Published date: 9 May 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: 8 June 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£1 to £1,900,000

Procurement reference

Bravo Project Code : 20366

Published date

9 May 2016

Closing date

8 June 2016

Contract start date

1 November 2016

Contract end date

31 October 2021

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

• Support accurate and early diagnosis of respiratory disease, in particular COPD and adult asthma.
• Support long term management of patients with respiratory disease through informed care planning and patient education and appropriate prescribing.
• Deliver assessment of patients for home oxygen, prescription of oxygen and on-going robust reviews.
• Identify those patients who make little or no use of the oxygen that is prescribed (using the oxygen supplier's concordance data) and review their need.
• Monitoring of concordance of all patients using Home Oxygen to identify those over-using their o2 and develop plans to manage patient concordance
• Identify patients who would be at risk if they received high-flow oxygen and provide them with an alert card, educating them on the importance of sharing this information with other care providers.
• To work with the commissioner to effectively and appropriately manage spend against an indicative budget.
• Work with commissioners and other providers within North Lincolnshire to develop and deliver integrated pathways of care for patients with exacerbations of respiratory disease.
• Provide advice and guidance to general practice
• Provide HCP education
• Provide patient education and advice to improve self-care and management by respiratory patients, including advice and support around stopping smoking and appropriate use of medication and inhaler techniques.
• Deliver an effective pulmonary rehabilitation service, improving completion rates.
• Provide resources and tools to enable patients to better manage their condition themselves.
• Ensure service users receive co-ordinated care that responds to their needs
• To deliver affordable and Value for Money (VfM) primary medical care services.

More information

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Additional text

Additional text How to apply:
Potential Bidders are requested to register on the NHS Sourcing Portal itt_3501 (www.nhssourcing.co.uk) where the documentation is available to download.
The deadline for submissions is 12:00 on the 8th. June2016.
The services to which this notice relates fall within The Light Touch regime Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) ("the Regulations"). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to The Light Touch Regime .

About the buyer

Contact name

Frank Barson

Address

3rd Floor Douglas Mill
Old Bowling Lane
Bradford
BD5 7JD
England

Email

frank.barson@nhs.net