Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-08-29
Buyer: London Borough of Newham
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Estimated value: 1200000 GBP

Technical requirements: From 1.6.2018, the London Borough of Newham intend to contract primary care public health services for NHS Health Checks, Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea screening in under 25s, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and population-level HIV screening for new GP registration.
We would like to hear from potential providers interested in delivering these services, to inform the planning of our procurement process. Suitably qualified providers are invited to express an interest by 22.9.2017, 12:00. Market engagement meetings or events may be held subsequent to this deadline.
From 1.6.2018, the London Borough of Newham intend to contract primary care public health services for NHS Health Checks, Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea screening in under 25s, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and population-level HIV screening for new GP registration..
— serve as the commissioned provider for access to new registrations in general practice, to ensure comprehensive access to eligible patients,
— have immediate access to the medical records of all eligible Newham residents — including those without an existing illness or long-term health condition — in order to satisfy the inclusion/exclusion criteria for NHS Health Checks,
— have access to patient files via EMIS to ensure that patient records are up-to-date, accessible to GPs and strongly linked to commissioned public health interventions,
— be able to demonstrate immediate capacity and resource to not only deliver the programme but to improve performance: Public Health England's (PHE) Best Practice Guidance states that ‘local authorities are required to continuously improve the percentage of eligible individuals having an NHS Health Check’ (p.12)
— review data handling regularly (including training needs) and provide anonymised data for audit using processes which have been agreed in consultation with the Local Medical Committee (LMC).
— adhere to Information Governance and Data Flow requirements for NHS Health Checks as set out in the Best Practice Guidance (p.15) and the NHS Health Check website,
— ensure patients with a diagnosed condition are enrolled onto NHS Newham Clinical Commissioning Groups (NCCG) Extended Primary Care Service (ECPS) to ensure appropriate long-term management,
— adhere to the National Chlamydia Screening Programme's Quality Assurance Framework, which stipulates, among other things, the potential for annual opportunistic screening of all sexually active young people under 25 years old,
— demonstrate seamless access to the necessary pathways and protocols in place with the local acute pathology lab to facilitate the transfer of information (result management), treat patients through prescribing medication and onward partner notification to halt the spread of the infection in the wider population.
— well developed relationships with a range of local health and social care organisations involved in the over-arching sexual health system.
Potential providers must have suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the ability to:
— achieve and maintain competence to deliver LARC as set out by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)


Award value: 1200000