Prior Information Notice (PIN) - Musculoskeletal (MSK) Pain Assessment and Treatment Service

The 4 Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Groups currently contract with providers for a Musculoskeletal Pain Assessment and Treatment Service in the community. The Commissioners are giving consideration to the opening of an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) window for interested NEW providers to apply.

The service is for the community based provision of assessment, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain that will benefit from time limited treatment in line with the acceptance and exclusion criteria. The service can be provided by Physiotherapists, Chiropractors &, Osteopaths & Physiotherapists.

If you are interested in providing this service please register an interest by Friday the 8th January 2016 at https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk; following the instructions detailed in this notice then click on the pqq_184. Additional information: The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.

The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ('the Regulations'). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services.

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2.

Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page.

(This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page.