Engagement with potential bidders for Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for NHS Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group (MKCCG)

Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AG CSU) on behalf of the commissioner, NHS Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group (MK CCG), would like to invite providers to inform the service specification for the upcoming procurement of the NEPTS service for Milton Keynes.

The commissioners would like to hear from any potential provider who would be willing to present and discuss their current and future service delivery models, capability and capacity, to help design the Milton Keynes service specification.

The commissioners would value expert insight that can be given into the delivery of this type of service and information would be greatly received. Whilst this is to help properly design a realistic service specification for an upcoming tender covering the Milton Keynes region the information you give may be shared with other CCG's in England. Also the information you provide and your details may be used in any rationale for the service specification content.

If you are interested in meeting with the commissioners please can you contact Kim Sharman, Procurement Specialist, on AGCSU.SouthProcurement@nhs.net with the following details by no later than 5pm on Friday 30th August 2019 :

• Name of delegates • Job title of delegates • Organisation details, including address • Delegate email address and telephone number.

You will then be contacted to arrange an hour slot at a time convenient to the commissioners, at their offices in Milton Keynes. It is anticipated that this will be during August 2019. Please be aware that the commissioners will try to be as accommodating as possible within the timeline available.

A further advertisement will be published notifying the market of a planned market engagement event in the near future. The advert will be placed on Contracts Finder (https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search), the Open Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and Arden & GEM CSUs' procurement portal which will be utilised for the tender

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