Coming up· published 27 Jan 2025
Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board · Stafford, West Midlands
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board is planning Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 27 Jan 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 14:50
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board is planning Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 27 January 2025. The notice number is 002726-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04d67b. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) has issued a Prior Information Notice to seek initial market engagement and feedback for the future provision of a Community Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Service. This procurement process, currently in the planning stage, falls under the Health services industry category and will operate in the UKG23 and UKG24 regions.
The current contract, valued at £1.87m annually, is set to expire in 2025. Interested providers are invited to respond to the notice via the Atamis e-sourcing portal, with expressions of interest due by 12:00 on Monday, 24 February 2025. The NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Procurement Unit, acting on behalf of the ICB, encourages engagement to help shape the future commissioning model.
The procurement process underscores the importance of transparency and compliance with the Provider Selection Regime regulations, offering a clear framework for potential suppliers to engage and potentially secure future contracts.
The notice in full
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Procurement Unit are issuing this Prior Information Notice on behalf of NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) who are seeking initial engagement and feedback from the market to help inform the commissioning model for the future provision of the Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service as the current contract is due to expire in 2025.
The notice has been issued subject to the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations 2023 for the Procurement of Healthcare Services. The current Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service has an annual contract value of PS1.87m. Potentially interested parties are invited to respond to the questions by 12:00 hours on Monday 24th February within Atamis project C333608 to express an interest.
The service scope is detailed within the Draft Service specification which can be found within the Atamis project C333608.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The aim of the service is to provide a consultant led, community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) service to diagnose and treat a range of ENT conditions and manage relevant follow-up activity within the service before final discharge back to the patient's own GP, or onward referral to secondary care and audiology services where necessary.
A further aim is to provide patients with access to diagnostics and treatment and providing a 'one-stop' service, where appropriate, with the overall aim of providing a timely assessment of the needs of a patient presenting with an ENT condition who would otherwise present in a secondary care service. Additional information: At this stage this is an engagement exercise.
This engagement exercise will be operated via electronic means using the internet. Details will be made available via documentation and information released on the Atamis portal. To respond to the PIN, please register via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Atamis Reference: C333608. Should providers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk Providers are requested to answer the questions within the requirement section when registering interest (via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ref C333608) by 12:00 hours on Monday 24th February 2025.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Atamis
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 002726-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d67b
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stafford
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST18 0BF
- Electoral ward
- Milwich
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Delivery area
- Stoke-on-Trent, TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Julia Summers
- Address
- Stafford, ST18 0BF · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service
When will the Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service tender open?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board, based in Stafford, West Midlands. The named contact is Julia Summers.
How do I bid for Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service?
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