Published date: 30 January 2017

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: 17 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£101,250

Procurement reference

Personal Health Budget Support Services Framework on behalf of NHS Merton CCG & NHS Wandsworth C

Published date

30 January 2017

Approach to market date

17 February 2017

Contract start date

3 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Merton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working with NHS Wandsworth CCG to establish a new framework of providers who are able to offer support to Service Users eligible to be awarded an NHS Personal Health Budget (PHB). It is intended that the framework will be established from March 2017 for 4 years, with contracts being awarded to support Service Users either directly by the CCG, or on the basis of patient choice.

The services to be offered through the framework are intended to include:

• Support planning
• Payment service (including Third Party/Managed Account)
• Employer advice and guidance

These PHB Support Services will support both adults and children who have been approved to receive a PHBs by the CCGs.

Please see the attached Draft Service Specification for further details of the CCGs' requirements.

Whilst uptake of PHBs by Services Users is currently low, a significant increase is expected over the next 5 years as the CCG plans to award at least 222 PHBs over the next 5 years to meet the intentions published by NHS England. As a consequence, the expected spend profile for NHS Merton CCG to framework providers is:

2017/18 £13,500
2018/19 £29,250
2019/20 £29,250
2020/21 £29,250

Whilst NHS Wandsworth CCG has already engaged with the local market about this new requirement, NHS Merton CCG now wishes to invite expressions of interest from appropriately qualified and experienced providers which may not have responded already to the Wandsworth invitation (if you have already responded to the Wandsworth CCG engagement invitation in December 2016, you need not respond again to this invitation from Merton CCG. However, if you would like to attend the Market Engagement Event to understand Merton specific details, please follow the instructions under attachments).

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2017/2018 £13,500
2018/2019 £29,500
2019/2020 £29,500
2021/2022 £29,500

Attachments

Additional text

***TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN APPLYING TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS NEW FRAMEWORK, please complete the attached Market Engagement Questionnaire and return it directly to James.holden@mertonccg.nhs.uk by Thursday 9th February 2017 at 12:00pm.

In return, details will be confirmed about a Market Engagement Event scheduled to take place in Wimbledon at 2pm-4pm on Friday 10th February 2017 (subject to interest).***

About the buyer

Contact name

James Holden

Address

120 Broadway
London
SW19 1RH
England

Telephone

020 3668 1767

Email

James.holden@mertonccg.nhs.uk

Website

www.mertonccg.nhs.uk/