Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2019-09-18
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2019-10-21

Technical requirements: NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS, South Worcestershire CCG and NHS Wyre Forest CCG are seeking to develop a list of potential suppliers for the provision of lifestyle adviser services to Worcestershire Primary Care Networks.
Worcesteshire County Council and the Worcestershire NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) (i.e., NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS, South Worcestershire CCG and NHS Wyre Forest CCG) are working together to commission a new lifestyle service model based around primary care networks, to support people to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviours (diet, physical activity, alcohol, smoking, mental well-being).
The above named commissioning bodies are seeking to develop a list of potential suppliers for provision of lifestyle adviser services to the Worcestershire Primary Care Networks, and are therefore seeking expressions of interest from interested parties who wish to be included on a Worcestershire Lifestyle Adviser Services Supplier List from which the Worcestershire Primary Care Networks can each opt to enter into contract for provision of lifestyle adviser services.
Lifestyle advisers will be employed, embedded and co-located within the Worcestershire Primary Care Networks, working closely with social prescribing and the multidisciplinary team, to support individuals who are requiring support to make positive lifestyle changes. The lifestyle adviser services shall particularly target specific populations including those with health harming behaviours.
Subject to the development of the supplier list, Worcestershire Primary Care Networks may contact suppliers on the list to discuss any potential future contractual arrangements in relation the provision of these services and to undertake due diligence checks, where appropriate.
Please note that the commissioning bodies do not guarantee any provider of lifestyle adviser services any volume of value of activity, resulting from this exercise. Furthermore, that it is the discretion of each primary care network to contract with whomsoever they choose, and indeed whether they choose to take up the option of the lifestyle adviser role within their network. Each contract duration is likely to be between 1 to 3 years.
For information on how to express an interest for your organisation's inclusion on the Worcestershire Lifestyle Adviser Services Supplier List, please see Section VI.3) below.
— from the portal (NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Procurement services Portal) Home Page, click the 'Click Here to Register' link,
Correspondence and communication will only be dealt with through the Bravo Solution messaging system on the website.
For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Help-desk on 0800 098630
‘Light Touch Regime’ services: this service is classified as clinical which comes under the Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’). The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (procurement, patient choice and competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these.
Transparency: the contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this service under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency. This service may be subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority.
Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance