1. Healthy Young Minds Matter: The Procurement Process John Fuller Assistant Director - Procurement NHS Gloucestershire September 2009

2. The Procurement Process Main Points Based on Competitive Dialogue Process OJEU and Supply2health notices Memorandum of Information available on website when Notices are published Pre-qualification stage with interviews for shortlisted candidates Invitation to Participate (Dialogue phase) Final Invitation to Tender Preferred Bidder leading to Contract Award

3. Provisional Timetable The Procurement Process Publish Noticesw/c 26 th October 2009 Deadline for PQQ Submissions21 st December 2009 PQQ Evaluation and InterviewsBy w/c18 th January 2010 Identification of Tenderersw/c 18 th January 2010 Issue Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) w/c 25 th January 2010 ITPD Briefing and Clarificationw/c 8 th February 2010

4. Provisional Timetable The Procurement Process Dialogue opens*w/c 15 th February 2010 Dialogue closes*w/c 10 th May 2010 Selection of final ITT shortlistw/c 17 th May 2010 ITT document Issuedw/c 17 th May 2010 Deadline for ITT submissionsw/c 21 st June 2010 * Dialogue phase allows for initial response to ITPD stage and 1 refinement stage

5. Provisional Timetable The Procurement Process Evaluation and Selection of Preferred Bidder w/c 12 th July 2010 Endorsement by BoardsSeptember Meetings Standstill period and AwardEarly October 2010 Implementation StartsOctober 2010 New Service Commences1 st April 2011