Published date: 10 April 2024
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Opportunity (published 10 April 2024, last edited 16 April 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Research and development consultancy services - 73200000
Location of contract
LS1 4AJ
Value of contract
£400,000
Procurement reference
CF-2300000D0O000000rwimUAA
Published date
10 April 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
17 June 2024
Contract end date
16 June 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
NHS England is looking for a supplier to determine the impact and effectiveness of virtual wards as an intervention to better manage demand and capacity in secondary care, whilst supporting optimal patient outcomes.
There is an urgent need to evaluate virtual wards to determine:
1. The effectiveness of VWs in reducing the number of avoidable hospital admissions (Step-up )
2. The impact of VWs on hospital demand and capacity (Step-up & Step-down)
3. While there is a debate about the bed-based approach to quantifying capacity in VWs, there is a need to understand the relative equivalence of a virtual ward admission avoidance activity compared with an emergency medical admission in an acute hospital setting. There are several important factors to consider, such as the number of virtual ward admissions that end in a hospital admission and the case mix of patients including how unwell they are.
4. The cost-effectiveness of VWs to the health system and wider social care system.
5. Assessment of health inequalities, including access and outcomes
6. A robust and recommended methodological approach to ongoing evaluations, which can be developed into a toolkit.
7. Enablers and blockers to uptake and impact of VW in secondary care and social care
8. Impact VWs on patient outcomes.
More information
Additional text
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To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
About the buyer
Contact name
Janice Brodie
Address
7-8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AJ
GB
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