Market Engagement: Procurement for the provision of a Breast Screening Programme for Surrey and North East Hampshire

NHS England is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from providers who have the capability and capacity to undertake a contract for the provision of a Breast Screening Programme in Surrey and North East Hampshire, and would wish to take to part in a potential procurement exercise. The procurement is likely to take place in Spring and Summer 2016 and the contract is due to begin in April 2017.

The initial contract duration is currently anticipated to be 3-5 years, excluding any possible extensions, but this is subject to approval and the precise term will be advised at a later date. It will have an annual value in the region of £3million, with an eligible population of approximately 187,000 women aged 50-70, as well as half of the 49,500 women who are 47 to 49 or 71 to 73 as part of the national age extension trial funded separately by PHE.

The population expected to be served by the programme will be those covered by the following 6 CCGs: NHS East Surrey; NHS Guildford and Waverley; NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham, NHS North West Surrey, NHS Surrey Heath and NHS Surrey Downs. Further information in the additional text section Additional information: To register on In-Tend please visit: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Registration Please send the completed questionnaire by In-Tend correspondence on the below project: NHS E South (South East) - Procurement for the provision of a Breast Screening Programme for Surrey and North East Hampshire (SCW/NHSEQ81/00000156/2016) This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit NHS England or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHS England will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.