Published date: 18 April 2016

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: 23 May 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Services provided by medical personnel - 85141000

  • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£1,399,085

Procurement reference

SCW/NHS11HCCG/00000186/2016

Published date

18 April 2016

Closing date

23 May 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

Bristol and South Gloucestershire's Paediatric GP with Special Interest (GPwSI) Service will be required to deliver care that is evidence based and clinically safe, effective and efficient, and consistent with national and local policy, clinical guidelines and NHS Standards.

Aims and objectives of service
To provide a GP with Special Interest (GPwSI) Service for children, encompassing assessment, treatment, onward referral and discharge.
To contribute to the GP management of children with long term conditions.
To ensure that children are treated in the most appropriate setting, through triage of referrals to general and specialist paediatric services.
To provide advice and feedback to GPs and primary care professionals to improve their working knowledge of paediatrics.
To provide clinically appropriate paediatric services closer to communities.
To improve the working relationship between primary and secondary care through improved access to evidence based practice, research and development .

Interdependence with other services / providers
In addition to the interdependencies in the overarching specification, the service will:
• Strive to become an integrated part of the primary health care teams focussed around GP Practices through regular face-to-face discussions with GPs and other members of the primary care health team
• Actively engage in communication with Bristol Children's Hospital and other acute and community health services

The contract will be based on a 5 year period with the option to extend by a further 2 years. The annual contract value is £280,000 per annum.

More information

Links

Additional text

Interested providers will be able to view the tender opportunity via the 'current tenders' list on in-tend. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home

In order to access the tender documentation you will need to 'express an interest' and register on the system.

Bidders are required to respond to questions directly within In-Tend and attach any requested documents separately to the placeholders provided.

About the buyer

Contact name

John Gibbs

Address

NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Procurement, Level 5 South Plaza, Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS1 3NX
England

Email

john.gibbs@swcsu.nhs.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home