Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-05-21
Buyer: City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Inner London - East
Contract type: Combined
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP

Technical requirements: NHS City and Hackney CCG are due to formally undertake a tendering exercise to identify a provider for the Consultant Led Community Warfarin Service for the City of London and the London Borough of Hackney. In preparation for the tendering exercise the Commissioners are looking to get early engagement with potential Providers and Sub-contractors and the market in general who are dedicated to providing the very best choice, service and patient care standards. In particular the commissioners would like to discuss plans with the market to understand capacity and gauge interest from suitably qualified service provider(s) to deliver a Consultant-led Community based Warfarin Service in multiple community locations across City and Hackney CCG.
NHS City and Hackney CCG are due to formally undertake a tendering exercise to identify a provider for the Consultant Led Community Warfarin Service for the City of London and the London Borough of Hackney.
In preparation for the tendering exercise the Commissioners are looking to get early engagement with potential Providers and Sub-contractors and the market in general who are dedicated to providing the very best choice, service and patient care standards. In particular the commissioners would like to discuss plans with the market to understand capacity and gauge interest from suitably qualified service provider(s) to deliver a Consultant-led Community based Warfarin Service in multiple community locations across City and Hackney CCG.
The overall aim of the new Consultant Led Community Warfarin Service is to improve patient access to warfarin initiation and monitoring by providing a close to home, more convenient service for patients with increased local capacity to meet the demand for treatment with warfarin. The intention is to provide a comprehensive, community based, consultant haematologist led service for patients on warfarin. The service must be delivered to all appropriate patients registered with GP Practices in NHS City and Hackney CCG and ensure equitable access and quality of service to the entire population group. Service locations will need to be agreed with the CCG using existing assets to good effect and should minimise travel for patients.
The service must embrace a person-centred approach to the care of patients and must work as a partner alongside all other health and social care professionals involved in the patient's care so that patients experience a co-ordinated, seamless and integrated service. Additionally, the service will be incentivised to identify undiagnosed AF patients and ensure appropriate transition to DOACs/NOACs as clinically appropriate.
The service will also be expected to foster continued quality improvement and to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing review of safety and quality monitoring information about service provision. Additionally the provider will be required to have robust systems for acting on the results of safety and quality monitoring information, including more formal measures to improve provider performance if safety or quality indicators for the service remain persistently below expected standards.
The indicative contract value for this service is up to 2 000 000 GBP in total over 3 years (including CQUIN). The service specifications will be published as part of the procurement process. However, the CCG would like to get potential Provider and Sub-contractor views and ideas as well as assess current market appetite to provide this service.
Please note the date of the contract notice (advert) and the contract commencement date are indicative and subject to change following the pre-tender market engagement event.
A half day market engagement event relating to this contract is due to be held between 9.6.2016 – 17.6.2016. Specific details (i.e. date and venue details) will be confirmed and provided to interested organisations closer to the time. Please express your interest in attending this event by an e-mail to WELCPOD-procurement@nelcsu.nhs.uk by no later than 12:00 on 3.6.2016. Please include ‘EOI — Consultant Led Community Warfarin Service Pre-Tender Market Engagement Event’ as the subject of your e-mail.


Award value: 2000000