Published date: 18 October 2018

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: 26 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

AGEMCSU/TRANS/18/590

Published date

18 October 2018

Closing date

26 October 2018

Contract start date

1 November 2018

Contract end date

31 January 2019

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

NHS Lincolnshire West Clinical Commissioning Group is the lead commissioner for NHS Continuing Healthcare for Lincolnshire. The 4 Lincolnshire CCG's - Lincolnshire East, Lincolnshire West, South Lincolnshire and South West Lincolnshire have a population of 758,622 dispersed population across 5,921 m2.

At this time the service requires support in delivering Continuing Healthcare (CHC) reviews on behalf of CHC Lincolnshire from appointment booking to the date of the next assessment review.

Requirement

The service requires a discrete clinical and administrative team working in the specific geographies of the 4 CCG across Lincolnshire, on assigned cases defined and prioritised by the CHC Department, managing the workload from initial appointment to next review ensuring all records are updated including recommendations regarding the package of care commissioned / provided.

The service to include;

• Meet with CHC team for Programme Briefing before commencing this work;
• Provide a trajectory for the completion of the reviews at the commencement of project
• Update the trajectory each week, reporting on number of reviews completed and any refresh of planned trajectory;
• Contact patients, their families, representatives and other professionals including members of the MDT/Local Authority, giving appropriate notice;
• book reviews;
• Conduct review, gathering essential information, confirming and measuring Material Change as per the National Framework (2018);
• Review care is appropriate and meeting patient need (Safe and Well and Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards considerations) and only funding is to be recommended to meet on going assessed needs appropriately and offers value for money;
• Complete all review documentation as agreed with the CHC team and send securely electronically within 7 calendar days of review; quality assurance audit; and the provision of reports and management information to the CHC Department;
• Participate in a weekly teleconference call with the Business and Clinical Manager to discuss issues/concerns;
• Provide a key point of contact for Business and Clinical Manager.

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HOW TO APPLY:

Bravo ITT Reference: ITT_1117

How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once).
Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register.
Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' Enter your correct business and user details Note the user-name you chose and click 'Save' when complete. You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure)
2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the user-name/password and Click the 'ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are ITTs open to any registered supplier) . Click on correct tender (ITT_1117 Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Reviews) to access the content.
Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'ITT/ Details' box

Interest Providers must respond via the Bravo Portal no later than 5pm on Friday 26th October 2018

About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Didcock

Address

Cardinal Square
10 Nottignham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
England

Email

mark.didcock@nhs.net