Pipeline Framework: Maternity and Neonatal Independent Advocate Service

A pipeline has been launched for Maternity and Neonatal Independent Advocate Service.The contract start Date is 1 May 2023. Approach to market date is 1 April 2023.North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Contracting Authority) who wish seek expressions of interest to deliver a Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Service for the North East and Cumbria region. The contract will be for a period of 12 months, commencing in May 2023 with a contract value of £180,000.The service will cover the following areas:North Cumbria, Northumbria, Newcastle, and Gateshead South Tyneside & Sunderland, County Durham and Darlington, North Tees and South TeesDue to the service needing to be independent, any organisations who apply for this quotation must be independent of the 8 maternity providers as follows:North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustThe Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustSouth Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation TrustUniversity Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAny organisations who would be interested in submitting a quotation for this contract must submit an expression of interest by 12:00 noon on Monday 20 March 2023. Only those organisations who express an interest by this this date/time will be invited to submit a quotation.In order to express an interest in this opportunity organisations must register on the Intend Portal. The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at: . To register your interest in delivering this service, please confirm by answering the questions on In Tend on project NECS469 Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Service – Expression of Interest (EoI).It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should suppliers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the In-tend helpdesk via: support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065The helpdesk is open Monday – Friday between 9am – 5.30pmExpressions of Interest must be submitted by 12:00 noon on Monday 20 March 2023.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: North of England Commissioning Support, John Snow House, Durham DH1 3YG. Tel: 01642745068. Email: Necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net Website: