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Expressions of Interest in the Acquisition of Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust

South of England Strategic Health Authority and Torbay

and

Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust

Invite expressions of interest (via submission of a completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) as a first stage of the process to identify a preferred acquirer for Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, with the intention that its business is transferred by operation of statute to an NHS body, under Schedule 4 of the National Health Services Act of 2006.

The Trust is a significant provider of community services to a population of around 365,000 in Torbay and the south and west parts of the county of Devon, with a turnover of £125 million in 2012/13. It has a national and international reputation as a leader in the development and delivery of integrated health and social care in the Torbay area. Bids are invited from existing NHS Foundation Trusts with the ambition and capacity to deliver innovative user and patient centred services in a wide range of community settings, working collaboratively with health and social care commissioners, GPs and partner organisations.

This selection process is a competed process to select an NHS Foundation Trust to acquire Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust. This is not a procurement within the meaning of the Procurement Regulations.

Further information on the requirements is set out in the Memorandum of Information (MOI) and Prequalification Questionnaire (PQQ), at

http://www.tsdhc.nhs.uk/aboutus/right_partner-acquisition_process/Pages/PreQualificationQuestionnaire.aspx

Indicative procurement timelines:

Publish Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Memorandum of Information22 October 2012
PQQ responses from bidders (deadline) Midday 12 November 2012
Shortlisted organisations notified23 November 2012
Bidder and stakeholder eventsw/c 26 November 2012
Preferred acquirer announced Feb/March 2013
Business Transfer Agreement and Heads of TermsMarch 2013
Target acquisition date October 2013

For additional enquiries please contact Acquisition.tsdhc@nhs.net

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