RTL045P - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening in London and East Surrey (East Surrey CCG and Surrey Downs CCG areas)

NHS England (London Region) would like to invite providers to attend a Market Engagement Event to allow the market with an opportunity to provide detailed and meaningful feedback to inform NHS England’s approach to re-commissioning the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme(s) in London and certain parts of East Surrey (East Surrey CCG and Surrey Downs CCG areas).

With the current contracts coming to an end it is necessary to re-commission this service. Public Health Section 7a Commissioning Intention supports the ambitions to improve health outcomes, tackle inequalities and secure best value for money. It is with these intentions that the AAA Screening Programmes in the above geographies will be re-procured.

The AAA Screening Programme (AAASP) aims to reduce AAA related mortality by providing a systematic population-based screening for the male population during their 65th year and, on request, for men over 65.

The Market Engagement Event will take place from 9.30-12.30pm on Thursday 5th May 2016 at: London Councils, 59½ Southwark Street, London SE1 OAL.

Places are restricted so attendees are limited to no more than 3 persons per organisation. NHS England would advise that organisations wishing to take part should bring attendees from a selection of disciplines to gain the most benefit from this event (including disciplines such as clinical, management and contracting). The opportunity will be open to the entire market.

To reserve your place(s) please complete the form which can be found by following the link below: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=97ae9d2b-2003-e611-810f-000c29c9ba21&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=8f972f45-0ed4-e511-810e-000c29c9ba21

Please be advised that you must be registered on the Due North portal to express an interest in this project, there are two guidance notes attached entitled “ProContract Help Page - NEL CSU v2” for further assistance.

Please complete the attendee registration form available on the portal and submit a completed form via the ProContract portal messaging facility. Completed forms must be submitted by 16:00 on 4th May 2016.

Further materials, including information on the format of the event will be made available on the ProContract portal.

This event is the second of such events, please see below for the link to the first event held in April 2016. (https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/acd907e4-f8c1-4d40-83a6-50a17c0a8951)

Please note this is purely a market assessment exercise to gather market feedback to inform NHS England’s future procurement. Any subsequent procurement for these services will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.

Additional information: Please be advised that it may be necessary to share attendee contact details with the bidding market who may wish to form alliances in order to bid. To facilitate this you are asked to confirm whether you agree to NHS England and/or NEL CSU sharing your organisations contact details with bidders in this project who wish to form partnerships, consortia, alliances, subcontracting or other relationships when bidding. The attendee registration form should be used to confirm your position on this matter.