Published date: 20 October 2020

This notice was replaced on 19 July 2021

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Awarded contract (published 19 July 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0 to £9

Procurement reference

WA10298 - Reissued

Published date

20 October 2020

Closing date

20 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: OJEU Light Touch

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Commissioner, NHS Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (BW CCG), is seeking to commission a Primary Care Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service through an AQP framework. The aim of the service is to provide physiotherapy assessment, treatment, advice and education for our patients with acquired musculoskeletal conditions in a primary care or community setting.

GPs will refer urgent and non-priority patients to the MSK primary care physiotherapy service following a period of conservative management (medication, advice, literature leaflets available on DXS). 'Red Flag' symptoms will be referred urgently to secondary care by GPs. As an AQP, patients will be able to choose from any of the accredited providers on the framework at the point of referral and set rates will apply. As such there is no guaranteed activity under the contract from becoming an approved provider.

Skilled and experienced physiotherapists will provide a timely intervention comprising an initial assessment (to include assessment of the appropriateness of referral), signposting, advice and where appropriate diagnosis, exercise prescription and treatment. Providers will be expected to develop and sustain productive working relationships with other professionals involved in the pathway. This will include close working as part of the Berkshire West MSK Partnership, which is currently developing, and will begin to establish locally agreed condition specific pathways. The Provider needs to work in an integrated and collaborative way with other health and social care providers and professionals and adhere to these locally developed pathways. Providers will be paid according to activity. Providers will not be paid for cancelled appointments and DNAs.

There will be an increased expectation on the Provider's ability to triage and stratify care, track and use patient recorded outcome and experience measures, deliver high-quality educational and exercise based regimes and deliver via telephone and video assessment where appropriate.

The contract will be for an initial period of three years with the option to extend for two further years (at BW CCG's discretion). Providers will need to confirm acceptance of the NHS standard contract and above pricing as part of the application process. The CCG may open additional application windows during this period and providers who have previously been unsuccessful will be able to re-apply.

Further information regarding this process - including a copy of the Accreditation Document - can be found on our e-procurement portal: (In-tend - https://in-endhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home) under the relevant project.

The closing date and time of this opportunity is 20th November 2020 at midday (12:00pm).

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

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Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home

In order to submit a response, you will need to be registered on the e-procurement system and 'express an interest', and then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents.

On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.

The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.

Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations. Unsuccessful Bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the Bidder/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the Regulations.

About the buyer

Contact name

John Gibbs (SCW)

Address

NHS Berkshire West CCG,
57-59 Bath Road
Reading
RG30 2BA
England

Email

john.gibbs4@nhs.net