High Risk Breast Screening Surveillance for Eligible Women Residing in the West Midlands

The key objective of the Procurement is to commission a High Risk Breast Screening Surveillance Service for the West Midlands (Government Office area) which will deliver a high quality, sustainable service with equitable access to eligible women requiring MRI.

Objectives are: • To procure a service provider to deliver High Risk Breast Screening Surveillance to eligible women requiring MRI in the West Midlands. • To procure a service that can deliver the specialist screening to eligible women at a consistently high quality. • To achieve a service model that is sustainable in terms of service quality, service delivery and financial cost. • To procure a service that offers equitable access to High Risk Breast Screening Surveillance of consistent high quality and in line with national guidance for eligible women requiring MRI, residing within the West Midlands. • To establish a specialist High Risk Breast Screening Surveillance Service that seamlessly links with relevant healthcare services, including the responsible local NHS Breast Screening Services.

The population covered by the high risk breast screening surveillance service are residents of the West Midlands Government Office region including the Local Authority Districts of: • Birmingham • Coventry • Dudley • Herefordshire • Sandwell • Shropshire • Solihull • Staffordshire • Stoke on Trent • Telford and Wrekin • Walsall • Warwickshire • Wolverhampton • Worcestershire

Anticipated timeline milestones are: 1. Contract award: Mid-February 2015 2. Service commencement date: 1st April 2016

Contract length: 3 years.

Block Contract value: Year 1 £120,000, Year 2 £150,000, Year 3 £180,000. Cost and volume element of the contract will be agreed as part of the procurement process.

Additional information: The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction. The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ('the Regulations'). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services. These opportunities may be divided into lots. Please see published documentation for further detail.

Suppliers Instructions

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