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Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board seeks to commission a Sexual Assault and Abuse Therapy Service delivering high quality specialist counselling for children and young people and adults who reside Swindon and Wiltshire who have experienced historical or recent sexual abuse. The commissioner seeks an experienced provider who will deliver an innovative and effective service that will promote and protect the mental health of survivors of rape and/or sexual abuse that occurred at any time in their lives through the provision of therapeutic interventions that responds to complex trauma and diverse needs. The contract term will be 6 years, with a maximum budget of £219,000 per annum and a total contract value of £1,314,000. Commissioners reserve the right to add funding to the contract over its duration to accommodate service development measures or initiatives, up to an equivalent value of the original contract. For the avoidance of doubt, this would mean an annual contract value of, for example, £440k per annum and a consequent increase in the overall contract value. The new service will commence on the 3rd July 2023. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board seeks to commission a Community Mental Health Service for Children and Young People (CYP) within the Swindon locality that delivers a high quality community based support services that are strengths-based, personalised, and that empower CYP to stay well and avoid crisis. The ICB want to work with providers who are committed to innovation and creativity in delivering good health outcomes. The scope of this service is to bring together three elements of the mental health pathway under one contract to ensure that services are more streamlined, with increased accessibility, and the need to embed the iThrive model. The three elements as they stand are: • Targeted and Mental Health Support (TAMHS) • Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) • Online/digital counselling The initial contract term will be for 5 years, with an optional extension of any period up to 2 years. The maximum budget per annum is £2,252,650 and has a total contract value of £11,263,250. The new service will commence on the 1st October 2023. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board seeks to commission a Community Mental Health Service for Children and Young People (CYP) within the Swindon locality that delivers a high quality community based support services that are strengths-based, personalised, and that empower CYP to stay well and avoid crisis. The ICB want to work with providers who are committed to innovation and creativity in delivering good health outcomes. The scope of this service is to bring together three elements of the mental health pathway under one contract to ensure that services are more streamlined, with increased accessibility, and the need to embed the iThrive model. The three elements as they stand are: • Targeted and Mental Health Support (TAMHS) • Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) • Online/digital counselling The initial contract term will be for 5 years, with an optional extension of any period up to 2 years. The maximum budget per annum is £2,252,650 and has a total contract value of £11,263,250. The new service will commence on the 1st October 2023. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board ("BSW ICB"), Somerset Integrated Care Board ("SICB"), Bath and North East Somerset ("BaNES") Council, Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Council (the "Local Authorities") are responsible for commissioning Health and Care Services including Public Health Services within their localities. References below to the "Commissioners" are to BSW ICB, SICB and the Local Authorities collectively. This procurement is driven by the need to re-procure Community Services throughout all life stages. In line with the BSW Care Model, the life stages being procured are defined within two main groupings: • Starting Well o To provide children, young people, and families with support and care in the community, physical and emotional wellbeing, Community health and targeted support. • Living/Aging Well o Supporting self-care and prevention, proactive care and support, responding to urgent needs, rehabilitation and recovery from ill health and/or crisis. The Dying Well element explored as part of the Market Engagement covering Palliative and end of life care in all settings and bereavement support is included in the two main groupings. The procurement seeks to appoint a sole provider or consortium of providers with a nominated lead provider to provide a service which is innovative, meets patients' expectations and fits the needs of the BSW population now and throughout the contract period. Contracts will be for an initial term of 7 years with a possible extension of any period up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the Commissioner. Services are planned to commence from 01/04/2025. The scope and value of the contract with the Provider will be based on the initial financial envelope. As a minimum, the Provider will be responsible for the delivery of the core services that are defined within the Memorandum of Information within a budget of c. £138m (including VAT) per annum. There is a potential that the scope and value may change through the procurement process and during the contract term. The Commissioners are seeking services to be delivered innovatively in a way that meets the needs of the population now and throughout the contract period. As such, the Commissioners will expect the Provider to continuously engage with stakeholders and, in agreement with Commissioners, evolve the services ensuring they are fit for purpose and meets patients' needs. The services needs to work in an integrated manner offering seamless community-based care, particularly from a patient's viewpoint. Due to the complexity of the re-commissioning, and the complex nature of the community services being commissioned, the Commissioners are using a phased approach to secure the transformational change required. To enable this change and further integration of services, the Commissioners reserve the right to include the services defined as 'reserved services' within the Memorandum of Information within any contract without recourse to a further notice or procurement process. The combined total value of these reserve services is estimated to be c. £17m (including VAT) per annum. Any further investment in addition to the c. £138m (including VAT) per annum available for core services and the c.£17m (including VAT) per annum available for reserve services will be determined during the procurement process or the contract term alongside opportunities to improve value for money. As such, Commissioners have taken a view that over the life of the contract further investment and inflationary increase may be required which has been included in the total estimated value of the contract. This procurement is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit ("SCW") on behalf of BSW ICB and the three local authorities (Banes, Swindon and Wiltshire).

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board seeks to commission a High Intensity Use Service to people residing within the BSW geographical footprint. The service seeks to identify, engage, understand, and support people through a person-centered approach who repeatedly and often escalate a number of presentations to the emergency departments at Royal United Hospitals in Bath, Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire (and other acute and aligned resources) and are using healthcare more than, or differently than, expected for their specific needs. The service will proactively work with a rolling cohort of people, using a person-centered, 'what matters to me' conversation and "team around the person" approach to better deliver against the agreed needs of that individual. The key objectives are: • Identify those at greatest risk of ED attendance and non-elective admissions. • Proactively work with a rolling cohort of HIU people, really understanding what they need. • Provide a de-medicalised, non-judgemental, shame and trauma informed human support to resolve any underlying social and emotional need which led to hospital attendance. • To coordinate wellbeing and connect with other services, enrolling them to help to get to the desired end. • Reduce ED attendances and avoidable non-elective admissions. • Impact positively on reducing the high intensity use of healthcare. • Reduce ambulance conveyances as a by-product of reducing ED attendances. • Improve people's quality of life. • Provide high quality and personalised interventions. • Promote self-care and health and well-being of people (health coaching) • Minimise inappropriate use of resources. • Enable people to have a positive experience of the service. • Support people to flourish through sustaining job opportunities, reconnecting with families, improving well-being etc. The initial contract term will be for 2 years, with an optional extension of any period up to 1 year. The maximum budget is £1,080,000 over the 3 year term. The annual budget for 24/25 is £360,000. The new service will commence on the 1st July 2024. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ("BSW") Integrated Care Board ("the ICB") seeks to secure a provider who has the capacity and capability to deliver community eye care services for patients registered with a GP within the BSW footprint and in line with specified requirements. It is expected that the services will work collaboratively and have a harmonious and efficient relationship to provide a safe and co-ordinated eyecare pathway. The ICB seeks to work with providers who are committed to innovation and creativity in delivering good health outcomes. The scope of this tender covers 3 lots: Lot 1: Optometry Triage Referral Service Lot 2: Community Urgent Eyecare Triage Service Lot 3: Community Urgent Eyecare Clinical Management Service Lot 1: Optometry Triage Referral Service Working with the Referral Service, the Optometry Triage Referral Service will provide registered optometrists with relevant experience to enable the efficient assessment and triage of ophthalmological referrals to secondary care. Lot 2: Community Urgent Eyecare Triage Service The Triage Service will ensure people who have eye-related signs and/or symptoms that are perceived by those presenting to need prompt assistance with their concern. Via a single point of access the Triage service will provide remote/telephone triage directing patients with signs and symptoms of recent onset urgent ocular presentations to a telemedicine consultation or arrange for a face to face assessment and Clinical Management. Lot 3: Community Urgent Eyecare Clinical Management Service The Clinical Management Service is for those who have been referred via the Triage service. Patients will be assessed, agree a management plan which may include self-care, therapeutic recommendations, referrals and signposting. Through remote/telephone triage, telemedicine and a network of community-based providers/practitioners providing face to face appointments, patients will be able to gain prompt access to an eyecare consultation and, in most cases, a care plan for the patient to either self-manage their ocular condition (with access to appropriate OTC topical medications where appropriate from Pharmacy), with advice and guidance. Telemedicine will reduce the burden on patients visiting GP surgeries, pharmacies, high street opticians and secondary care facilities physically. The use of telemedicine will mean many people can receive an eyecare consultation from their home. When telemedicine is an inappropriate mode of service delivery, patients will be signposted to a face to face appointment with a community-based practitioner or signposted to hospital ophthalmology services or A&E in the first instance. TUPE is likely to be applicable, further details can be found in the procurement documentation. The contract term for both lots will be for 3 years with an optional extension of any period up to 2 years. The maximum contract values per lot are: Lot 1: Optometry Triage Referral Service - £85,000 per annum, giving a contract value of £255,000 for the initial 3 year period and £425,000 if the full extension period of 2 Year is adopted. Lot 2: Community Urgent Eyecare Triage Service - £195,000pa giving a contract value of £585,000 for the initial 3 year period and £975,000 if the full extension period of 2 Year is adopted. Lot 3: Community Urgent Eyecare Clinical Management Service - £176,000pa giving a contract value of £528,000 for the initial 3 year period and £880,000 if the full extension period of 2 Year is adopted. The total combined value across all lots is £1,368,000 for the initial 3 year period and £2,280,000 if the full extension period of 2 Year is adopted. The new service will commence on the 1st October 2024. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board ("BSW") are seeking to commission suitably qualified providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver Community Mental Health Services in line with specified requirements across the BSW footprint. The service will be procured as three lots. Suppliers are invited to bid for one or more of the following: Lot 1: Crisis Houses Lot 2: Intensive Outreach Lot 3: Primary Mental Health Service Commissioners are seeking services to be delivered innovatively in a way that meets the populations needs over the life of the contract period. As such, the Commissioners expect the Provider(s) to work with them and key stakeholders to develop the service to continually deliver seamless community based care to meet the needs of the growing population. Commissioners reserve the right to add funding to the contract over its duration to accommodate service development measures or initiatives, up to an equivalent value of the original contract. For the avoidance of doubt, this would mean an annual contract value of, for example, £440k per annum and a consequent increase in the overall contract value. The contract durations are for 3 years plus an option to extend of any period of up to a further 2 years, with service commencement on the 1st April 2025 for all lots. It is expected that TUPE will apply to all lots and information is available on request. Further details are provided within the tender documentation. The contract value for all lots is £5,035,975 per annum giving a total value of £15,107,925 over the initial 3 year term and £25,179,875 if the full extension is adopted. All values provided are inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board are seeking commissioner a digitalised end to end patient management system to support the referrals, assessment, approval, contracting, payment and case management of NHS funded care packages. Information is required to seamlessly flow between processes by connecting the entire lifecycle into one platform and through an enforced digital workflow. The system needs to facilitate the services to deliver enhanced transformation and is expected to become the primary source of record keeping for all aspects connected with individuals receiving NHS funding. The ICB manages an active caseload of around 3,000 individuals across AACC, FNC, ABI, Personal Health Budgets, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities. The caseload includes both adults and children and fully funded and joint packages of care. It is clear with this caseload, and the inherent complexities associated with the services, that an efficient and effective digital system is essential. One of the key requirements for a new system will be the need for it to be sufficiently flexible to support a wide range of services outside the traditional CHC / Funded Nursing Care (FNC) / Fast Track (FT) / Continuing Care (CC) agenda. Service wide transformation will be implemented across all areas including clinical, business, performance, finance and contracting and commissioning, as well as other clinical pathways for example Acquired Brain Injury, Mental Health, and Specialist Placements. Enabling better integration between systems across Health and Social Care is also critical. These services cover and links many elements of the health and social care system. Therefore, interoperability is of paramount importance, allowing for the ICB and wider Health and Social Care teams to share and view records. This will support improved accessibility and visibility of data which in turn will enable more efficient and streamlined workflows for all teams and a better person experience. The contract term will be for 3 years with an optional extension of any period up to 2 years. The contract value is £250,000 per annum giving a maximum contract value of £750,000 for the initial contract period and £1,250,000 if the full extension period is adopted. It is expected that the system will be live from 1st April 2025. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Supply of Enteral Feeds, Ancillaries including provision of Pumps and a Home Delivery service for for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.<br/><br/>This procurement is being managed by the Peninsula Purchasing & Supply Alliance on behalf of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board acting for itself and the following organisations:<br/>• Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<br/>• Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust<br/>• Wiltshire Health and Care LLP<br/>• Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care board (ICB) is seeking to secure a Prime Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Postvention Bereavement Services to residents or people who are registered with a GP, within the boundaries of Swindon and Wiltshire. A core feature of service provision will be the continuous involvement of people with lived experience to inform and influence ongoing transformation and development. This will be achieved through not only formal opportunities but also through comprehensive analysis of data and outcomes related to people seen within the services. Access Information will be gathered by the service provider and uploaded into the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS). This will, as a minimum, allow number of contacts (at patient level) to be measured. Through joint work with partners and using outputs from the MHSDS, the provider will demonstrate how their service offer has provided timely access to the service and, where relevant, timely transfer to other partners. This will include: waiting time to first contact, waiting time to first intervention and waiting time for any onward intervention required. They will monitor this quarterly in conjunction with commissioners or more frequently if required. At first contact, staff will be expected to conduct a support conversation with the individual. This support conversation will establish individual goals and anticipated outcomes that the person will be supported to work towards. This will be recorded on the agreed patient record in order that the information follows the person and they only have to tell their story once. TUPE is likely to apply. The contract term will be for 3 years with an optional extension of any period up to 1 year. The contract value is £61,600.00 per annum giving a contract value of £184,800.00 for the initial contract period and £246,400.00 if the full extension period is adopted. The new service will commence on the 1st November 2025. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is seeking to secure a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Individual Placement and Support in line with the specified requirements. The service will provide intensive, individual support aiming to help people with a Severe Mental illness (SMI) to gain and retain paid competitive employment with the implementation of the evidenced based IPS employment approach. The service will be for people aged 18+ with an SMI open to secondary mental health care and also Primary Care. The geography covered is Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. The contract will be for an initial 3 year term with 2 optional extensions of any period of 1 year per extension with service commencement on the 1st April 2026. It is expected that TUPE will apply and information is available on request. Further details are provided within the tender documentation. The contract value is £1,186,995 per annum giving a total value of £3,560,985 over the initial 3 year term, £4,747,980 if the first extension is adopted, and £5,934,975 if all extensions are adopted. All values provided are inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT. There will be no additional investment. The procurement and awarded contract will operate with a view to review the sufficiency of the contract value against service demand, efficiency and effectiveness, and on an annual basis upon receipt of confirmed budgetary allocations, consider adjustments through formal business case submission route should be explored. Any initiation of exploration will be at the commissioner's discretion. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) are seeking to secure a Prime Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TR) for the South East and South West Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), in line with the specified requirements. The Commissioners confirm that whilst they are seeking a Prime Provider, they welcome partnerships, consortiums and/or sub-contractual models, which is at Bidders' discretion. As laid out in the tender documentation, this is a two-lot competitive process under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 (PSR) regulations. The two lead ICBs and lots are: Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) for Lot 1 - South West Integrated Care Boards Hosting (and contract holding) on behalf of the following South West ICBs: • Cornwall and Isles of Scilly • Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) • Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) • Dorset • Devon • Gloucestershire • Somerset And Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (HIOW) for Lot 2 - South East Integrated Care Boards Hosting (and contract holding) on behalf of the following South East ICBs: • Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) • Frimley Health and Care • Kent and Medway • Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (HIOW) • Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership • Sussex Health and Care Partnership The geography covered is that of the above South East and South West Integrated Care Boards named. Services are scheduled to commence on 1st April 2026. The Contract(s), one for each lot, will be for an initial term of 3 (three) years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 2 (two) years, as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioners. The detailed breakdown of the requirements can be found within the service specification, which is part of the tender documentation. Provided below is a high-level overview of the requirements to be delivered for all 13 ICBs (listed above), within the South East and South West for each lot. The successful provider(s) will need: • To recruit, train and support the Experts by Experience and Clinical Reviewers. • To book Expert by Experiences and Clinical Reviews for CETR's. TUPE elements are likely to apply (for all specified lots). The TUPE information will be confirmed during the formal invitation to tender (ITT) period to all interested parties. Total combined maximum contract value, across the full potential term of 5 (five) years including any optional extension years is £2,392,536, for both lots combined. A break down of each lots budget can be found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. Given the current landscape of the NHS and planned consolidation of Integrated Care Boards, interested parties should be aware that the 13 listed ICBs above will reduce in line with the proposed footprints. These changes will be reflected during the contract term, to further support alignment and collaboration across neighbouring systems. A F01: Prior Information Notice (prior information only) was published back on 30th October 2024, looking for expressions of interest from interested parties from the marketplace. Details of that engagement can be found here - 2024/S 000-035227. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking to secure a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver an NHS Outreach Health Checks service, in line with the specified requirements. The service will deliver NHS Health Checks to eligible adults aged 40-74 years who have no previously diagnosed cardiovascular disease and who are registered with a GP and/or reside within BSW footprint. The outreach model will focus on improving uptake among individuals and communities who experience barriers to accessing Health and Care services, with particular focus on residents living in areas of higher deprivation (Core20) and locally identified PLUS groups. Delivery is expected to take place in accessible community settings and at flexible times, including evenings and weekends, to maximise engagement and reduce inequalities in cardiovascular risk detection. The contract term will be for 12 months with a contract value of £120,000 inc VAT. If appropriate to do and subject to ICB Governance, the Commissioners reserve the right to add funding to the contract over its duration to accommodate additional activity. For the avoidance of doubt, this would mean up to a further £120,000 may be added to the contract value during the contract term. The new service will commence on the 1st August 2026. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.