Invitation to Tender for the Sponsorship of Stoma / Colorectal Nurse to City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust has an established Colorectal nursing, team that provides specialist advice within Colorectal Nursing and all Stoma care. The current sponsorship requirement is for funding for the Colorectal team comprising full salaries and associated costs of:

2. x Full time Band 7 posts
1. x Full time Band 3 Stoma Care Health Care Assistant

Maximum 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years on a 1 + 1 basis at the Trust's discretion and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. For more information about this opportunity, Please visit the https://procontract.due-north.com tender opportunity reference:DN263287. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender and reserves the right to cancel this award procedure at any time. The Contract Award criteria is provided in the invitation to tender document. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing interest in, or tendering for this opportunity. The successful tenderer will be required to give an undertaking that it will comply with all UK and EC legislation, standard and applicable guidance. Use of variants are at the Contracting Authorities absolute discretion and whether these options will be pursued will be detailed by the Contracting Authority in due course