AQP Anti-Coagulation Services for NHS Darlington, NHS North Durham and NHS DDES CCGs

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG.

The service is being commissioned in line with national guidance and local requirements. The providers need to deliver high quality, efficient services which are responsive to the needs of the local communities.

The service will be commissioned using the Any Qualified Provider process. In securing services under the AQP process, assurance of competence, quality and safety standards is required. Any provider will be eligible to join the qualified provider list subject to demonstrating competency against specified criteria. Qualified providers will be expected to deliver the service under the NHS Standard Contract. As a qualified provider there are no levels of guaranteed activity. Payment is made based on actual provision and outcomes.

The qualification questionnaire and all relevant documentation associated with this offer can be downloaded at the NECS eTendering Portal, which can be found at: -

https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs.

Providers must register on the site, which is free and takes very little time to do so.

To access the document, please select Tenders from the main menu at the top of the page, and then select Current to access a list of current procurements being undertaken by NECS. Please select this procurement from the list and express an interest to gain access to the relevant documents and questionnaires. User Guides are available together with a dedicated In-Tend help-line to guide bidders through the process.

The deadline for completion of the qualification document is 12 noon on 01 February 2016