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Solent NHS Trust, invite interested parties to tender for a contract to provide sponsorship for the continuation and future development of a Southampton based Stoma Service. The aim of the Stoma Care Service is to provide seamless care throughout the patients' pathway from pre-operative referral, inpatient stay and continued management within the community. This means that the service have structured their provision of care to support all aspects of the patient pathway, targeting the specific needs at each point and ensuring interventions are in the right place at the right time. The stoma care service will provide informal counselling, education, lifestyle advice, health promotion, diagnosis of stoma complications and treatment, appliance management including reviews and assessment of usage and support to patients who have or are about to have a stoma formed. Solent NHS Trusts Specialist Stoma Care Service is commissioned to provide a community-based service to patients within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB). This includes patients within Southampton City primary care network's (formerly known as Southampton CCG) and within the Southwest Hampshire primary care network's including Eastleigh Southern Parishes, Romsey and North Baddesley, Coastal, New Forest, Totton and Waterside. The Stoma Care Service also holds a contractual agreement with University Southampton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) to support ongoing provision of a stoma care service to both adults and children admitted to the wards at UHS. The inpatient related activity the Stoma Care Service provides includes both elective and emergency surgery. The Stoma Care Service supports provision of this service model across all the UHS sites including Princess Anne Hospital and within the private sector at the Spire Hospital in Southampton. This procurement process will mirror that of the Open procedure as in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in respect of Health Care Services under the Light Touch Regime, Regulations 74 - 76 and the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice & Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

The JCT Measured Term Contract is for the Trust’s Building and Engineering Works and is designed for use by the Solent NHS Trust Estates and Facilities Management as the Employees who have a regular flow of maintenance, minor works and improvement projects that they would like to be carried out by a single Contractor over a specified period of time. The idea of a JCT MTC contract is to have a designated Tier 1, Contractor with a Tier 2 Contractor (who will be awarded works packages in the event that the Tier 1 Contractor lacks capacity), to manage the works packages. <br/><br/>The contract is drafted to suit projects where the work involved is simple in character, the work is designed by or on behalf of the Trust as the Employer, and an Estates Contract Administrator is to administer the conditions. <br/><br/>Features of projects using the Minor Works Building Contract:<br/><br/>The Trust as the Employer is responsible for the design, and this is usually supplied to the Contractor by the architect or design team working on the Employer’s behalf. If the appointed Contractor is to be responsible for designing specific parts of the works, then a Minor Works Building Contract with Contractor’s design must be used.<br/><br/>The Trust as the Employer (through its advisers) will also need to provide drawings, a specification, or work schedules to specify the quantity and quality of work at tender stage. When using the Minor Works Building Contract with Contractor’s design, the employer must also detail the requirements for the parts of the works that the Contractor is to be responsible for designing.<br/><br/>The requirement covers the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Solent NHS Trust ("the Authority") have a backlog of children on their clinic lists who require an Autism Diagnostic Assessment. The Authority is looking to outsource most of these patients in an effort to reduce the waiting times for an assessment and to enable the implementation of a new diagnostic process. As such, the Authority is seeking proposals from suitably qualified and experienced companies who can take on the outstanding assessments to assist with clearing the backlog. The Authority is seeking a value for money, high quality service that will be responsive to the needs of the client. Contracts are anticipated to go live in January 2024 and will run until the backlog of assessments is completed. It is expected that the contract term will be 6 months. The Supplier will be required to carry out Autism Diagnostic Assessments on the cohort of children that is provided to them on behalf of the Authority, at the scale required and within the timeframes of delivery. The Supplier will be required to outline where the assessments will take place, whether these will these be face to face Autism Diagnostic Assessments or virtual. The Supplier will be an expert provider of NICE compliant Autism Diagnostic assessments and will be familiar with all methods and diagnostic tools used. Part of the service will include providing feedback and a completed report to the parents and child, as well as a copy of the final report to the CAMHS Team for their records and the original referrer. The Supplier will provide monthly updates in a format agreed by the Authority, reporting on completed assessments, summarising the number of children diagnosed, those who have not attended their appointment and those whose assessment has resulted in a non-diagnosis. The Supplier shall performance monitor its activities/ services to demonstrate that the Services are achieved and where not achieved the extent of any shortfall is identified, reported and acted upon. Detailed supporting information will be made available to the Authority should it be required, and all reports must be provided in the manner prescribed and in accordance with GDPR legislation, to ensure that the Authority is able to access data as and when required. The contract will be for an initial period of 6 months with the option to extend for a further 6 months subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. The contract will commence from January 2024. This procurement process will mirror that of the Open procedure as in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in respect of Health Care Services under the Light Touch Regime, Regulations 74 - 76 and the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice & Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013. Additional information: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

This Contract Notice is to inform the market that Solent NHS Trust is issuing this tender for Orthoses Products and Provision of Orthotic Service for children aged 0 – 16 years (0 – 19 years if attending special school), residing in the boundaries of Southampton City (NHS) and the Solent West provided areas of South West Hampshire and North East Hampshire excluding Farnham.<br/> <br/>It is anticipated the Contractor will be required to supply orthoses products and provide an orthotic service via the provision of Orthotists who will be responsible for providing orthotic treatment to patients who suffer from conditions affecting including, Children with orthopaedic conditions which affect their mobility, Children with neurological conditions which affect their mobility, Children with postural management needs and Children with developmental delay. <br/>The service is to be delivered at two clinic locations and weekly at two special schools supporting children with physical disabilities. <br/><br/>The contract will be for an initial term of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 12 months. Expected annual value iro £180k. <br/>The expected service commencement date is 01/04/2024.

Solent NHS Trust is looking to work with one pathology provider to deliver the Online STI and HIV testing and kits provision within Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire. The main objectives are to: •Increase use of online services and remote pathways that improve scope for individuals to have their testing and advice needs met, where appropriate without face to face contact •Provide online STI self-sampling kits for asymptomatic residents aged 16 years and over, including samples from extra-genital sites for high risk groups •Provide online STI self-sampling kits for people with low risk symptoms aged 16 years and over, including samples from extra-genital sites for high risk groups •Target high risk groups, such as asymptomatic men who have sex with men (MSM), commercial sex workers who are not currently accessing SHHS •Redirect low risk asymptomatic patients from level 3 SHHS clinical service, to online services, in order to enable a faster service for this client group •Signpost anyone who is high risk but eligible for online testing to Sexual Health Promotion •Provide a customer support function for clients to contact the Pathology provider for advice or support •Evaluate the service through feedback from users •Offer an STI testing service in a non-clinical area when working with vulnerable patients that do not have IT access or unable to receive postal kits to a home address •Ensure that all residents aged 15-24 are offered a Chlamydia screen and/or can access services a chlamydia test via a remote (home) testing pathway •Provide remote testing for test of cure for Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma genitalium The service will provide: • Full STI and HIV testing for anyone over the age of 16 years. For people aged 15-24 years they will have an option to access Chlamydia only testing • Provision and dispatch of postal STI and HIV kits with options to post to requested address or national pick-up points • Results processing via a results management system that integrates with the services electronic patient record (Inform) and patient text messaging service • A service for Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire residents • There will be a separate ad hoc service available for anyone living outside of area The service model excludes: • A requirement for the pathology provider to deliver an online algorithm to identify risk and required testing, as this is already provided as part of the pre-established SHHS Electronic Patient Record system The pathology provider will be able to provide full STI testing to provide full STI testing to include: • HIV testing - 4th generation • Syphilis • Syphilis RPR for patient with past infection • Hepatitis C IgG antibody • Hepatitis B surface antigen • Chlamydia • Chlamydia Test of Cure • Gonorrhoea • Gonorrhoea Test of Cure • Mycoplasma Genitalium for Test of Cure • Extra genital site testing Additional information: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

Solent (known as the lead provider) has been providing Level 3 Integrated Sexual Health and HIV services (SHHS) since 2012 and has recently been awarded a new contract from 2024 to 2031, with the option to extend for a further two years.<br/>Solent’s services identify as core community provision across Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and other parts of Hampshire.<br/>As part of the core offer, Solent is commissioned to provide an online STI pathology testing and kits service to target patients that do not attend our services and/or patients with low risk symptoms that attend clinics.

Solent NHS Trust is looking to work with one pathology provider to deliver the Online STI and HIV testing and kits provision within Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire. The main objectives are to: •Increase use of online services and remote pathways that improve scope for individuals to have their testing and advice needs met, where appropriate without face to face contact •Provide online STI self-sampling kits for asymptomatic residents aged 16 years and over, including samples from extra-genital sites for high risk groups •Provide online STI self-sampling kits for people with low risk symptoms aged 16 years and over, including samples from extra-genital sites for high risk groups •Target high risk groups, such as asymptomatic men who have sex with men (MSM), commercial sex workers who are not currently accessing SHHS •Redirect low risk asymptomatic patients from level 3 SHHS clinical service, to online services, in order to enable a faster service for this client group •Signpost anyone who is high risk but eligible for online testing to Sexual Health Promotion •Provide a customer support function for clients to contact the Pathology provider for advice or support •Evaluate the service through feedback from users •Offer an STI testing service in a non-clinical area when working with vulnerable patients that do not have IT access or unable to receive postal kits to a home address •Ensure that all residents aged 15-24 are offered a Chlamydia screen and/or can access services a chlamydia test via a remote (home) testing pathway •Provide remote testing for test of cure for Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma genitalium The service will provide: • Full STI and HIV testing for anyone over the age of 16 years. For people aged 15-24 years they will have an option to access Chlamydia only testing • Provision and dispatch of postal STI and HIV kits with options to post to requested address or national pick-up points • Results processing via a results management system that integrates with the services electronic patient record (Inform) and patient text messaging service • A service for Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and Hampshire residents • There will be a separate ad hoc service available for anyone living outside of area The service model excludes: • A requirement for the pathology provider to deliver an online algorithm to identify risk and required testing, as this is already provided as part of the pre-established SHHS Electronic Patient Record system The pathology provider will be able to provide full STI testing to provide full STI testing to include: • HIV testing - 4th generation • Syphilis • Syphilis RPR for patient with past infection • Hepatitis C IgG antibody • Hepatitis B surface antigen • Chlamydia • Chlamydia Test of Cure • Gonorrhoea • Gonorrhoea Test of Cure • Mycoplasma Genitalium for Test of Cure • Extra genital site testing Additional information: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk