NHS Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent ICB - Community Gynaecology Service

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board have completed a formal procurement for Community Gynaecology Services across the ICB areas. The Find a Tender Service (FTS) advertisement was published on the 20th December 2023 instructing interested parties to submit a bid between the 20th December 2023 and the 5th February 2024; the notice reference was 2023/S 000-037493.

Services will commence from the 1st July 2024 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend up to 2 years.

The service will deliver a consultant-led community gynaecology service which will incorporate triage, diagnosis and management of a range of general gynaecological conditions.

The service will be located within the geographical boundaries of Staffordshire, ensuring equity of access for local populations. Additional information: This contract is for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations.

As the ICB is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these regulations also apply to this procurement. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these.

Transparency: the contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this service under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency. This service may be subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗ guidance.