Published date: 27 February 2017

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Procurement reference

NKCCGRSS1

Published date

27 February 2017

Closing date

23 February 2018

Description

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) and Request for Information (RFI) published on behalf of NHS North Kirklees CCG and NHS Wakefield CCG.

The purpose of this PIN/RFI is to gauge market interest in the delivery of referral support services that respond to a locally developed model for 4 Dimensions of referral support systems

The commissioners are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations to further inform their plans to deliver a comprehensive referral support service.

Locally the commissioners have developed a whole system approach for referral support consisting of 4 dimensions:
1. Care Pathways including referral guidance and held in one accessible repository (website) (Note: this dimension is already in place and is described here for purposes of illustrating the complete 4D model)
2. A technology solution 'gateway' to support the electronic filtering of referrals providing a standardised approach, contemporaneous data collection and referral tracking
3. A Referral Support Service, providing administrative functions of filtering referrals to criteria within commissioning policies and patient contact for quality choice discussions resulting in an eRS booking
4. Peer and Specialist Reviewers, providing localised clinical review to selected referrals

This Request for Information relates to dimension 2, 3 & 4 as above.
The service will ensure provision of high quality services to a population of 540,000, across 2 CCGs who predominantly refer into one Acute Hospital Trust.

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Next Steps: If you would like to submit a response for this service, please express your interest by registering on the Bravo e-procurement portal website: www.nhssourcing.co.uk, reference number PQQ_29342. Once registered, potential providers will be able to complete and upload their submission. This procurement will be open from 27th February - 24th March. For further information please contact Brenda.powell@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk.

About the buyer

Contact name

Brenda Powell

Address

4th Floor, Empire House
Wakefield Old Road
Dewsbury
WF12 8DJ
England

Telephone

01484 464262

Email

brenda.powell@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk