Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-22
Buyer: Nottingham West Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Nottingham
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75122000 | 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 1200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Nottingham North and East, Nottingham West and Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Groups are inviting potential providers of Community Pain Service and Integrated Dietetics Outpatients Services to submit a tender in response to this contract notice.
The Community Pain Service is required to meet and deliver high quality care to patients in a variety of appropriate community settings. The service will provide a multi-disciplinary interface service between primary care, other community services and secondary care.
Pain management services may be located in the community, specialist care hospitals or in specialised pain management units, and need to work seamlessly as if in a single unit in order to provide an integrated management plan with the patient.
— Support and empower patients and their nominated carers to take responsibility for managing their condition;
— Provide a biopsychosocial approach to the management of pain, in line with NICE guidance, which utilises evidence based interventions including education, physical and psychological therapies, and pharmacological through a single point of access;
— Support other providers of pain management care including GPs, community pharmacists and providers of mental health and other equivalent support services through education and advice;
— Optimising the proportion of patients able to manage pain without the need for surgical intervention, making sure all patients have completed their agreed management pathway before onward referral is considered;
— Ensuring patients are reviewed holistically on entering the service to ensure treatment plans remain valid and that they are evidence based;
— Provide a biopsychosocial approach to the management of pain, in line with NICE guidance, which utilises evidence based interventions including education, physical and psychological therapies, and pharmacological through a single point of access.
The Administrative element of the service is already in place for Nottingham West CCG. The provider must work with the incumbent provider of this administrative function in Nottingham West to ensure the 2 component parts of the Community Service work seamlessly.
— Maintain an activity database, including analysis of patient satisfaction and patient outcome questionnaires.
The contract will have an optional extension period of 2 years. The CCGs retain the right not to use this extension period following the end of the primary contract term,
Providers are expected to obtain their own premises suitable for the delivery of services. CCGs do have NHS estate in the CCG localities, and the preference would be to use existing CCG estates. We would be happy to share relevant contact details of the property services providers. Any licences will be between the incoming provider and property services, and the cost will be with the provider.
Please note — Lot 2 is for the provision of Community Pain Services for Nottingham North and East and Rushcliffe CCGs, but is inclusive of CFS for Nottingham North and East, Nottingham West and Rushcliffe CCGs.
The service is required to meet and deliver high quality care to patients in a variety of appropriate community settings. The service will provide a multi-disciplinary interface service between primary care, other community services and secondary care.


Award value: 1200000