Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2017-05-11
Buyer: NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Merseyside
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33126000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2017-05-19

Technical requirements: Request for Information — Pilot for The Provision of a Stoma Appliance Management Service on behalf of NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group.
This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) Call for Competition issued in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations and is issued to give notice to the market that NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) intends to issue invitations to confirm interest of suitably qualified and experienced dispensing contractors to provide a pilot for a Stoma Appliance Management Service. The pilot will include a centralised support service that will be responsible for all aspects of Stoma Appliance prescribing needs, overseen by specialist Nurse Clinicians who have an in depth understanding of Stoma Care as well as being qualified to authorise prescriptions. The pilot aims to improve patient care whilst reducing prescribing spend.
This notice is a call for competition issued in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations. Interested Providers must Express an Interest via EU-Supply to inform the contracting authority of their interest in the pilot.
The pilot will be awarded without publication of a further call for competition. Procurement documents will be made available to interested operators. Providers wishing to express an interest in participating in this process should register their interest on the EU Supply Website to access the supporting documentation. Those interested parties who have registered their interest at this future date, will only be invited to participate in a future tender evaluation. To register on EU Supply please log on to the following website: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com and look for tender reference number 27637. The RFI documentation should be completed and submitted by 17:00 on 19.5.2017.
The proposal is to seek expressions of interest from Dispensing Contractors to run a pilot service with a zero value contract, thus no upfront investment by the CCG would be required. Dispensing Contractors can claim an appliance use review (AUR) fee from NHS England of  28 GBP per patient per year, or  54 GBP if conducted in the patient's home (to a maximum of 1 per 35 appliances dispensed). No other income will be generated from the service other than payment for normal service activity associated with dispensing appliances.
Further information and access to the request for information questionnaire please register on EU Supply please log on to the following website: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com and look for tender reference number 27637. The RFI documentation should be completed and submitted by 17:00 on 19.5.2017.
For support registering on EU Supply and downloading the documentation please contact the e-Tendering help desk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com. The CCG is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this exercise. The procurement of any services by the CCG in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any responses provided will not be treated as commercially confidential and may be used by the CCG in the final Service Specification used for the contract but no organisation will be individually identified. For information this opportunity has also been advertised on Contract Finder.