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NHS Commercial Solutions

ESX DSS DXA Scanning Service

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85300000 85320000
Value£740k
Awarded28 Apr 2016
Published24 Mar 2016
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£740ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Procurement of DXA Scanning Service under an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) approach.

The Commissioner is NHS Eastbourne Hailsham Seaford as Lead Commissioner, NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG and NHS Hastings and Rother as Associate Commissioners.

The Commissioner is supported in this project by NHS South East CSU (SECSU) and its procurement partner NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS), which is managing this procurement.

The measurements of Bone Mineral Density using central (hip and/or spine) by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) are widely recognised as being effective at identifying patients who are at a higher than average risk of fracture.

The aim is to have a DXA scan service that meets the requirements of the CCGs to provide accurate grading of Bone Mineral Density in support of the diagnosis of osteoporosis as per the current clinical pathway and in line with National guidance With this AQP approach all bidders who complete the accreditation process to (a) demonstrate capability and capacity to deliver the service and (b) accept the standard NHS contract terms and conditions and (c) accept the commissioner’s standard tariff price will become qualified providers.

All qualified providers will be offered the standard NHS contract with the same terms, conditions, and price.

The contract will have no guaranteed minimum level of activity and no restricted maximum level of activity.

Providers will be paid according to the actual activity level delivered.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The aim is to have a DXA

The aim is to have a DXA scan service that meets the requirements of the CCGs to provide accurate grading of Bone Mineral Density in support of the diagnosis of osteoporosis as per the current clinical pathway and in line with National guidance.

02

With this AQP approach all bidders who

With this AQP approach all bidders who complete the accreditation process to (a) demonstrate capability and capacity to deliver the service and (b) accept the standard NHS contract terms and conditions and (c) accept the commissioner’s standard tariff price will become qualified providers.

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Stage
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