Liaison and Diversion (L & D) Services for Herefordshire, Shropshire & Telford & Wrekin - Market Engagement Event

Arden & GEM CSU, acting on behalf of the NHS England (Health and Justice, West Midlands), invites suitably qualified and experienced healthcare service providers to attend the Market Engagement event for Liaison and Diversion services for the Herefordshire Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin regions .It is NHS England's intention to split this procurement exercise into 3 lots (Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin) but this will be finalised prior to the ITT being published. The contract period will be from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2021, with a possible extension for a further 12 months. The estimated total contract value (excluding mobilisation Costs) is £1,630,754 to be split between the 3 regions. A Market Engagement Event is to take place on Friday 29th June 2018 (10am to 12 noon) at West Mercia Police Headquarters, Hindlip Hall, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SP. The deadline to register you interest via the Bravo e-tendering system is 12 noon on Wednesday 27th June 2018.

Additional information: If your organisation is interested in providing these Services as set out above and attending the market engagement event scheduled to take place on Friday 29th June 2018 at West Mercia Police Headquarters, Hindlip Hall, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SP , please see the following instructions below to confirm a place:- 1. Express an interest by a) logging into the Arden & GEM CSU e-Tendering portal https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). b) Selecting respond to advert and PQQ_464 2. Complete the questionnaire and request a place at the market engagement event.

Bidders should submit their expression of interest to attend the market engagement event by no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday 27th June 2018. Please note we are only able to accept up-to two attendees per organisation.

This is purely a market engagement exercise. Any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published. The responses received during the market analysis exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement