NHS England (North Midlands) - Regional Paediatric Sexual Assault Service (SAS / SARC)

Tender description

NHS England (North Midlands) - Regional Paediatric Sexual Assault Service (SARC) – Invitation to Tender (ITT) publish notification NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England (North Midlands) are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid to deliver a regional clinical and forensic paediatric sexual assault service for children and young persons who have been sexually assaulted or raped (acute and historic cases). This will be delivered through the provision of an open access 24/ 7 /365 managed clinical network. This will deliver a one stop service including both forensic examination and care delivered at named SARC locations, supported by referral pathways into local age appropriate services for support and follow-up care where these are needed. The intention is to commission a service that covers the West Midlands, West Mercia and Warwickshire police force areas, with the option to include Staffordshire at a later date. The ITT has now been published on the procurement portal and the service start date will be 01st October 2016. Please ensure you download and read all the documentation published with the tender and regularly check the messages facility and documentation area in case of publish of further information. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation was made available on 09th December 2015 and should be completed and all bids submitted by the closing date of 5pm on 15th February 2016. All submissions will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which is contained within the ITT -Document 1. Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process, the deadline for clarification questions is 5pm on 08th February 2016.