Structured Education Service for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes in Gateshead, Northumberland and North Tyneside.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Contracting Authority), who are undertaking a procurement to commission a Structured Education Service for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes in Gateshead, Northumberland and North Tyneside under the NHS Standard Contract 2023/24 Particulars (Shorter Form), NHS Standard Contract 2023/24 Service Conditions (Shorter Form), NHS Standard Contract 2023/24 General Conditions (Shorter Form); or any edition or subsequent revisions.

Additional information: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria (NHS NENC) Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Structured Education for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes under The NHS Standard Contract 2022/23 Particulars (Shorter Form), NHS Standard Contract 2022/23 Service Conditions (Shorter Form), NHS Standard Contract 2022/23 General Conditions (Shorter Form); or any edition or subsequent revisions.

The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 24, with an option to extend up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 noon on 16 October 2023.

Additional information

Firstly, the Contracting Authority anticipates that the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may not apply to this contract. However, Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2022/S 000-021913.

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