NHS South East London Integrated Care Board Tender

Nhs South East London Integrated Care Board (icb) Is Requesting Market Feedback To Inform An Upcoming Procurement For The Provision Of………………………………………………………………………. In Order To Assist The Authority With Testing Its Assumptions And Proposed Service Requirements, Your Responses To The Questions Listed Below Will Explore The Following Areas: • The Draft Service Specifications • The Procurement Lotting Structure • Timescales For Procurement And Mobilisation Of The New Contract/s (if Required) • Proposed Contract Duration And Financial Model We Ask That Interested Organisations Submit Responses To The Questionnaire Using The Template Provided. Respondents Are Requested To Address The Questions Specifically Rather Than Attaching Extensive Technical Or Promotional Information Or Materials. Please Complete The Template And Return This Via The Atamis Portal Messaging Facility By 12noon On………………………………………... Questionnaire Responses Submitted Will Remain Confidential And Information Gathered Will Be Used For The Sole Purpose Of Informing The Upcoming Procurement Process. The Following Attachments, Embedded As Appendices To This Questionnaire Document, Are Provided To Inform The Submission Of The Questionnaire Response: Draft Service Specification • Clarification Question (cq) Template • Draft Service Specifications (appendix 1) • Contracts Values And Lot Structure Options (appendix 2) Please Note That The Service Specifications Are In Draft Form And Are Being Developed At The Time Of Publication Of This Meq. Feedback From This Meq Exercise Will Be Considered By The Commissioners Before The Service Specification Is Finalised For The Next Stage Of The Process. Clarification Questions Please Direct Any Questions Via The Atamis Messaging Facility. A Clarification Question And Answer Process Will Be Operated During This Market Engagement Phase To Give Interested Organisations The Opportunity To Submit Questions To The Authority, Where They Require Clarification On The Information Provided. Questions Should Be Submitted Using The Clarification Template Provided (attached Excel Template). Although Messages Received After This Date May Be Responded To, The Deadline For Meq Submission May Not Be Extended. The Authority Intends To Publish The Anonymised Questions And Clarifications Raised By Interested Organisations Together With Responses From The Authority Via The Portal Messaging Facility As A Public Message. Interested Organisations Must Indicate On The Template If A Query Is Of A Commercially Sensitive Or Confidential Nature – Where Disclosure Of Such Query And The Answer Would, Or Would Be Likely To, Prejudice Its Commercial Interests, Respondents Must Set Out The Reason(s) For Non-disclosure To Other Organisations. However, If The Authority Does Not Consider The Query To Be Of A Commercially Sensitive Or Confidential Nature, Or Considers It To Represent A Query Relevant To All Organisations, In Terms Of Both The Query And The Response, It Will, At Its Sole Discretion, Retain The Right To Refuse Such A Request And Inform The Requesting Organisation Of Any Such Decision. The Organisation Will Have The Opportunity Of Revoking The Question (leaving It Unanswered) Or The Question And Response Being Published Publicly.