Published date: 30 January 2019
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
Yorkshire and the Humber
Value of contract
£60,000
Procurement reference
tender_196120/741200
Published date
30 January 2019
Closing date
21 February 2019
Contract start date
1 April 2019
Contract end date
31 March 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Non-EU Request for Quotation
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group is inviting quotations from organisations that would like the opportunity to provide British Sign Language Interpreting services and Deafblind Communicator Guide services for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people in Leeds.
The service will be provided for people who require appointments within:
- The CCG commissioned services as listed in Annex 1 within the service specification
- All Leeds CCG GP Practices (as listed in Annex 2 within the service specification), on a flexible basis, based on service user need but within General Practice core hours (Monday - Friday 8am - 6:30pm) and extended access hours (evenings Monday - Friday 6:30pm - 8pm and weekends 9am - 1pm) to support patients to access pre-bookable and urgent on the day appointments).
This will provide an equitable service for all patients/service users who require additional support to attend face to face appointments.
The total annual budget for this service (as detailed in the service specification) is £60,000 with activity levels as detailed below:
Service Description Annual activity:
Sign Language Interpretation 550 units
Deafblind Communicator Guide 100 units
*1 unit= up to 2 hour appointment
The provider will be required to deliver British Sign Language Interpretation and Deaf/Blind Communicator Guide services as described in this specification in keeping with the above activity plan.
The provider will be required to provide additional information in support of any appointments which are 2 or more units so that the Commissioner can validate the activity.
Further details of the requirements can be found in the accompanying service specification.
More information
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RFQ documents can be downloaded by Registering an Interest in this opportunity on the NHS Sourcing Portal.
About the buyer
Address
Suite 2-4 WIRA House, West Park Ring Road
Leeds
LS16 6EB
England
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