Published date: 20 April 2017

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: 18 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

0AQ/ANGPROC/17/002

Published date

20 April 2017

Closing date

18 May 2017

Contract start date

1 June 2017

Contract end date

1 June 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS North Norfolk, South Norfolk and Norwich CCGs are procuring a community vasectomy service for the population of the Central Norfolk Area using the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) route.

The aim is to provide a high quality community vasectomy service. This will ensure patients have choice and ease of access and to meet the overall objectives of delivering care closer to home.

In securing services from Any Qualified Providers (AQP), the CCGs require assurance of competence, quality and safety standards, just as it would for services secured under a formal tender process.

Any provider will be eligible to apply for this AQP subject to demonstrating compliance and competency against the specified criteria outlined in the service specification.

Aims and objectives of service

The aim of the service is to provide those patients who wish to have a vasectomy under Local Anaesthetic the choice of having their counselling and procedure undertaken within a local primary or community care setting at a time convenient to them.

The objectives of the service are:

To provide high quality, cost effective, local community vasectomy services.

To provide services that comply with accepted best practice in line with national and local guidance, relevant accreditations processes, relevant guidelines in clinical practice and robust governance arrangements.

To provide a complete holistic service user focussed care package including pre and post-operative care, information, advice and counselling

To ensure consistent and continuous care between health professionals, effective and efficient communication.

To improve access and convenience for service users

To improve service user choice

The successful provider(s) will be expected to sign the standard NHS contract, accepting all terms and conditions. It should be noted that under the AQP model, there will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contracts awarded. The payment information is detailed in Annex A of the service specification.

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Invitation Documents can be obtained by emailing the Contact, quoting the reference number, or by downloading the Invitation above.

About the buyer

Contact name

James Savill

Address

NEL CSU, Lakeside400, Broadland Business Park
Norwich
NR7 0HS
England

Telephone

01603595895

Email

james.savill@nhs.net