Opportunity overview
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 of the Provider Selection Regime ("PSR"), 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.
Classification
- CPV85100000 — Health services
- CPV85110000 — Hospital and related services
- CPV85121200 — Medical specialist services
- CPV85141000 — Services provided by medical personnel
- CPV85141200 — Services provided by nurses
Lots
- 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.<br/><br/>A most suitable provider has already been identified by the Trust against Crown Commercial Services' Insourced Services to Support the Provision of Healthcare (including Clinical Insourcing) framework, reference RM6276, to provide:<br/><br/>1) specifically trained and competent Interventional Neuroradiologists to operate the Trust's Mechanical Thrombectomy service, including the delivery of an effective Mechanical Thrombectomy training programme to the Trust's substantive Interventional Radiologists within this period, to allow for the Mechanical Thrombectomy service to operate independently (without insourced staffing) at the end of the Proposed Contract's term; and<br/>2) specifically skilled and competent Interventional Neuroradiology Radiographers and Interventional Neuroradiology Nurses to support and train the Trust's substantive Interventional Radiology Radiographers and Interventional Radiology Nurses during the initial establishment of the Mechanical Thrombectomy service (maximum period of eight weeks); and<br/>3) provide independently competent Interventional Radiologists with the specific clinical skillset required to operate and support the existing Interventional Radiology service (caseload) for the Proposed Contract term.<br/><br/>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 Crown Commercial Services' Insourced Services to Support the Provision of Healthcare (including Clinical Insourcing) framework, reference RM6276 or 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".<br/><br/>You must submit information against a questionnaire (containing both basic selection and key criteria) against project reference C385190_Insourcing of clinical services_Mechanical Thrombectomy of the e-Tendering portal by no later than 13:00 on 18th September 2025.Value not stated