Published date: 14 November 2017

Last edited date: 14 November 2017

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Closing: 1 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£35,000

Procurement reference

Maternity Voices Partnership

Published date

14 November 2017

Closing date

1 December 2017

Contract start date

1 January 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Other: Expression of Interest

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

BUMP and Birmingham South Central Clinical Commissioning Group wishes to invite expressions of interest for the provision of Maternity Voices Partnership to work with maternity providers and the CCG's in Birmingham and Solihull.

In Birmingham and Solihull we want to bring the ambitions of the national Maternity Review (Better Births) to life and ensure our maternity are safer, more personalized, kinder, professional and more family friendly. Having the views, experiences and voices of women represented at strategic level within the transformation process is essential. The main purpose of Maternity Voices Partnership is to ensure representation and engagement of women at strategic level to help shape the transformation of maternity services across Birmingham and Solihull. The Service Specification and outcomes have been developed in response to national guidance (NHSE - Maternity Toolkit) and the national maternity review, Better Births (National Maternity Review (2015) see Chapter 4 and Appendix B for MVPs).

Key deliverables will include:
• Recruit a pool of 15 - 20 MVP members who are representative of the diverse communities with Birmingham and Solihull
• Administrate the Quarterly Bump MVP meeting and support four interim MVP meetings per annum
• Support representation on the MPV from seldom heard groups present within the local population to make sure their voices are heard
• Support the MVP to provide leadership to ensure that the service user voice co-produces both Local Maternity (LMS) System Transformation Plans a
• Support the MVP to provide constructive challenge and engage in the decision-making process with emerging plans to ensure they reflect the needs
of local women and their families.

Essential Criteria
We are looking to commission a voluntary sector organization with:
• Strong track record in patient/ user led engagement and advocacy
• Experience of developing and delivery successful patient/service user engagement

Contract term and value
Overall value of the contract £35,000.

The Contract with the provider is will be initially for 15 months (1st January 2018 to 1st April 2019) and may have the option to extend following a full evaluation of the project at the end of first contract period.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jane Huffer

Address

Birmingham South Central CCG
Bartholemew House, 142 Hagley Road
Birmingham
B16 9PA
England

Telephone

01212550855

Email

jane.huffer@nhs.net

Website

https://yourbump.nhs.uk