Supply & Fit including Styling of Wigs Service (Any Qualified Provider) - CHS4/2017-17

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (CHSFT) (hereinafter called "the Trust") wishes to commission a Supply & Fit including Styling of Wigs Service.

The objective of this service is to support patients who require wigs in order to help with medical hair loss

This exercise will be undertaken as part of an Any Qualified Procurement (AQP) procurement in which a number of Suppliers may be successful. Please note there is no guarantee of activity.

Other NHS Organisations may utilise the list of Any Qualified Providers who are successful in this procurement exercise at any point during the course of the contract period.

The Trust may look to re-open this tender to allow suppliers who have not bid or have been un-successful this time round to be part of the AQP list during the course of the contract.

The contract is for an initial 2 years with effect from 1st November 2017, with an option to extend for a further 1 year at the discretion of the Trust and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.

Please note the deadline for submission of all tender returns is 12 noon on 30th June 2017.

The Trust is utilising an electronic tendering tool to carry out this procurement. Therefore, all communications are to be conducted via the Due-North portal, https://procontract.due-north.com/Login.

It is free to register on the portal. A dedicated help-desk is available should potential providers have any queries and can be contacted on +44 (0)1670 597136 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) or via emailing support@due-north.com

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