Published date: 2 July 2019

Last edited date: 2 July 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 31 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£525,000 to £750,000

Procurement reference

tender_208440/779599

Published date

2 July 2019

Closing date

31 July 2019

Contract start date

7 September 2019

Contract end date

31 May 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Long Term Plan sets out the ambition that Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) will eventually cover all of the country, making shared decisions with providers on how to use resources, design services and improve population health. To understand the progress being made, an annual system-by-system evaluation will be carried out. So far, the NHS England and Improvement Primary Care and System Transformation (NHSEIPCST) Evaluation and Metrics team have planned and executed a pilot evaluation in-house with 4 ICSs in the last financial year.
Based on the findings and lessons learnt, further evaluation has been planned as follows:

- the ICS evaluation will be rolled out to all ICSs during 2019/20 (approximately 14-18 ICSs expected),
- the evaluation will be carried out in 3 cohorts over the year in line with the current and new ICS waves,
- the evaluation will have 6 phases, following a rapid-cycle-action approach:

1) Mobilisation;
2) Evidence gathering;
3) Analysis;
4) Reporting;
5) Dissemination;
6) Action (system, regional, national).

In order to provide both the necessary capacity and expertise to deliver this strategic commitment in year, the NHSEI PCST Evaluation and Metrics team need to procure external support for a national and independent evaluation.

For each system the evaluation will consist of 10-15 semi-structured interviews with system stakeholders and a survey with 20 - 30 people who are at the 'coal-face' of delivering system plans -development and transformation. The individuals will be identified by the systems themselves. Individual system reports will be produced and shared with systems alongside a collated synthesis report, bringing learning together from all the systems. The learning from this process will be used to co-design system support offers on any key themes that emerge - at system or national level. A series of case studies will be developed to support spread and adoption.

To view the opportunity and submit a bid click the following link:

https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=43892

Please note the value for contract year 1 is expected to be between £175,000-250,000. Further work beyond year is not guaranteed. The initial contract term is for 9 months with optional 2 x 12 months extension periods

About the buyer

Address

Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
England

Email

russell.greenwood@nhs.net