Dermatology Service for Central Sussex and East Surrey Commissioning Alliance (RFI)

The Central Sussex and East Surrey Commissioning Alliance comprises:

NHS Brighton and Hove CCG

NHS Crawley CCG

NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG

NHS Horsham and Mid-Sussex CCG

NHS East Surrey CCG

The five CCGs are looking to jointly commission a single joint Dermatology Service for their combined populations.

Central Sussex and East Surrey Commissioning Alliance (CSESCA) CCG's have a combined registered population of 990,343 with varying dermatology services across the CCGs. The purpose of this RFI and service specification is to set out the requirements of Level 3 and Level 4 dermatology services across the CSESCA. The proposed service will see and manage all dermatological outpatient appointments (new and all follow ups),inpatient care, suspected cancer 2 week wait referrals, all procedures and day cases (highly specialist levels 5 and 6 excluded) that are currently undertaken in acute specialist hospitals.

Estimated total value excluding VAT: 43 000 000.00 GBP

This contract is divided into lots: no

The tender docs are at the e-tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning. All correspondence must be raised via the portal; no other correspondence will be entered into.

The deadline for submission of completed RFIs is 12:00pm (midday) Friday 29th June 2018. The maximum total value shown is for the initial term of five years plus two anticipated extension years (5 +2).

Additional information: The Services to which this RFI relates fall within Chapter 3, Section 7, Particular Procurement Regimes to thePublic Contracts Regulations 2015 and Part H of the Annex V to the Public Contracts Directive (also known as'light touch regime' formerly Part B services). Neither the publication of the above advertisements, shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to holditself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Chapter 3, Section 7, Particular Procurement Regimes. This advertisement and the instructions for registering on the procurement portal are also available at https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/ . Should Providers have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the In-tend dedicated Supplier Helpdesk by calling 0845 557 8079 Monday to Friday (9am to 6pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk.