UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations that have the necessary capability and capacity to provide a Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool in Gloucestershire. The 'supporting general practice' letter of 9 November 2020 referenced support for flexible pools to aid the process of recruiting and deploying GPs initially as part of the response to COVID-19 mass vaccinations. To support this aim, funding from NHSE&I was made available to each integrated care system (ICS). The Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool will:  Include a Digital platform that assists, encourages and enables professionals to work flexibly, efficiently and collaboratively and can be rolled out immediately, including the ability to extend usage to other AHP's in future.  Directly address pertinent workforce challenges e.g. GP retention and attracting out-of-area Locum GPs.  Provide support and mentoring through the establishment of a GP Chambers. The GP chambers would provide peer and educational support for locums, as outlined in the guidance attached to the funding. The awarded provider will be expected to provide a service to all of Gloucestershire's 71 practices, across 15 PCN's. Should the number of Gloucestershire practices increase during this period, the awarded provider will be expected to include them in usage of their service at no additional costs. The Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool solution for Gloucestershire must:  Demonstrate tangible benefits to GP Locums*, practices, and patients within Gloucestershire  Address existing workforce challenges faced by practices within in the county e.g. GP availability for vacant sessions, GP Locum support, Practice administration and costs;  Provide a 'ready-made/to go' digital solution that assists, encourages and enables GP Locums* to work with flexibility, efficiency and ease;  Deliver an overarching solution that encourages local GP Locums* to stay in county to work and encourages out of county GP Locums* to work within Gloucestershire;  Support practices and Primary Care Networks in optimising vacant GP* session fill for the overall benefit of local patients and their families;  Support practices in geographies that find it difficult to recruit GP Locums* to optimise booking into vacant sessions  Provide a solution that is flexible to adapt to future requirements and a changing primary care landscape. The total costs of the service must come to no more than £125,000 excl of VAT over the contract duration. Organisations interested in providing this service should register on the In-Tend e-procurement portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/gloucestershireccg) and express interest no later than 5pm, Friday 21 January 2022. Completed ITT submissions must be returned via the In-Tend portal no later than noon, Friday 28 January 2022.

Provision of a Virtual Ward in Gloucestershire procured via a further competition against the Crown Commercial Services Spark Dynamic Purchasing System. Contract awarded for an initial period of 12-months with an option to extend for an additional 12-month period. Contract value stated on this contract award notice is for total 24-month period.

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (GICB) seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations that have the necessary capability and capacity to provide short-term additional Autism Assessment capacity for Children and Young People to support the autism pathway in Gloucestershire. There is a national drive from NHS England to improve the timeliness of an autism diagnosis for children and young people and ensure that areas are focussing on pre and post diagnosis support. These areas will be the focus of any future Joint Ofsted/CQC SEND Inspection. The outcomes for children and young people from a robust autism pathway include:  reduced likelihood of mental health crisis  reduced admissions to Tier 4  reduced use of residential care  reduced school exclusions, and  Improved transition to becoming a healthy adult. There has been an increase in the number of children and young people waiting for an Autism assessment. The NHS providers do not currently have the capacity to see all these children and young people in a timely manner and there are now a significant number of children and young people in Gloucestershire on the waiting lists for an autism assessment and diagnosis. The service required from the successful bidder is to provide additional capacity within Gloucestershire to reduce these waiting lists and ensure children and young people received quality autism assessments in a timely manner. Please note: this contract is specific to the delivery of autism assessments and does not include ADHD assessments. Aims and Objectives of the Service The successful provider will work in partnership with the NHS in Gloucestershire to deliver autism assessments for the children identified by clinicians within Gloucestershire Health and Care Services NHS Foundation Trust. The service will support the NHS teams in Gloucestershire to reduce the current waiting lists and ensure children and young people receive quality autism assessments in a reasonable timescale. NHS Gloucestershire ICB is seeking to enter into a contract with the preferred bidder for an initial period of 18-months, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period, to commence on 1 March 2024. NHS Gloucestershire ICB expects that the service provided will represent value for money. The successful bidder will receive a contract value of £239,687 for the initial 18-month contract period. Bidders unable to provide the service within the cost envelope detailed above will be excluded from this procurement. Organisations interested in providing this service should register on the In-Tend e-procurement portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/gloucestershireccg) and express interest no later than 5pm, Thursday 9 November 2023. Associated Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation will then be made available for bidding organisations to access. Completed ITT submissions must be returned via the In-Tend portal no later than noon, Friday 17 November 2023.

The Contract Authority: NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract under direct Award Process A. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime. A 12-month contract for all age Acute NHS services from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Lifetime value: £485,500,763

The Contract Authority: NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract under direct Award Process A. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime. A 12-month contract for all age core NHS community services from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Lifetime value: £251,589,732