Published date: 27 October 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 September 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £160,000

Procurement reference

Community Audiology Service in Brent 1

Published date

27 October 2021

Closing date

30 September 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

1 April 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The community audiology service was commissioned to continue to support the agenda of delivering care closer to patients' home, improve health and wellbeing and quality of care and support to the Brent GP registered population. Thus, eliminating unwarranted variation in care and improving the management of long-term conditions. The service was commissioned to augment acute capacity and help improve waiting times as well as providing patients with a choice.

The provider provides assessment and rehabilitation services for hearing impaired people who are referred under the service provision and provide:
• An initial assessment of their hearing problem and to determine whether they might benefit from hearing aids;
• Advice and guidance as existing users of hearing aids.

The scope of the service includes the assessment and fitting of hearing aids and counselling in line with national guidance and the NWL diagnostics pathway. The services are delivered at least to the standards provided under the NHS Hearing Aid services MHAS programme and in accordance with current clinical protocols specified by the British Society of Audiology and the British Academy of Audiology.

More information

Additional text

A new contract is put in place for a period of 6 months to afford the newly forming NHS North West London CCG time to agree the approach to commission this service at NWL ICS level in line with national and ICS guidance to ensure smoother, less complicated, non-duplicated service delivery.

Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2021

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

1 April 2022

Total value of contract

£160,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

InHealth Ltd

Address

Beechwood Hall
Kingsmead Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 1JL

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£160,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Brent, Central London, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and West London Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have merged as of 1 April 2021 to form North West London CCG.
A period of review is required from April 2021 to agree the future model of care and to identify the commissioning strategies for services across NW London for the coming year and beyond.

A new contract is put in place for a period of 6 months to afford the newly forming NHS North West London CCG time to agree the approach to commission this service at NWL ICS level in line with national and ICS guidance to ensure smoother, less complicated, non-duplicated service delivery.

About the buyer

Contact name

Fana Hussain

Address

North West London Clinical Commissioning Group (Brent)
Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way,
Wembley
HA9 0FJ
England

Telephone

+44 2089005362

Email

fana.hussain@nhs.net

Website

http://www.nwlondonccg.nhs.uk