Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-24
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2017-12-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Vale Royal CCG and NHS South Cheshire CCG are looking for a single provider for a Community based Pain Management Service. The service will assess all cases of Chronic Pain (pain lasting longer than 3 months) for whom GPs require further management advice with the intention of providing a clear management plan and appropriate support for both the patient and the GP. It is expected that the service will support patients to manage their chronic pain in the community whenever possible. A key component of the service will be the ability to assess and treat patients within a multidisciplinary model having local access to a range of disciplines and high quality interventions that can deal with the physical, psychological, social and behavioural needs of patients with chronic pain. Initially the focus will be MSK conditions (including neurological) with a view to expanding the service beyond. Contract will be for 2 years with option to extend by up to 12 months.
Population and area covered by GP Services contracted to South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Vale Royal Clinical Commissioning Group.
NHS Vale Royal CCG and NHS South Cheshire CCG are looking for a single provider for a Community based Pain Management Service. The Community Pain Management Service (CPMS) will provide a multi-disciplinary interface service between GP practices, community services and acute settings in South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
The philosophy of the service is to provide the best options of care, ensuring patients are seen by the most appropriate healthcare professional, at the appropriate time and in the appropriate place, whilst optimising the best health outcome for the patient. This will be managed through effective collaborative clinical triage and delivery of the management of chronic pain through a comprehensive bio-psychosocial model. The service promotes long-term self-management and less dependency on wider health care services such as A&E, GPs, secondary care, ambulance services and mainstream physiotherapy.
— Tier 1 — primary care services from GPs, community pharmacists, pain self-help organisations/groups and community based physical therapy;
— Tier 2 — community services offering pain management programmes, pain relief and medication management, IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) services, web based and paper based self-management resources; and
— Tier 3 — Interventions for patients with complex needs that cannot be provided at tier 2 e.g. injections. These interventions can be provided in a community setting where safe and appropriate. Where this is not possible they may be provided in an acute setting.
The comprehensive CPMS Tier 2 service in South Cheshire and Vale Royal will consist of a multi-disciplinary team that can manage patient's physical, psychological and social needs associated with pain. It will ensure patients experiencing chronic pain are appropriately managed in a community environment and for those patients requiring secondary care, to be referred into (an appropriate hospital setting) a tier three service when they need specialist interventions; and to be transferred back to Tier 1 or Tier 2 setting as appropriate once Tier 3 intervention is complete.
The service will act as a single point of access for patients referred with chronic pain of at least 3 months duration with an acceptance that the pain has become chronic pain not of a short term nature. Health Care Professionals (HCPs) will provide a holistic assessment including explanation of the cause(s) of an individual patient's pain and its associated effects on psychological, physical, social functioning, wellbeing and the impact on quality of life.
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 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
Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information via e-mail as shown in ii: i) Candidates should be registered 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 with Bravo Solutions contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
ii) Once registered, candidates must also confirm their expression of interest by emailing the relevant information to Roman Klimczak (E-mail: r.klimczak@nhs.net and olena.florek@nhs.net You must submit your expression of interest by email by the deadline stated. The following information must be stated in the email:
Organisation Name; Organisation Address; Telephone number; Email Address; Website Address; Organisation Type.