunity is also available from the portal.

This Tender process is being managed by NEL Commissioning Support Unit (NEL) on behalf of The Authority regarding a competitive procurement exercise that is being conducted in accordance with a process based on the Open Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations" (as amended)). The services to which this Procurement relates fall within the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. Neither the reference to "Open Procedure", "ITT", "SQ", the use of the term "Tender process", nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions.

Bidders are also to note that information relating to this procurement is provided in good faith, and may be subject to amendment by The Authority.

The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award the contract.