Detained Settings - Mobile Diagnostic and Imaging Services

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire and NHS England - North West (the Contracting Authorities) who wish to commission Detained Settings - Mobile Diagnostic and Imaging Services for the North East and Yorkshire and North West regions.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (Health & Justice) and NHS England - North West (the Contracting Authorities) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Detained Settings - Mobile Diagnostic and Imaging Services for the North East and Yorkshire and North West regions.

The procurement process will be advertised with 2 Lots:

Lot 1 North East and Yorkshire

Lot 2 North West

Please note that caveat responses will be considered as non-acceptance of this requirement.

The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2023, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

The closing date for submission of tenders is before 12:00 noon on 04 November 2022.

Additional information

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014 (TUPE) may apply to this contract as this is an existing service provision. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via the In-tend portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu

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. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via:

[email protected] or call 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site on 05 October 2022.