Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting for The West Midlands Clinical Network (WMCN) (part of NHS England West Midlands) and procuring the Service on behalf of 22 West Midlands CCGs led by Birmingham Cross City CCG, but also including Coventry and Rugby CCG, Herefordshire CCG, Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, South Warwickshire CCG, South Worcestershire CCG, Warwickshire North CCG, Wyre Forest CCG, Birmingham Cross City CCG, Birmingham South Central CCG, Dudley CCG, Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, Solihull CCG, Walsall CCG, Wolverhampton City CCG, Cannock Chase CCG, East Staffordshire CCG, North Staffordshire CCG, Shropshire CCG, South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular CCG, Stafford and Surrounds CCG, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin CCGs (the Commissioners). AGCSU and the Commissioners are seeking to procure a service from a suitably qualified provider for a Genetics Service to Support the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Service across the West Midlands.

The contract period is 2 years with a 1 year extension option at the sole discretion of the Commissioners.

Arden & GEM CSU intend to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Please see published documentation for further detail.Suppliers Instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register—

Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2.

Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password —Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT (ITT_561) to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at

the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3.

Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer

and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the

page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the BRAVO eTendering helpdesk on 0800 368 4850

Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU are managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The Services are being procured are Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services and Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU are bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.