Insourcing of clinical services_Breast imaging and reporting services

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   Lot 1Planned

   In accordance with Regulation 10 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, 2gether Support Solutions, on behalf of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust"), is looking to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider process, i.e., able to identify the most suitable provider without running a competitive exercise, for the provision of insourced clinical services to support the establishment and delivery of the Trust's new Mechanical Thrombectomy service.

   A most suitable provider has already been identified by the Trust against NHS Shared Business Services' Insourcing of Clinical Services framework, reference SBS1020, to provide a comprehensive on-site Breast Imaging Service utilising Breast Radiologists and where required Breast Radiographers and Radiology Nurses, to be based at either the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury or the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.

   The scope of the Services required includes: Breast Ultrasound; Ultrasound guided FNA Breast; Ultrasound guided core biopsy Breast; Ultrasound guided marker insertion Breast; Ultrasound guided aspiration Breast; Ultrasound guided guidewire Breast localisation; Upright Stereo mammogram and core biopsy; Upright Stereo Mammo and guidewire Breast localisation; Reporting of Mammograms and Reporting of Tomo Mammograms.

   However if you think that your organisation is competent, suitably experienced and appropriately qualified to deliver such a service and is appointed a place on either NHS Shared Business Services' Insourcing of Clinical Services framework, reference SBS1020, or other other alternative and valid NHS England accredited and accessible framework, then you may approach 2gether Support Solutions, on behalf of the Trust, and express your interest in being considered as the "Most Suitable Provider".

   You must submit information against a questionnaire (containing both basic selection and key criteria) against project reference C384896_Insourcing of clinical services_Breast imaging and reporting services of the e-Tendering portal by no later than 12:00 on 9th October 2025.