Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-03-02
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of South Staffordshire CCGs
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1368800 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula, NHS Cannock Chase and NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCGs wish to commission the delivery, coordination and operational management of a staying well pathway extended pilot.
This service will be offered on the basis of direct referral of patients with mild to moderate frailty registered with a participating practice the above CCGs. The aims and objectives of the staying well services extended pilot project is to deliver a safe and effective pathway and a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) based service which enables service users to avoid hospital admissions.
— enhance the patient pathway by effectively assessing, referring and managing patients within the most appropriate setting,
Clinics and facilities located in geographic area serviced by Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula, Stafford and Surrounds CCG.
The extended pilot will develop and mobilise services which are focused in the South of Staffordshire i.e. Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG and Stafford and Surrounds CCG areas.
The staying well pilot provides a pathway which starts with active case finding by GP's in Primary Care, referral to an elderly care facilitator holistic assessment in patient's homes and, if appropriate, referral to a staying well hub where the service will provide a range of clinical skills and access to acute and community services .and follow up. Partner agencies will have a clear memorandum of understanding taking ownership of the joint approach and putting the patients' care at the centre. The service will make use of the emergent integrated record as a tool.
The CCGs are proposing to award a new contract to an existing community services provider. The staying well service is a 24-month pilot, to allow the CCGs time to complete a comprehensive evaluation of the staying well approach across a number of different geographical areas and utilising different models.
The service model requires clinical skills, significant levels of integration and information sharing across the pathway that could not be established at pace by any other provider.
NHS Cannock Chase, NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG, and NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG are participating in a joint procurement of an extended staying well pilot.
The CCGs are therefore proposing to award a contract to the existing providers for a 24-month period.
(a) the nature of the service means that there a significant amount of short- and long-term evaluation over the period of the pilot which will establish effectiveness of the staying well project approach and enable in year changes as required. The baseline position of community provision and services varies by locality depending on the historic commissioned services and strength of the third sector in that area. The model requires sufficient long-term testing in each locality;
(b) the service model requires clinical skills, significant levels of integration and information sharing across the pathway that could not be established at pace by any other provider;
(c) staying well service will require an integrated approach, working with primary care networks, and acute providers providing input to the service;
(d) the cohort of patients being targeted are broadly those currently not accessing health services and therefore are at risk of unplanned hospital admissions due to exacerbation of current untreated frailty condition. The current community services provider has access to data on community provision for Staffordshire patients and can cross reference referrals received to ensure patients are the correct cohort who will benefit from this proactive approach and are not currently in receipt of existing services.
Following publication of the VEAT notice on 28.2.2020, there will be a 10 day standstill period, concluding on 11.3.2020. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, CCGs will enter into a contract with NHS Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust for 24 months with the option to extend by 3 months.


Winner: NHS Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
Award value: 1368800