Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-25
Buyer: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services | 85141200: Services provided by nurses
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust intends to seek sponsorship to improve the level of patient care through its Stoma Care Advisory Service. The provision of service will include the community sector. All community services are integrated with Acute Trusts. An effective and comprehensive data management system together with additional support for training and education will be offered. The service is provided to patients of all age groups.
Partners procurement service, on behalf of North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (the ‘Authority’) is seeking sponsorship to improve the level of patient care through its Stoma Care Advisory Service. This opportunity may be available to all the partnered Trusts — currently Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, The Whittington Health NHS Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust intends to seek sponsorship to improve the level of patient care through its Stoma Care Advisory Service. The provision of service will include the community sector. All community services are integrated with Acute Trusts. An effective and comprehensive data management system together with additional support for training and education will be offered. The service is provided to patients of all age groups.
• reimburse the Trust for the cost of the salary, superannuation and employer’s National Insurance contributions of a Stoma Care Nurse classified as Top Band 7 employed for a maximum of 37.5 hours per week;
• reimburse the Trust for the cost of the salary, superannuation and employer’s National Insurance contributions of a Stoma Care Assistant classified as a Top Band 3 employed for a maximum of 37.5 hours per week;
• reimburse the Trust for the Stoma Care Nurse attendance at appropriate NMC courses, professional study days and similar events that support on-going necessary professional training, not to exceed GBP 4 000 per annum. This number may need to be reviewed in the future due to pandemic changes;
• (Optional) Provide a Stoma Care Management System. Patient Identifiable Data is owned by the Trust and in the event that this Agreement is terminated access to the application will be removed and all related software will be uninstalled. The data will be extracted from the SQL database in spreadsheet (xls) format and returned to the Trust;
• provide a desktop publishing service and printing costs for materials distributed directly to colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy patients, not to exceed GBP 2 000 per annum;
• supply the Trust with one Company Stoma Care Nurse and arrange payment of the cost of salary, superannuation, pension and employers National Insurance contributions of a Company Stoma Care Nurse employed for a maximum of 37.5 hours per week;
The authority has selected an accelerated process due to the urgency with which this work now needs to be completed. This urgency is due to a number of factors, a delay to the start of the procurement process and operational challenges are expected to be intensified by the current prioritisation of resources in relation to Covid 19.


Award value: 1000000