Published date: 6 June 2022

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: 6 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1,100,000

Procurement reference

OXFS001-DN602804-42077464

Published date

6 June 2022

Closing date

6 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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

The NHS Health Check is a national programme offering a health check-up for adults in England aged 40 to 74 every five years. One of the largest prevention programmes of its type in the world, the programme is designed to help prevent and detect early signs of heart disease, kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and dementia.
• In Oxfordshire, and since 2013, the Council have adopted a service model where GP Practices are the only service provider. As of 1st April 2021, this was commissioned with 68 GP Practices via a Call-off Contract (Lot 1 - NHS Health Checks) under the Dynamic Approved Provider List Agreement (DAPL) for the Provision of Community Primary Care Services. Approval has been granted by Public Health DLT for a new DAPL Agreement Framework for a period of four years, with new Call-off Contracts being issued to begin on 1st April 2022. To date, 65 out of these 68 GP Practices have applied to deliver the NHS Health Check Programme until 31st March 2026.
• The effect of COVID-19 on Primary Care settings ability to deliver the NHS Health Check Programme, when compared to pre-pandemic, has been extremely challenging as they have rightly had to mobilise and respond to the pandemic as it evolved, including leading on mass vaccination. At its peaks, NHS England and Improvement have issued Community Service Prioritisation Framework Guidance to Primary Care requesting it to pause provision of NHS Health Checks.
• When Public Health England (PHE) updated its NHS Health Check Restart Preparation guidance to Local Authorities in April 2021, they recommended applying the principle of proportionate universalism, delivering Checks in a way that prioritised resources and effort by inviting those who are most likely to be at higher risk of CVD. The guidance also stated that where Primary Care is the dominant Service Provider of NHS Health Checks, as it is in Oxfordshire, the Local Authority should now consider alternative models of delivery when making local decisions on the future provision of the service.
• The aim of this contract is to develop and implement a new Supplementary NHS Health Check Service in Oxfordshire that will begin to restore provision of NHS Health Checks using a proportionate universalism approach.

About the buyer

Contact name

David Hodgson

Address

3rd Floor
County Hall
Oxford
OX1 1ND
England

Telephone

+44 0

Email

David.Hodgson@Oxfordshire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk