Health and social work services

Tender description

Advertisement for Market Engagement Event Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden and GEM CSU), on behalf of the Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (‘LC CCG’) (‘the commissioner(s)’) would like to notify all potential bidders about a ‘Market Engagement Event’ which has been planned to take place on Monday 19.9.2016. From the 1.4.2015 NHS England has given Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (LC CCG) full delegation of authority under the co-commissioning arrangements. This event has been arranged to provide information about the upcoming procurement. Under that procurement the commissioners are looking to appoint provider(s) to provide a specialist primary care service(s) to patients that are defined as: Homeless patients: ‘Homelessness can be defined as the lack of decent, secure, safe and affordable housing’. Asylum seekers: ‘Asylum seeker for support purposes is someone aged over 18 who has claimed asylum. They may have dependants entitled to support regardless of their own immigration status. Dependants can be a spouse or partner, anyone under 18 or a disabled person’. The event will explain what services are being tendered for, specific demographics and population profiles, an overview of the procurement process itself including time-scales, as well as providing an opportunity for exchange of information and contacts between providers. Details of the event are as follows: Monday 19.9.2016 starting 10:30 - 12:30. Registration and refreshments at 10:00. Devonshire Place (Leicester) Limited, Conference and Banqueting, 78 London Road, Leicester, LE2 0RA. To attend this event please register your interest by sending an email to pchavda@nhs.net by 17:00 Friday 16.9.2016. Email address to register your interest: pchavda@nhs.net Alternatively, to book onto this event please contact Priya Chavda on 0116 295 8475. When booking a place on this event please confirm your name, organisation and the number of attendees from your organisation. Please note that a maximum of only 3 members per organisation are invited to attend the event. Note: An expression of interest in this Market Engagement event will not automatically entitle your involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this event will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.