Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-04
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2017-08-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North Staffs and Stoke on Trent CCG's are looking to secure a service Provider to deliver structured education sessions to patients aged 18yrs+ who have been diagnosed with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. The key aims of these sessions will be to empower and inform them about their condition, improve self-management, reduce crisis management & deterioration in health & reduce visits to GPs, Practice Nurses & missed appointments.
In November 2015 the Staffordshire Health and Wellbeing Intelligence group produced a report on Diabetes Prevention. This report indicated that with improvements in awareness, early diagnosis and recording; and the current obesity trend; the prevalence of Diabetes across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire will continue to increase and will be 8.7 percent by 2020 and 11.3 percent by 2030.
The necessary lifestyle changes, the complexities of management and the side effects of therapy make education for people with diabetes a central part of diabetes management.
As a result of this both North Staffs and Stoke on Trent CCG's are looking to secure a service Provider to deliver structured education sessions to patients aged 18yrs and above who have been diagnosed with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. The key aims of these sessions will be to empower and inform them about their condition, improve self-management, reduce crisis management & deterioration in health & reduce visits to GPs, Practice Nurses & missed appointments.
Deliver standardised high quality, evidence based structured education that is consistent with NICE and all national/local standards and guidance on how programmes are delivered.
Improve the quality of life for people newly diagnosed with diabetes enabling them to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to manage their condition.
Have specific aims and learning objectives, supporting the person and their family members and carers in developing attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and skills to self-manage diabetes.
Be delivered by trained educators who have an understanding of educational theory appropriate to the age and needs of the person, and who are trained and competent to deliver the principles and content of the programme.
Empower adults with diabetes to manage their condition by supporting the development of self-management/self-care skills to reduce the risk of people with diabetes developing complications.
The Provider will be expected to capture detailed information that can be used for audit purposes and that Commissioners can use to monitor services. The Provider will be expected to submit all information reasonably requested by both North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCG to enable this monitoring to take place.
A detailed service specification setting out the full requirements of the service will be provided as part of the tender documentation.
Bidders are invited to express an interest in providing this service by email to Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by 17:00 hrs on Tuesday 15.8.2017. The following information must be stated in the email:
If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. For technical support in registering on the Bravo site contact the help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
To register an expression of interest to participate in and access the tender, please e-mail in the first instance Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net. Please submit the following information: Organisation name and address; telephone number; e-mail address; web site address and organisation type. You must submit your expression of interest by the deadline stated (15.8.2017).
‘Light Touch Regime’ services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the MOI. 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.