Published date: 2 September 2016

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 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

NHS/SoEPS/16/275 PIN

Published date

2 September 2016

Approach to market date

19 September 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

NHS South of England Procurement Services, acting on behalf of NHS Swale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Commissioner) will be commencing an AQP Offer for the provision of MSK Physiotherapy Services for NHS Swale CCG patients. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise prospective providers of the Commissioners intention.

NHS Swale CCG currently commissions full bodied physiotherapy services in Swale through the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) model. Following a market engagement event and feedback regarding the current tariff the CCG wishes to re-accredit current AQP providers and invite new providers to apply to provide full-bodied physiotherapy for patients registered with an NHS Swale CCG GP through an AQP model.

The CCG will have regular performance meetings (quarterly) with accredited AQP providers to review performance of the service. It is expected that maintaining an AQP model will allow the current patient pathway for MSK Physiotherapy services to remain and will maintain patient choice to local physiotherapy services. Please note that as this is an AQP there there are no guaranteed or indicative volumes of activity within the contract.

The AQP Offer is expected to be published during week commencing 19 September 2016. A separate advert will be published announcing the start of the accreditation process and the opening of the AQP offer. This advert will include further information with regards to the procurement and how to access the documents.

The commissioner reserves the right not to proceed with the Procurement, or any part thereof, or change the requirements as necessary at any time.


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Financial year Budget
2016/2017 £0

About the buyer

Contact name

Laura Devine

Address

36 – 38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
England

Email

laura.devine@soeprocurement.nhs.uk