PROVISION OF A TIER 2 COMMUNITY DERMATOLOOGY SERVICE ON BEHALF OF NHS BLACKPOOL Clinical Commissioning Group AND NHS FYLDE & WYRE Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

NHS Blackpool CCG and NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG (NHS Fylde and Wyre acting as Llead Ccommissioners, Blackpool CCG as Associate Commissioner) wish to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to submit tenders for a new Tier 2 Community Dermatology Service which will achieve the following outcomes:

The contract duration will be for 3 years, which is intended to run from 1st of November 2018 until 31st October September 2021 with the possibility of one extension of up to 2 years. The anticipated, maximum total contract value (including any potential extensions) is £3,605,441 with an annual value estimated at £ 721,088.

The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within the scope of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations").

As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage application process akin to the Open Procedure.

This opportunity is also advertised on the Official Journal of the European Union.

Interested Providers, intending to participate in the procurement process are now invited to register their interest and access the procurement documents (Qualification Questionnaire, Service Specification, Bidder Instructions etc.) via the electronic procurement portal EU-Supply available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com.

REGISTRATION ON THE EU-SUPPLY SITE IS COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. Once you have logged into the EU-Supply Portal, SEARCH FOR TENDER REFERENCE 31608.

**The DEADLINE for submissions of bid responses, which must be submitted through the EU-Supply Portal, is midday, Wednesday 13th June 2018**

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