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The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (the “ICB”) and East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (the “Trust”) are seeking Microbiology and Virology Services for GP Direct Access work and non-urgent tests for the Trust (the “Contract”).<br/><br/>The Contract is to replace an existing contract that is being terminated and will run until a procurement is completed to establish a full Pathology Network Service across the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System area.

Hertsmere residents have access to routine and same-day GP appointments, extended access appointments, and out-of-hours services. However, Hertsmere lacks its own Accident & Emergency (A&E) facility, necessitating residents to rely on lengthy private or public transportation journeys to neighbouring areas to access urgent care - a considerable undertaking, considering Hertsmere is home to some of HWE most deprived communities. Low acuity A&E activity from Hertsmere could increase by approximately 27% over the next 2-3 years additionally same day primary care appointments account for between 45% and 56% of all Hertsmere’s primary care activity, with this activity set to increase over the next 5 years. To address this expected surge in demand and bring urgent care closer to Hertsmere residents, it is proposed to establish an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) led minor illness service within Hertsmere. The ANP minor illness service will operate from one Borehamwood based GP surgery and one surgery in Potters Bar PCN. The service will provide capacity to see a total of 60 appointments (44 appointments in Borehamwood location and 16 appointments in Potters Bar location) a day across both sites (excluding weekends, public and bank holidays) – totalling 15,120 appointments annually. The intention is to offer a 12 month contract with the option to extend by a further 12 months. The contract value split over the two sites is £400,00 in year one and £400,000 if the extension is mutually agreed.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of Hertfordshire and West Essex (ICB) (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide a Special Allocation Scheme Service in the following areas:<br/><br/>East and North Hertfordshire<br/>West Essex<br/>South and West Essex<br/><br/>The service commencement date is 1st April 2024.<br/><br/>All interested providers are invited to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire. Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM on 30th August 2023.

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB intend to run a competitive process (with multi-provider award) under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) to establish an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract. <br/><br/>This contract covers the provision of domiciliary home care for adults eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare and is applicable to local Providers with a CQC-registered service location within 3 miles of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB.<br/><br/>This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is not a call for competition.<br/><br/>Applications are expected to open 17 November 2025 and service commencement from 1 April 2026. <br/><br/>Timelines are indicative and may be subject to change.

**Market Engagement Event**<br/><br/>NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGEM CSU) on behalf of NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB wish to inform the market of a Market Engagement event to engage with providers regarding the up-coming process for Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) in East & North Hertfordshire.

PIN NOTICE This is an opportunity notice (Prior Information Notice (PIN)) to communicate that NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS HWE ICB) invites all suitable providers to attend a Market Engagement Event for the establishment of an Enhanced Health in Care Homes service. The purpose of this combined Prior Information Notice (PIN) is: 1. to invite interested providers to an MS Teams online market engagement in order to gain more information for a proposed procurement for Enhanced Health in Care Homes 2. to sight interested providers on a Request for Information (RFI) document to be completed before the above event (which is voluntary and is mutually exclusive to the provider event above, but completion will support commissioner approach) The deadline for the submission of the RFI is 12 Noon 4th March 2024 For the removal of doubt this PIN is not a call for competition.

Prior Information Notice (PIN) The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market that the Authority has made the decision that working with a collaboration of existing local providers, will be the best solution to provide an affordable, sustainable, and fully Integrated service model in Hertfordshire and West Essex. The Authority and its incumbents will work collaboratively to ensure delivery of the Integrated Urgent Assessment and Treatment Centre Service objectives, standards, and outcomes. Possible provider stakeholders could be, but are not limited to: • Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust • Primary medical care – GP practices and Primary Care Networks, GP Provider Companies/Federations • Herts Urgent Care (HUC) • Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust (EPUT) • Hertfordshire Community Trust (HCT) • East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) • Essex County Council, Hertfordshire County Council, District Councils • Voluntary sector This arrangement will be contracted via either an Alliance Contract or a Lead Provider arrangement, and by working collectively the providers will achieve better patient outcomes for Hertfordshire and West Essex and will help to facilitate a more integrated, resilient healthcare system. The contracting model will be agreed as part of the due diligence process. The Contract to be entered into by the Authority and the partnership of providers will be the NHS Standard Contract 2023/24, and subsequent revisions thereof. In addition to the NHS Standard Service Contract the providers will be required to agree and sign a Collaborative Agreement with each other and the Authority. The Contract is intended to run for 5 + 2 years commencing on the 01.11.2023. In accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the services covered by the arrangement may change and expand as the partnerships develop through a Collaborative Contract. To participate in discussions regarding fulfilling the role of Integrated Urgent Assessment and Treatment Centre Service provider, a provider must: (i) be willing to work with a group of providers as outlined above (PAH and primary care as a minimum) (ii) (ii) have previous experience of multi-disciplinary integrated care service delivery, (iii) (iii) a willingness to sign up to appropriate system wide outcomes, (iv) (iv) have a good understanding of the local system and operating environment, and (v) have the necessary financial capabilities to hold and manage the scale of risk of overspend for the contract and be willing to participate as a part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) through taking a degree of income risk share and signing up to an Alliance Agreement with all other key provider stakeholders in the system. The Authority is inviting interested providers who are willing to make the commitment to collaboration in an alliance way of working, and who believe they have the necessary capabilities and experience set out above to respond to the Request for Information (RFI). This process is being conducted via the Bravo E-Procurement Portal at https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html Click on ‘Register’ and follow the on-screen instructions. This PIN is not commencing a competitive process but does not exclude new entrants to the collaborative either via partnering or subcontracting arrangements or the possibility of future procurement. The Authority will conduct a process that complies with the principles of transparency and equal treatment however the Authority is not required (and does not intend) to run the process in accordance with one of the specified procedures in the Regulations (e.g., Restricted, Open etc.). The Authority is, therefore, utilising the flexibilities available to them under the "light touch regime" in conducting this process. The Authority is not liable for any costs incurred by those responding to the PIN or relating RFI.

Market engagement for Primary Medical Services for Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board - The Limes GP Services & Sollershot Surgery GP Services The purpose of this combined Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to invite interested providers in regards to two entirely separate contract opportunities listed below*. There will be a single market engagement and procurement training webinar and Request for Information (RFI) process to cover both opportunities. The deadline for the submission of the RFI is 12 Noon 30th March 2023. The primary care medical services stated below* will be selected, as appropriate, which may be through a full competitive procurement, as separate services and contracts. The separate services which are subject to this PIN, RFI and market engagement combined with procurement training are: *The Limes GP Services - This is an APMS contract which is due to end on 31st January 2024. *Sollershot Surgery GP Services - This is an APMS contract due to expire on 31st December 2023. Spring House: A PIN has already been issued for Spring House alongside relevant market engagement. Providers who are interested in bidding for GP Services at Spring House can attend the market engagement event associated with The Limes and Sollershott Surgery IF they require any procurement training. This procurement training will be delivered after the market engagement presentation for The Limes and Sollershott Surgery, in the same session. For the removal of doubt the market engagement element is associated with The Limes Surgery and Sollershott Surgery and not for Spring House GP Services and therefore no RFI’s are invited for Spring House GP services. Market engagement is being conducted in two ways: (i) interested providers are being asked to complete and return a response to the RFI questionnaire which sets out a number of key questions that commissioners are considering to support the design of the model, and to inform a selection process which may include a possible procurement approach; and (ii) (ii) inviting interested providers to attend a market engagement and procurement training event via Microsoft Teams Webinar on Friday 21st March 2023 between 12pm to 2pm Interested providers can find further information, and information on how to register their interest in attending the market engagement event by completing and sending the booking form that is in the Attain Bravo e-Procurement Portal at: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk Timetable • Publication of advert and release of RFI - 2nd March 2023 • Deadline for return of booking form for market engagement presentation and procurement training webinar - 12 Noon 17th March 2023 • Market engagement presentation and procurement training webinar - 12 Noon 21st March 12pm • Deadline of return of the RFI - 30th March 2023 Please note that this is a combined PIN; market engagement and procurement training webinar and RFI for two entirely separate GP service contracts and will be contracted for separately. This means that will be two separate selection processes which may involve two separate procurement processes for each GP Service contract of The Limes GP Services and Sollershot Surgery GP Services. This is in addition to the Spring House GP service contract to which market engagement has already commenced and to which there will be a separate contract and confirmed tender process for this service.

The purpose of this PIN is to invite interested providers, who are willing to make the commitment to collaboration in an alliance way of working, and who believe they have the necessary skills and experience to deliver the requirements set out to respond to a Request for Information. Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB has a vision to deliver a truly integrated community gynaecology service working collaboratively across Acute, Community and Primary Care to provide specialist assessment and treatment for gynaecological conditions delivered in community settings closer to patients’ homes to improve the quality of care delivered for patients with gynaecological conditions in South and West Hertfordshire (SWH). The SWH vision is for the Enhanced Community Gynaecology Service (ECGS) to be the default preference for patients requiring specialist assessment and treatment for gynaecological conditions within the South and West Hertfordshire area. The service will provide an integrated model for gynaecology which will include out-patients, fast access to a range of diagnostic and out-patient procedure activity currently undertaken in existing community and secondary care Gynaecology services. In addition to specialist assessment, treatment and non-complex procedures the service will act as a mechanism to ensure appropriate onward referral into secondary care in-patient elective care. The provider will be expected to have in place close working relationships with the Acute Services to operate direct listing with the ICB’s main providers of Secondary Care. Further information on the service to be provided is in the attached draft Service Specification for the Enhanced Community Gynaecology Service which can be found within the Suppliers attachments area of the Bravo e-procurement portal. To this end, the ICB has been working in partnership with its key provider stakeholders (the incumbent providers) to bring the three pathways across Acute, Community and Primary Care together into an integrated multi-disciplinary model which meets that vision and improves the quality of care for the patient population of South and West Hertfordshire. Through these discussions with current incumbent stakeholders, HWE ICB believes it has identified the providers most capable and uniquely placed of leading and delivering the Enhanced Community Gynaecology Service. Those key provider stakeholders are: The Gynaecology Partnership Ltd, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals, Royal Free London Hospitals, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT and GPs within South and West Hertfordshire.

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) intends to develop an Integrated MSK Service for the South & West place area. The proposal is to commission a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver an Integrated MSK Service which will work as a key partner within the South & West Hertfordshire system. The Authority is seeking to provide further information to the market in relation to the service that is required prior to launching a procurement process during 2023.

This is a Prior Information Notice for information only, to communicate that the above named NHS Commissioning Integrated Care Boards (herein “the Authority”) invites interested providers to attend a virtual market engagement event for the East of England Region Home Oxygen Service contract opportunity, which will be broadcast via Microsoft (MS) Teams on Monday 18th September 2023.

Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB has an ambitious strategy to redesign adult respiratory services. The new service will provide a truly integrated respiratory team capable of delivering "joined up care at the right time in the optimal setting" as set out in the NHS Long-Term plan. The aim is to develop an integrated care model for respiratory which is focused on delivering integrated pathways and transitioning the system away from individual organisational models of care. The new service will incorporate a multidisciplinary approach (including Primary, Community and Secondary Care) to enhance the care of patients with respiratory disease. The delivery model will focus on prevention, identification and early intervention and on-going management of respiratory conditions, , which for the South and West Hertfordshire population will aim to: • Reduce their risk of developing respiratory disease • Ensure equitable access to early and accurate diagnosis of respiratory diseases, with early intervention to improve quality of life and slow disease progression. • Provide high quality, consistent and integrated care for those living with respiratory diseases, with treatments and support provided in the most appropriate setting. The service will also deliver a service for patients who have been diagnosed with post-Covid syndrome. The Adult Integrated Respiratory Service will be required to fully integrate with existing commissioned services e.g. Rapid Response, Respiratory Virtual Ward, to ensure that patients are managed on the most appropriate treatment pathway and that they experience a seamless transition of care.

Local award to an East and North Hertfordshire (ENH) Primary Medical Care Services Provider via the Most Suitable Provider process. Primary Care led, in collaboration with local system partners, to deliver an integrated Enhanced Health service in all care homes (residential and nursing), as registered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), supported by East and North Practices, and which are covered under the PCN DES/DES plus. Inclusive of non-weight bearing and Discharge to Assess beds (DTA) as well as Learning disability adult care homes. Exclusive of short stay respite services, neurological services, and flexi care schemes.

Market Information - Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board formerly NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group. NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of the Commissioner, Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) would like to notify Providers of the intention to publish the tender for these services in November 2022. The key objectives of the Procurement are to establish a contract with a patient transport Provider who can provide a high quality, cost effective service, efficient, and reliable transport service for patients. It is also the expectation that the service is comprehensive and resilient, and the provider will work as a partner within the local health system, adapt to the evolving landscape, and be able to respond to the system challenges. The scope of NEPTS will include patients travelling to and from renal dialysis, patient journeys within the ICB, high dependency unit, and 'out of area' journeys from the ICB to other regions out of area including London acute trusts. The Commissioners intend to procure the NEPTS under a single contract to cover the requirements of the entire region of Hertfordshire and West Essex. Please note that this is subject to change pending Authority Approval. This follows the publishing of Notice reference: Notice references: 2021/S 000-023933 and 2022/S 000-009235