UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The delivery of Initial Health Assessment (IHAs) and Review Health Assessments (RHAs) for Looked After Children (LAC), also known as Children in Care (CiC), through Primary Care services in Northamptonshire. The provider shall deliver a timely, high-quality service that complies with the requirements of the applicable statutory requirements, including the statutory timescales, in the following areas: • Initial Health Assessments for looked after children when they enter care • Review Health Assessments for looked after children that remain in care • Health Action Plans for looked after children in receipt of an IHA or RHA

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (NICB) are seeking to Commission a Countywide community-based Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Service for Adults to support patients who are thought to be in their last eight weeks of life.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) ("the Authority") has awarded 46 contracts to deliver Domiciliary Care Services for Adults and Children and Young People (CYP) under an NHS Standard Contract (Shorter Form) (in 2 Lots). The term ‘Domiciliary Care’ is being used to describe care and support services delivered to an individual in their own home including 24-hr support services. It also includes delegated healthcare tasks that require oversight of a qualified nurse and end of life care.<br/><br/>36 providers have been accredited onto the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) list for Lot 1 – Domiciliary Care and Support for Adults, and 10 providers have been accredited to Lot 2 – Domiciliary Care and Support for Children and Young People.<br/><br/>Lot 1 supports domiciliary care services for Adults aged 18 and over with continuing healthcare needs and who have been assessed as eligible to receive continuing healthcare. <br/><br/>Lot 2 supports domiciliary care services for CYP aged 0-18. Care and support needs will be identified and commissioned as a Care Package, and the Provider will be expected to meet each child or young person’s care needs.

The service will provide an ophthalmology service for new referrals, providing consultant led pathways of care. Patients will be seen within the required Referral to Treatment timescales and where a follow up appointment is required for on-going management, these will be within national guidance and service standards (the service provided will reflect NICE guidance) by appropriately qualified, competent clinical practitioners. Ensuring that the service does not adversely impact the ability to deliver local comprehensive Ophthalmology services.

The service will provide an ophthalmology service for new referrals, providing consultant led pathways of care. Patients will be seen within the required Referral to Treatment timescales and where a follow up appointment is required for on-going management, these will be within national guidance and service standards (the service provided will reflect NICE guidance) by appropriately qualified, competent clinical practitioners. Ensuring that the service does not adversely impact the ability to deliver local comprehensive Ophthalmology services.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) ("the Authority") has awarded 2 contracts to deliver primary medical services under an APMS contract at Earls Barton Medical Centre and Penvale Park Medical Centre (in 2 Lots). As part of the service, the Authority sought innovation in the provision of integrated primary care services, which align to both the national and local strategic plan.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is procuring a provider for the Termination of Pregnancy Services (TOPs) contract.<br/><br/>It is expected that the contract will be for a proposed period of 5 years with no opportunity for any further extensions. Based upon current activity levels the total indicative annual value for this service is £1,265,000, and may be subject to change (over and above any chargeable actual activity completed in relation to a cost and volume contract) dependent on NHSE guidance.

The Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted. Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation. The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts.<br/><br/>Currently the nature of the service mean there are no realistic alternative providers, due to the provider operates an integrated workforce model to deliver their portfolio of services. It would not be viable to manage TUPE arrangements to an alternative provider to ensure continuity of service provision. Current provision is from within the providers existing estates in hospital setting as well delivering services from Health Centres across Northamptonshire. Part of the services in rural areas use shared accommodation and support services that provide efficiencies that would not be possible for standalone services, and these dependencies would not be possible under another provider at this time without detrimental impact to patient care and service delivery.

COVID Medicines Delivery Unit (CMDU) is to provide antiviral treatment to patients who test positive for COVID-19 and are at highest risk of complications of the disease. The treatments are clinically proven to improve patient outcomes and reduce COVID-19 related hospital admissions.