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# NHSE561 - RFI - North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse561-rfi-north-region-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-aaa-screening-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-032f84). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England & NHS Improvement (North East & Yorkshire): "NHSE561 - RFI - North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 5 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England & NHS Improvement (North East & Yorkshire)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-nhs-improvement-north-east-yorkshire-GB-FTS-127883)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 5
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032f84`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse561-rfi-north-region-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-aaa-screening-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-032f84#tl-md)

## Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation and is managing this market engagement exercise and a possible future procurement process for the provision of a North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme for NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) North East and Yorkshire (South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw) (SY&B)) and (North East & North Cumbria (NENC)) and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) North West (Lancashire & South Cumbria (L&SC)) and (Cheshire & Merseyside (C&M)) and Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership (Greater Manchester and East Cheshire) (GM&EC)) (the Contracting Authorities).
This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market to inform the further development of draft proposals for future service delivery of a comprehensive North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme to be delivered across (SY&B), (NENC), (L&SC), (C&M), and (GM&EC) covering the following areas.
Lot 1 - Cheshire & Merseyside – Activity 13,398
Lot 2 - Lancashire & South Cumbria - Activity 10,897
Lot 3 - Greater Manchester and East Cheshire (excluding Glossop)  - Activity 17,118
Lot 4 - North East & North Cumbria - Activity 21,132
Lot 5 - South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw - Activity 10,097
The objective of the RFI is to:
-	Understand market Capability and Capacity to deliver the service.
-	Understand the preferred contractual model for delivering the service.
-	Understand if the service model is viable and sustainable for the length of the contract.
-	Understand the preferred / most viable contract length.
-	Understand if there are any financial risks with the delivery of the service.
-	Understand the mobilisation requirements of the service.
-	Understand the premises requirements for the service.
-	Understand any barriers to bidding and whole service risk and
-	Understand the social value deliverable's of the service.
The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 25 April 2022 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 16 May 2022.
A future procurement opportunity for NHSE561 North Region – Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme could be published in August 2022.

## Lots (5)
> **Shared lot scope:** The Contracting Authorities are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed North Region - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.
It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need...
> Applies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Cheshire & Merseyside
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - Lancashire & South Cumbria
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

### Lot 3: Lot 3 - Greater Manchester and East Cheshire (Excluding Glossop)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

### Lot 4: Lot 4 - North East & North Cumbria
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

### Lot 5: Lot 5 - South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010470-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-22T11:32:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:46:30.962Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032f84