Published date: 12 May 2021

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


Closing: 31 March 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£160,000

Procurement reference

Community Audiology Service in Brent

Published date

12 May 2021

Closing date

31 March 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Modification of existing contract to extend duration by 6 months

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 eye 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

Along with 7 other CCGs in the area, NHS Brent Clinical Commissioning Group has been incorporated into a new CCG from 1st April 2021 - North West London Clinical Commissioning Group (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.

The existing contract is therefore being modified to extend its duration for an interim period of 6 months in order to enable this review to take place

This contract modification is assessed to be proportionate and lawful under Regulation 72(1)(b)

The existing contract is being modified through contract variation to extend its term by 6 months which will increase the overall value of the contract by £160,000 during this additional term.

Award information

Awarded date

31 March 2021

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Total value of contract

£160,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

InHealth Ltd

Address

InHealth Ltd
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

This is an existing service that has been in place since April 2020. The CCG has assessed that the service needs to continue whilst a review is completed and new commissioning plans are developed by the newly formed North West London CCG from April 2021.

The existing contract is being modified through contract variation to extend its term by 6 months. The existing value of the contract of £320,000 will increase by £160,000 during this additional term.

This modification is necessary to ensure continuity of these services for local patients.
The CCG has considered its obligations under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013 and assesses that the incumbent provider offers the safest solution to ensure this continuity at this time, particularly having regard to the priorities and resource pressures associated with the local NHS response to COVID-19.

The CCG has assessed this modification to be reasonable, proportionate and lawful under Regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

About the buyer

Contact name

Isha Coombes

Address

Brent CCG Brent Civic Centre Engineers Way
Wembley
HA9 0FJ
England

Telephone

+44 2089005362

Email

i.coombes@nhs.net

Website

https://brentccg.nhs.uk/