NHS England IC Framework — NHS Increasing Capacity Framework

The National Health Service Commissioning Board (which uses the operational name ‘NHS England’) is seeking to establish a framework agreement in which NHS England acting for itself and other NHS bodies (Clinical Commissioning Groups (‘CCGs’), NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts) for the purpose of this procurement (each a ‘Contracting Authority’ and together the ‘Contracting Authorities’) will award contracts or sub-contracts for a range of clinical services (the ‘Framework Agreement’). The clinical services under the framework agreement will include: 1) NHS inpatient and day case services (including full supporting pathology and imaging) and urgent elective care and cancer treatment in line with nationally set criteria; 2) NHS Diagnostic Services. (The ‘Services’) Please refer to the specification at Schedule 1 of the ITT for more details of the services; 3) Clinical facilities and related services.