Published date: 10 April 2024

Last edited date: 16 April 2024

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 10 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

LS1 4AJ

Value of contract

£333,333

Procurement reference

CF-2300000D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

10 April 2024

Closing date

10 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 June 2024

Contract end date

16 June 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

PLEASE NOTE CONTRACT VALUE HAS CHANGED.

NHS England is looking for a supplier to determine the impact and effectiveness of virtual wards as an intervention to better manage demand and capacity in secondary care, whilst supporting optimal patient outcomes.
There is an urgent need to evaluate virtual wards to determine:
1. The effectiveness of VWs in reducing the number of avoidable hospital admissions (Step-up )
2. The impact of VWs on hospital demand and capacity (Step-up & Step-down)
3. While there is a debate about the bed-based approach to quantifying capacity in VWs, there is a need to understand the relative equivalence of a virtual ward admission avoidance activity compared with an emergency medical admission in an acute hospital setting. There are several important factors to consider, such as the number of virtual ward admissions that end in a hospital admission and the case mix of patients including how unwell they are.
4. The cost-effectiveness of VWs to the health system and wider social care system.
5. Assessment of health inequalities, including access and outcomes
6. A robust and recommended methodological approach to ongoing evaluations, which can be developed into a toolkit.
7. Enablers and blockers to uptake and impact of VW in secondary care and social care
8. Impact VWs on patient outcomes.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Impact and economic evaluation of Virtual Wards

  • Opportunity
  • Published 10 April 2024

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Janice Brodie

Address

7-8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AJ
GB

Email

janice.brodie@nhs.net