Published date: 22 December 2016
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£13,296,000
Procurement reference
SCW/NHSSCWCSU/00000198/2016
Published date
22 December 2016
Closing date
27 December 2016
Contract start date
1 January 2017
Contract end date
31 March 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
NHS England South (South Central) (the Commissioner) seeks to commission a Child Health Information service for Bath & North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCWCSU) on behalf of the Commissioners".
The Commissioner is looking for a single provider to deliver a high quality service across Bath & North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The aim of the Child Health Information Service is to ensure that each child in England has an active care record, supporting delivery of the clinical service, as a minimum, screening, immunisation and the healthy child programme services. It should enable the health promotion and failsafe activities for clinical delivery to be carried out in a timely way. These records must be held within a secure information system, which meets appropriate requirements for information governance and IT security for managing personally-identifiable data within the NHS, and must be supported by an adequately resourced team to record and manage the relevant data.
The aim of the contract is:
• Maintain an accurate, up to date child health record for all children (including Looked After Children) resident, schooled or registered with a GP within the relevant area.
• To fulfil the processing of data returns and statutory reporting requirements of NHS England and PHE and to track progress via the indicators detailed within the Public Health Outcomes Framework and the NHS Outcomes Framework.
• To maintain the child health record to reflect accurate and up to date information about that child in accordance with the statutory responsibility for child health record keeping that NHS England is required to fulfil. In particular, the Provider shall communicate effectively with other CHIS providers and relevant services in a timely fashion when children move in or out of the area, ensuring that the child's record is updated and the relevant health professionals are informed.
• to support Maternity, Health Visiting, School Nursing, LAC and Immunisation Teams and Primary Care in the collation and distribution of immunisation schedules and developmental review schedules in a timely and efficient manner.
• to recording accurate and timely data in respect of all programs encapsulated by the Healthy Child Programme
The contract duration will be 4 years and 3months - Berkshire area contract will commence on 1st January 2017 followed by Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire which will commence on 1st April 2017. The contract will expire on 31st March 2021. Please note it is essential that the Berkshire area contract commences on 1st January 2017.
Award information
Awarded date
27 September 2016
Contract start date
1 January 2017
Contract end date
31 March 2021
Total value of contract
£13,296,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Address
Jubilee House
5510 John Smith Drive
Oxford Business Park South
Oxford
OX4 2LHReference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
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