UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Due to a change in e-tendering system utilised by the Contracting Authority, this notice is being published to maintain the principles of the original process and enable providers, who have not already been successfully accredited and awarded a contract following the publication of the initial notice in August 2021 (FTS Ref: 2021/S 000-019083, https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019083-2021), to express an interest and submit an application.<br/><br/>Providers who already hold a contract relating to this service do not need to re-submit / re-apply.<br/><br/>This Procurement is being advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the “Regulations”) to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (also known as the “Light Touch Regime”).<br/><br/>The Procurement Process is described within the documentation published available via the e-tendering portal. Please refer to section II.2.4 of this notice for instructions of how to access the portal and relevant documentation.<br/><br/>The service covers care in Norfolk and Waveney and will be provided for children and young people (Service Users) who have been determined as having a Continuing Care need.<br/><br/>The provider will ensure that the services can be provided 365 days per year, 24 hours a day, in accordance with the service Specification and Service User's Care Plan.<br/><br/>Any contract awarded as a result of this process will be on a zero value, zero volume basis.

NHS Arden Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGSCU) on behalf of NHS England Health and Justice Children and Young People Central Team (the Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to manage a Clinical Network for the sites that NHS England commissions within the children and young people secure estate.<br/><br/>The ‘Managed Clinical Advisory Group’, will function as a specific child health group; a sub group of the main Health and Justice Clinical Reference Group.<br/><br/>Please note the deadline for ITT submissions is Midday on Friday 15th March 2024.<br/><br/>The contract length is 2 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. The estimated total value of this opportunity is £370,800.<br/><br/>The Service to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, (the "Regulations"). The Service is under Schedule 3 threshold. As such, the Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, or those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority will be using an e-Tendering system for this procurement exercise. To express an interest and access the questionnaire go to the ‘Live Opportunities’ list on the e-tendering portal at the following link: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/?SearchType=Projects and register your interest.<br/><br/>You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C248881 Managed Clinical Advisory Group in the Children & Young People Secure Estate

NHS Arden & GEM CSU seeks competitive offers for the supply, installation, support, and maintenance of Risk Stratification Algorithms within a Tool able to cover a population of 3.3 million patients.<br/><br/>The Risk Stratification Algorithms/Tool must meet the following key requirements:<br/>Have a proven evidence base and be rigorously tested using standardised statistical metrics and support repeatable results from the same data set.<br/>Be continually updated and supported to reflect changes in clinical practice and patient behaviour.<br/>The tool should have had experience of operating in the NHS and with associated NHS data flows or equivalent.<br/>Must be predicated on clinical evidence including a combination of prescription, diagnosis, and event data rather than purely historical financial spend in secondary care.<br/>Be able to utilise, as a minimum, acute, and primary care data records as a basis for its stratification<br/>Use multiple years of data to support a longitudinal record which can be updated on an automated basis by AGCSU.

NHS Arden & GEM CSU seeks competitive offers for a secure web-based solution is required to enable AGCSU to continue to provide a value for money and a streamlined referral management system and electronic patient database to our customers.<br/><br/>The system will be utilised across the IFR services, referral services and the Norfolk Medicines Support Service team. It will allow referral requests for High-Cost Drugs, Prior Approvals, Individual Funding Requests, Gender Dysphoria Hair Epilation and Children and Young People gender service to be received by the relevant services and processed accordingly, and the ability to be able to track and monitor all referrals. Referrals may be received from Primary Care, Secondary Care, and independent providers, and processed in line with local or national commissioning pathways on behalf of the services/geographies.<br/><br/>The system will be required to hold patient data, be searchable, have suitable access control, reporting functions and meet all necessary Information Governance requirements for such systems.