Published date: 19 July 2021

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 19 July 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

CF-0270100D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

19 July 2021

Approach to market date

19 July 2021

Contract start date

19 July 2021

Contract end date

26 July 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Description of the Requirement
Provide integrated care systems (ICSs) with support in the area of system-based leadership, relationship building and problem solving, with the aim of bringing the local systems together to further integrate health and care services for the benefit of local communities.

The supplier will develop packages of bespoke support for local systems. The peer support offer will seek to develop systems by helping them to identify and agree priorities and work together and build relationships that will support the successful integration and associated improvement to access, quality, safety and the financial sustainability of local systems.

Description of Deliverables
Delivery of peer support offers to enable health and care leaders to agree and implement their ambitions in the context of the new system wide statutory partnerships, new relationships between commissioners and providers and an intensified focus on provider collaboration. Priority setting will take place with NHSEI nationally and regionally, scoping meetings with programme management staff prior to support delivery through:
• Peer Challenge (including a mix of one-to-one interviews and focus groups)
• Bespoke workshops for system or place-based leaders which will often be a series of sessions to help partners come to a shared understanding of the issues facing their ICS or place and to explore potential ways forward
• Peer-to-peer buddying and critical friend
• Pause and Reflect' workshops for systems to come together and collectively reflect on the pandemic, what they should stop, change and continue and how this might shape future priority setting.
• Evaluation - embedded evaluation of the impact of bespoke support and intervention
• Monthly reporting and fortnightly status update meetings and associated marketing and communications (brochure, slides, advertising and social media and e-marketing content), as well as support to share learning with wider systems through blogs, videos and case studies

Pre-market Engagement
NHS England & Improvement are currently undertaking an options appraisal and as part of this have issued a Notice to the market to gauge supplier interest and capability in relation to continuing the delivery of this service.

Current thinking is that NHS England & Improvement will enter into a 12-month contract with an approximate total value of £200,000 exclusive of applicable VAT.


REGISTER YOUR INTEREST BY 12 pm 26/07/21
Interested suppliers should read the details attached to the notice which specify further details about the requirement, how to register an interest in the possible procurement and the submission requirements for registering an interest.


About the buyer

Contact name

Russell Greenwood

Address

Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
GB

Email

russell.greenwood@nhs.net