Published date: 21 August 2020

Last edited date: 8 September 2020

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: 7 September 2020, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £75,000

Procurement reference

20200821173031-68205

Published date

21 August 2020

Closing date

7 September 2020

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

21 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

AGCSU seeks to develop a long term relationship with a suitably qualified and experienced Supplier to support it in developing, iterating, and delivering a robust and comprehendible healthcare inequalities support programme (including the development of viable products and solutions) within a primary care environment that can be used to show benefits / evidence across local, regional and national levels.
This support will include creating new market opportunities for the CSU, identifying and developing pilot sites for the programmes (liaising with relevant key organisations and players within the field of primary care and health inequalities) and provide hands on support for the delivery of this.
The Supplier must be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of:
- PCNs and primary care at scale, the current service specifications contract requirements and impacts of health inequalities on primary care
- Wider health inequalities determinant, the drivers of these and the relationships of this to primary care
- Key drivers in primary care which underpin the need for a service such as this
- The CSU's operating landscape, and the context within which the CSU operates, both in local systems and the strategic national context

The supplier must be able to demonstrate a track record of;
- Development of solutions supporting Primary Care/PCNs and health inequalities across a wide breadth of topics
- Cross sector partnership development on these important agendas
- Strategic awareness and input to developing initiatives around health inequalities and primary care
- Working relationships/partnering arrangements with expert organisations giving access to expertise on strategic, legal, governance and other key enablers
- Working closely with CSU's, undertaking joint programmes to deliver health inequalities in primary care


About the buyer

Contact name

David Bailey

Address

Leicester (Head Office) St John's House, East Street
Leicester
LE1 6NB
ENG

Telephone

+44 7554459309

Email

david.bailey1@nhs.net

Website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/