Direct Access Adult Hearing Service - Age Related Hearing Loss

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS North Durham, NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield, NHS Darlington, NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees and NHS South Tees Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) wish to commission a Direct Access Adult Hearing Service.

The CCGs wish to encourage innovative bids therefore collaborative submissions will be accepted to meet the requirements for this service provision.

The contract is for 2 years 11 months with the option to extend for a further 2 year period.

The procurement will be available to view on the Proactis portal on the 10 October 2018.

The basic principles of the open procurement route will be followed to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Bidders in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider: (a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and (b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement Additional information NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers.

There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis.

It is free to register on the portal but if you have any problems registering on the portal, you should contact PROACTIS by Email:Suppliersupport@proactis.com Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00).