Published date: 18 April 2019

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: 10 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£174,000

Procurement reference

tender_205338/763848

Published date

18 April 2019

Closing date

10 May 2019

Contract start date

1 August 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2020

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 Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement on behalf of NHS Shropshire CCG.

This Invitation to Tender provides information pertaining to the procurement for the Exercise and Telephone Follow Up Proof of Concept. The purpose of this procurement is to secure a Service Provider to deliver the Proof of Concept to the patients of Shropshire CCG.

There is significant national evidence that frail older patients staying in acute hospital beds longer than their medical need for specialist acute services requires is detrimental to their potential outcomes as it can lead to decompensation and the loss of previous levels of mobility and independence.

This service model is based on the results of a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and carried out by Queensland University, Australia, which demonstrated a 20% reduction in hospital admissions for patients enrolled on a 24-week exercise and telephone follow-up programme.

Exercise programmes in older people are recognized as being beneficial in reducing falls and depression, while improving balance, walking capacity and independence in activity of daily living.

The aim is to use the principles of the Australian research study to test proof of concept and inform future service developments and quality improvement programmes.

The objective is to understand if the ExTel model improves the quality of life for people over 65 years of age in Shropshire and reduce demand on acute services through the early introduction of a comprehensive nursing and physiotherapy assessment and individually tailored exercise program in hospital and nurse conducted home visit and telephone follow up on discharge for 24 weeks.

The CCG is looking to appoint a Service Provider or Consortium to deliver / establish this Proof of concept for a period of 1 Year with the option to extend for upto a further 24 months.

The NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions shall apply to this procurement.

More information

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Additional text

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for
another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the
services.

The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.

This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
i) Candidates should register on the portal at
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register.
ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline
stated.

For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on
+44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.

Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime
services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the
Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the
Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities
are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the MOI.

As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service(Procurement, Patient
Choiceand Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Hayley Smith

Address

William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8XL
England

Email

h.smith27@nhs.net