NHS England (North Midlands) - Regional Paediatric Sexual Assault Service (SAS / SARC)

NHS England (North Midlands) - Regional Paediatric Sexual Assault Service (SARC) – Invitation to Tender (ITT) publish notification

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England (North Midlands) are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid to deliver a regional clinical and forensic paediatric sexual assault service for children and young persons who have been sexually assaulted or raped (acute and historic cases). This will be delivered through the provision of an open access 24/ 7 /365 managed clinical network. This will deliver a one stop service including both forensic examination and care delivered at named SARC locations, supported by referral pathways into local age appropriate services for support and follow-up care where these are needed.

The intention is to commission a service that covers the West Midlands, West Mercia and Warwickshire police force areas, with the option to include Staffordshire at a later date.

The ITT has now been published on the procurement portal and the service start date will be 01st October 2016.

Please ensure you download and read all the documentation published with the tender and regularly check the messages facility and documentation area in case of publish of further information.

The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation was made available on 09th December 2015 and should be completed and all bids submitted by the closing date of 5pm on 15th February 2016. All submissions will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which is contained within the ITT -Document 1. Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process, the deadline for clarification questions is 5pm on 08th February 2016.

Additional information: All correspondence relating to this procurement throughout all stages of the process must be managed through the Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGEM CSU) eTendering Procurement Portal BravoSolution only. Providers wishing to submit an ITT to deliver this service can do so by logging onto AGEM CSUs procurement portal (Bravo) as soon as possible at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

To register on the portal: »From the portal Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link »Accept the terms & conditions for using the portal »Complete your organisation & personal details »Choose a memorable username and submit »You will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely (if you lose it there is a ‘Forgot my Password’ link on the portal homepage)

To Access the portal and ITT: »Login with your unique username & password »From the suppliers reserved area click ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ –this is a repository of all ITT’s open to any registered supplier. »Browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select by name; “NHS England (North Midlands) - Regional Paediatric Sexual Assault Service (SAS / SARC)”, or by ITT code; “itt_358” by clicking on it »Note the Details buttons on the left for Navigation and the Actions below »Click the ‘Express Interest’ action –this will move the ITT from the ITTs Open to All Suppliers area to your ‘My ITTs’ area –this is a reserved area for ITTs that you have either been invited to or expressed interest in.

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.