Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2019-10-01
Buyer: NHS Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2019-10-30

Technical requirements: Barnet CCG would like to engage with potential providers with relevant expertise and experience to deliver a Home from Hospital Supported Discharge service. It is envisaged that the service will include supporting around 130 vulnerable patients to be discharged from Barnet and the Royal Free Hospitals and Edgware and Finchley Memorial Community Hospitals a month. Patients will be offered practical and emotional support in their homes and place of residence. Support will be of a one off nature for some patients and up to 4-6 weeks for others, depending on need.
Social prescribing will form a key element of this service, and patients will be supported to connect with local voluntary and community services to help improve their wellbeing and social welfare
The service is aimed at improving patient experience within Barnet and the Royal Free Hospitals and Edgware and Finchley Memorial Community Hospitals. It will reduce anxiety by promoting people's independence. Post discharge, the service aims to enable patients to stay at or move back home, in safety and comfort by offering flexible support and dealing with practical issues to allow the person to settle back into a normal routine.
— Providing a time limited but flexible practical support, e.g. carrying out small tasks, accompanying service users to appointments, emotional support and encouragement
— Signposting people to other local statutory, community and voluntary services for on-going support,
This is not an exhaustive list. It is expected that the service provider will add to the list through its own knowledge and experience.
The CCG invites interested organisations to express an interest and submit a duly completed Market Engagement Questionnaire by 12:00 on 30.10.2019. You must register an account on our e-tendering portal (https://procontract.due-north.com). Once registered and logged in, you must express an interest in the project to access the Market Engagement Questionnaire and the specification. Further instructions on how to access the project can be found at the following link: https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/Opportunities1.html
Once in the project screen the market engagement questionnaire and specification can be accessed, completed and submitted via the messaging facility on the portal.
The Market Engagement Questionnaire can be accessed via the e-tendering portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=38f57ed1-1ce1-e911-80fa-005056b64545.
Please note that these services come under ‘Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services’ under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’), and Tower Hamlets CCG is bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 Services.
Barnet CCG has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) as per Regulations 75(1)(b)(iv). Please note that the contract/s will be awarded without further publication of a Contract Notice.
The purpose of this Market Engagement Questionnaire is to request information from bidders to initially assess their suitability and capability to deliver the requirements for the Home from Hospital Supported Discharge Service, based on experience in delivering similar services in a similar demography in line with the indicative contract to commence at the earliest date of 1.4.2020.