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NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) is requesting market feedback to inform the upcoming procurement of an integrated Wheelchair Service for Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering The Wheelchair Service will ensure that users registered with a GP within Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering who have a long-term illness or disability, have a better quality of life and are able to maximise their mobility through the provision of a wheelchair and specialist seating which meets their clinical needs.

The Psychological Therapies and Wellbeing Alliance (PTWA) is an innovative collaborative contracting arrangement that aims to: 1. Co-ordinate the provision of Psychological Therapies and Wellbeing services across all City and Hackney providers. 2. To provide patients with an integrated point of access and to ensure that resources and patient flows are balanced between services to avoid the build-up of long waiting lists. 3. To ensure that the full range of needs are met, closing gaps in service provision. The PTWA board co-ordinates and integrates service provision between providers in the psychological therapies' pathway through a structure of shared performance and contractual framework, shared targets, aims and through sharing expertise, best practice, training and development. One of the providers is appointed as a fund holder who receives the funds from the ICB and pay the funds to the other providers. The Alliance itself is underpinned by an alliance agreement that is signed by all of the providers and the ICB. This enshrines the role of a PTWA board where the providers and the ICB are jointly and severally responsible for key decisions about the delivery of services and allocation of the available funds. The PTWA is open to the admission of new members. This PIN is to publicise to any organisations that is interested in joining the alliance; that they can apply to join the alliance by responding to this notice. Any applicant will be asked to prove they meet the essential criteria as a condition of admission as an alliance member. Once admitted as a new alliance member the organisation can take part in the discussions with the alliance board and be able to propose services that can improve the delivery of the PTWA in City and Hackney. Essential criteria from entry of new members in the PTWA: Organisations considering to be part of the PTWA must meet the following ESSENTIAL criteria at of their application: • Essential/pass criteria 1: The applicant must be an established provider of services (at least 18 months of locally provided services) which are integral to the psychological therapies' pathway, common mental health problems or severe mental illness. • Essential/pass criteria 2: All psychological therapists providing any Psychological Therapy service, are fully accredited with the relevant national professional body and outcomes and activity are reported on to the Alliance as relevant and appropriate • Essential/pass criteria 3: The applicant must receive a minimum of £100K of annual recurrent statutory funding annually (ICB or local authority funding) for the provision of services to City and Hackney residents. • Essential/pass criteria 4: The applicant must be able to pass due diligence check of necessary policies, procedures and accounts required before an NHS Standard Contract can be awarded. This includes CQC registration where relevant. Additional information: The evaluation of the applications against the criteria will be completed by the end of October 2023 . If a new member is admitted, the signing of the CAMHS Alliance agreement will be completed before April 2024 The procurement process following this notice is detailed below: • Organisation interested in joining the CAMHS Alliance must respond to this notice. • The ICB will send a questionnaire to organisation that responds to this notice. • The organisation is asked to respond and submit the questionnaire to the ICB at the deadline specified in the questionnaire. • The ICB will send the questionnaire to the CAMHS Alliance board for evaluation/confirmation essential criteria are met. • Organisations accepted as a new member will then be notified by the ICB. Once registered, you can express an interest in joining the CAMHS Alliance and submit the EOI nelondonicb.contracting@nhs.net Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered. The outcome of the process is that the provider will be awarded initially a £0 value contract for the new member based on the NHS Standard Contract and will be asked to sign the CAMHS Alliance Agreement. The confirmation of admission to the alliance is only confirmed upon the signing of both documents together. Organisation responding to this notice must be aware that the NHS Standard Contract and the alliance agreement are already in place between the existing alliance members and for that reason they are not new contracts that can be negotiated on a provider specifics basis. The term of the current CAMHS Alliance NHS Standard Contract and the term of the CAMHS Alliance agreement is from 1st of April 2022 to 31st March 2024.

The CAMHS Alliance is an innovative collaborative contracting arrangement that aims to: 1. Co-ordinate the provision of CAMHS and CYP Wellbeing services across all City and Hackney providers. 2. To provide patients with an integrated point of access and to ensure that resources and patient flows are balanced between services to avoid the build-up of long waiting lists. 3. To ensure that the full range of needs are met, closing gaps in service provision. The Alliance board co-ordinates and integrates service provision between providers in the CAMHS pathways through a structure of shared performance and contractual framework, shared targets, shared aims and through sharing expertise, best practice, training and development. One of the providers is appointed as a fund holder who receives the funds from the ICB and pay the funds to the other providers. The Alliance itself is underpinned by an alliance agreement that is signed by all of the providers and the ICB. This enshrines the role of a CAMHS Alliance board where the providers and the ICB are jointly and severally responsible for key decisions about the delivery of services and allocation of the available funds. The CAMHS Alliance is open to the admission of new members. This PIN is to publicise to any organisations that is interested in joining the alliance; that they can apply to join the alliance by responding to this notice. Any applicant will be asked to prove they meet the essential criteria as a condition of admission as an alliance member. Once admitted as a new alliance member the organisation can take part in the discussions with the alliance board and be able to propose services that can improve the delivery of the CAMHS Alliance objectives in City and Hackney. Essential criteria from entry of new members in the CAMHS Alliance: Organisations considering to be part of the CAMHS Alliance must meet the following ESSENTIAL criteria at of their application: • Essential/pass criteria 1: The applicant must be an established provider of services (at least 18 months of locally provided services) 'CAMHS' pathway in City and Hackney. • Essential/pass criteria 2: : All clinical staff are fully accredited with the relevant national professional body and outcomes and activity are reported on to the Alliance and Mental Health Services Dataset (CYP). • Essential/pass criteria 3: The applicant must receive a minimum of £100K of annual recurrent statutory funding annually (ICB or local authority funding) for the provision of services to City and Hackney residents. • Essential/pass criteria 4: The applicant must be able to pass due diligence check of necessary policies, procedures and accounts required before an NHS Standard Contract can be awarded. This includes CQC registration where relevant. Additional information: The evaluation of the applications against the criteria will be completed by the end of October 2023. If a new member is admitted, the signing of the CAMHS Alliance agreement will be completed before April 2024 The procurement process following this notice is detailed below: • Organisation interested in joining the CAMHS Alliance must respond to this notice. • The ICB will send a questionnaire to organisation that responds to this notice. • The organisation is asked to respond and submit the questionnaire to the ICB at the deadline specified in the questionnaire. • The ICB will send the questionnaire to the CAMHS Alliance board for evaluation/confirmation essential criteria are met. • Organisations accepted as a new member will then be notified by the ICB. Once registered, you can express an interest in joining the CAMHS Alliance and submit the EOI nelondonicb.contracting@nhs.net Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered. The outcome of the process is that the provider will be awarded initially a £0 value contract for the new member based on the NHS Standard Contract and will be asked to sign the CAMHS Alliance Agreement. The confirmation of admission to the alliance is only confirmed upon the signing of both documents together. Organisation responding to this notice must be aware that the NHS Standard Contract and the alliance agreement are already in place between the existing alliance members and for that reason they are not new contracts that can be negotiated on a provider specifics basis. The term of the current CAMHS Alliance NHS Standard Contract and the term of the CAMHS Alliance agreement is from 1st of April 2022 to 31st March 2024.

The NHS North East London ICB (NHS NEL ICB) is seeking feedback to inform the upcoming procurement for the Asylum Seekers and Refugee Initial Health Assessment (Outreach) Service. We ask that interested organisations submit responses to the following key questions using the template questionnaire provided. Respondents are requested to specifically address the questions rather than attaching extensive technical or promotional information or materials as such information will not be considered. The service relates to providing a seamless and supported process of individual’s having their initial health checks and support registering for Primary Care Services Please refer to the service specification document for further information on the service.

NHS North East London (Part of North East London Health and Care Partnership) is seeking expressions of interest from organisations who are established providers of a Business Intelligence Software for Medicines Optimisation which can help ICS's/ Alliances / PCNs / Clusters and GP Practices to simplify its Medicines Optimisation QIPP project work. The use of the software is to allow clinical professionals to record their patient review outcomes, documenting drug costs/savings, review risk of hospital admissions, request lab tests, all through the use of enhanced reporting tools and savings generating algorithms. The system is unique as it provides reports and dashboards using NHS data, creates benchmarking comparisons within NEL areas and enables patient review outcomes to be stored on it's platform. NHS NEL currently has a GP registered population of over 2 million patients served by 276 GP practices organised into 49 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across seven local authorities and the Corporation of the City of London with five NHS provider Trusts (3 Acute and 2 Mental Health Trusts). For the delivery of the business intelligence software for medicines optimisation, the provider is required to deliver • Intervention recording • Prescribing analysis • Clinical Decision Support • CPD & Peer Review • Individual Mentoring • Group Mentoring • Service Design • Project Management NHS North East London ICB currently procures this service from a company called MedOptimise Ltd and it provides access to prescribing resources online via a platform which includes prescribing analysis, cost savings data and dashboards to ensure that treatments prescribed to patients are safe, effective and good value for money. This makes the platform and service offering unique and an efficient resource for recording and evaluating the impact of medication reviews and other QIPP related workstreams. The MedOptimise service has been procured through an annual licence arrangement. MedOptimise has been in use in North East London for at least 2 years. MedOptimise is unique in the way it provides specialist expertise needed to support medicine optimisation across North East London through its unique provision of data analysis reports, dashboards, ability to record interventions and clinical decision support. NHS North East London believes that MedOptimise Ltd is the only supplier of these services in England and based on that belief intends to directly award a contract to MedOptimise Ltd for a continuation of the services. This award will be using a Regulation 32 PCR negotiated procedure without prior publication. The aannual value of the contract is £34,950 per annum (£174,750 for 5 years contract). Interested organisations must express an interest and submit the completed EOI form to nelondonicb.contracting@nhs.net Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered. Additional information: Organisations expressing an interest should provide a detailed description of: • The professional accreditation and certification held that would enable their organisation to give prescribing advice • The resources provided and the delivery method i.e. online platform • Previous experience of providing a clinical advisory service to NHS bodies. Details of contracts held will be required. • Previous experience of providing an advice service to other NHS clients • Any disqualifications, contract breach notices or terminations of previously held contracts • Provide information on how their service supported the reduction of costs for NHS organisations their currently hold contract with and quantify this information. Organisations interested in providing this service will be required to comply with the following: • Suppliers tools and resources should be available any day of the week • Suppliers' tools, resources and data will be up to date • Prescribing data analysis reports will be current ie within 6-8 weeks of end of the month • Support for queries should be available Monday to Friday 9-5pm • Suppliers tools should be readily accessible from a PC, laptop, tablet or mobile • Responses to queries, staff registration and logins should be actioned within 24 hours. MedOptimise has been a continuous supplier in North East London for at least 2 years and the ICB is confident that service delivery over a 5 year period can be maintained. The MedOptimise licence arrangement is renewed on an annual basis. The planned contract will commence on 1st April 2023 and run for a five year contract term expiring on 31st March 2028. Interested organisations must express an interest and submit the completed EOI form to nelondonicb.contracting@nhs.net Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered.

NHS North East London are seeking to commission a community-based Hospice and palliative care service for Children and Young People. Timely, high quality palliative and end of life care to be provided to eligible children, young people and their families. Key services required include: -hospice based day and overnight respite; step down care; symptom management; end of life care; hospice at home to include respite and end of life care; post death care and bereavement support. Personalised care planning and review, integrated working with statutory and community partners, development of transition support, and a focus on equity of access are key features of the service. NHS North East London currently have the following contracts in place, which are partially funded by the service providers below to provide the above services: Please refer to the draft service specification document for further information on the service. There are two lots: •    LOT A – Inner North East London •    LOT B – Outer North East London The contract is going to be for 5 years with an option to extend for an additional 2 years. The total contract value if extended is £7,280,000. (£1,040,000. per annum). Contract start date is 1st April 2023. LOT A - Inner NEL = £460,000 per Annum LOT B - Outer NEL = £580,000 per Annum