Out of Hours and Home Visiting Service

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board who wish to alert the market to the future opportunity of Out of Hours and Home Visiting Services for the following areas:

• Lot 1 - Newcastle
• Lot 2 - North Tyneside
• Lot 3 - Northumberland

It is anticipated that the tender live date for this procurement will be late April/ early May 2023 with a 30 day tender period and a mobilisation period of approximately 8 weeks.

It is anticipated that TUPE will apply for each lot.

It should be noted that this PIN alerts the market only and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this RFI exercise and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including RFI submissions, will be conducted via Atamis: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register.

If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system.

You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. If you find that you need any advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: [email protected]

Opening times 8am - 6pm

An Atamis Supplier guide can be accessed by clicking on this link.

PLEASE NOTE: You may be asked if you wish to merge your account with an existing organisation. This is based on a number of criteria including the domain name of your email address, so please ensure that you do register with your official work email address.

It is anticipated that any additional market engagement will be undertaken in early 2024.