Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-26
Buyer: Arden & GEM CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 3500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden and GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (SDCCG) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for a placed based coordinated respiratory service that shall provide a patient centred service that is coordinated and tailored to the needs and preferences of individuals, their carers and family via a proactive, preventative approach to respiratory care.
The aim of the service is to pro-actively manage patients at risk of developing, or who have a diagnosis of respiratory disease, via the provision of a place based preventative approach to care.
— Support the prevention of respiratory disease, in particular Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and pneumonia.
— Support the accurate diagnosis of respiratory disease, in particular COPD, adult asthma and pneumonia.
— Support the on-going care of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of respiratory disease via a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) approach to holistic care planning, education, appropriate prescribing and co-ordination of care inclusive of pulmonary rehabilitation and home oxygen assessments.
— Support the early identification, and on-going needs, of people with advanced stage respiratory disease.
Option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years based on suitable performance of the initial contracted term.
The Invitation to Tender Questionnaire is anticipated to be published on 21.7.2017, and deadline for responses is 12:00 on 18.8.2017. Please note these times and dates may be subject to change, of which you will be informed via Bravo.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Procurement Portal ‘Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU Procurement Portal’ in this procurement exercise. To access (please see web link below): https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
To register on the portal: — From the portal (Arden and GEM Bravo) Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link — Accept the terms and conditions for using the portal — Complete your organisation and personal details — Choose a memorable user-name and submit — You will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely (if you lose it there is a ‘Forgot my Password’ link on the portal homepage).
To Express Interest in the ITT: — Login with your unique user name and password — From the suppliers reserved area click ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ — This is a repository of all ITTs open to any registered supplier. Select itt_751 — Provision of Place Based Coordinated Respiratory Service across Southern Derbyshire.
AGCSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). (The Service(s) is being procured as ‘Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services’ and AGCSU is bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services).


Award value: 3500000