Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-02-13
Buyer: Arden & GEM CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 33193120 | 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of the Derbyshire CCGs including NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG (who is leading this process), NHS Hardwick CCG, NHS Erewash CCG and NHS North Derbyshire CCG are inviting Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified providers capable of delivering a comprehensive Wheelchair Service for adults and children across Derbyshire.
The service will be required to provide service users with timely assessment based upon their identified need and develop individualised action plans that are outcome focused, and reflective of the service user’s identified health and wellbeing. Plans must meet the particular changing development needs of children and individuals with rapidly deteriorating conditions.
The service will assess children, young people and adults and provide wheelchair and all associated equipment as appropriate based on broad categories of need; examples of which are set out below:
­ Highly complex postural or seating requirements (e.g. for high levels of physical disability) and/or are at greatest risk to their health and well being.
­ Have complex and/or fluctuating medical conditions and multiple disabilities, which may include physical, cognitive, sensory and learning aspects.
— To ensure a safe, effective, individualised and timely service that meets the needs of service users (and their parents/carers and families as appropriate) in the assessment, provision, maintenance and repair of high quality wheelchairs and associated equipment; and,
— To maximise health and wellbeing by increasing choice and control of wheelchair users to improve quality of life through increasing independence and opportunities to contribute and participate in society.
The Derbyshire CCGs invite interest from providers who wish to express interest for individual or all of the following elements of a wheelchair service:
The scope and structure of these services may be further developed following this market and stakeholder engagement and currently anticipated requirements may change as a result of this on-going activity.
Please note that this expression of interest has been designed to allow the market visibility of the proposed opportunity and support early engagement and networking between providers looking to sub-contract or form partnerships with other providers.
1) Support the CCGs informed decision making on the potential options on the future commissioning of these services;
3) To gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity across Derbyshire to deliver the services illustrated above.
This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the CCG to carry out a procurement process. Current Wheelchair services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements.
Bidders who have expressed an interest in this market testing exercise will have the opportunity to submit a separate response to the Contract Notice as applicable.
If you wish to express an interest please register on the Bravo Portal https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk