Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-01-07
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on Behalf of Staffordshire CCGs
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: The commissioners wish to undertake early engagement with potential providers and the market in general who share our passion and commitment and who are dedicated to providing the very best choice, service and patient care standards. Commissioners would like to understand the ability of providers to deliver this service. The proposed service will look to provide Tier 3 service provision to include multi-disciplinary 1 stop consultant led community dermatology service; this means that patients shall be seen by a consultant, dermatology registrar, GP with special Interest or specialist nurse, and where appropriate shall be assessed and treated in the same appointment.
The proposed service will look at providing sufficiently flexible appointments to ensure that the service users have access to the services available outside of standard Operational hours. The proposed service will provide education and support to patients and their carers post treatment.
North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent CCG, Stafford and Surrounds CCG, Cannock Chase CCG and South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular CCG may be looking at community dermatology for Tier 3 services. This is to include a multi-disciplinary one stop consultant led community dermatology service; patients shall be seen by a consultant, dermatology registrar, GP with special Interest or specialist nurse, and where appropriate shall be assessed and treated in the same appointment.
For any patient that requires further intervention through to secondary care, the service will need to work closely with local partner organisations to ensure a swift coordinated pathway is followed and that all service users are transferred to the appropriate specialty with all relevant transfer documentation. This in turn will ensure reduction of delays in overall pathway of care, ensuring service user experience is at the heart of all care.
There is a requirement that the service will be provided within community locations throughout Staffordshire boundaries allowing patient choice closer to home. This will need to ensure that any services tailored around disability such as additional needs e.g electric doors, ramps or any form of interpretation (verbal or visual).
This notice intends to identify suppliers who would like to express an interest for this service. The CCGs are initially asking for organisations to register their Expressions of Interest only at this stage by email to Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by Friday 18.1.2019. Please provide organisation name, contact name, job title, web address, email address and telephone number within the email.
It should be noted that this is not a procurement exercise at this stage and participating organisations are responsible for their own costs. This notice intends to identify suppliers who would like to express an interest for this service. The CCGs are initially asking for organisations to register their Expressions of Interest only at this stage by email to Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by Friday 18.1.2019. Please provide organisation name, contact name, job title, web address, email address and telephone number within the email. Details within this notice may be subject to change.
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.