This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England Health & Justice North West (the Contracting Authority), who are undertaking a procurement to commission Health Needs Assessment Provision for North West Health & Justice Services.

The contract term is for a period of three years commencing on 01 January 2024.

The closing date for submission of tenders is by 12 NOON on 02 November 2023.

Firstly, 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 not apply to this contract.

However, 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.

Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure can be found on Find a Tender Service (publication reference 2023/S 000-026414) and on Contracts Finder.

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 Atamis portal at: 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.

Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm 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.

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 17 October 2023.