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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking to procure a modern enterprise grade applicant tracking system (ATS) to deliver a sustainable and scalable solution for managing the end-to-end recruitment process.

Sussex NHS Commissioners are seeking bids from suitably qualified providers for the provision of a place-based Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH) service as part of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Programme (EHCH). The three places in Sussex are Brighton & Hove, West Sussex and East Sussex. Contract start date = 01 February 2023 Contract end date = 31 January 2026 (plus Commissioner option for 2 years extension to 31 January 2028) This contract is divided into lots: Yes. Tenders are invited for each place in Sussex - Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex. Bidders may submit bids for one, two or all three places. The service is offered for tender under a standard NHS contract for a period of 3 years commencing on the 1st February 2023 with option to extend for a maximum of a further two years. The total Financial Envelope for the maximum 5 year contract is £2,001,000 per annum, i.e. £10,005,000 in total. Closing date and time for Invitation to Tender (ITT) responses: 5pm on Monday 15th August 2022 Tender documents are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home. The service will ensure • A MOCH pharmacist and pharmacy technician will be available to care homes and the wider EHCH Multi-Disciplinary Team for support and advice Monday-Friday (excluding bank holidays) during business hours. • Rational and safe use of medicines, this can be achieved through but is not limited to Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs). • Appropriate medicines optimisation and medicines use to support the reduction of workload of General Practitioners (GPs) and other MDT members. • That residents and/or their families/representatives or carers are given the opportunity to be fully involved in decisions about their medicines • Lead on the implementation of safe medicines optimisation systems in care homes that also support waste reduction initiatives and medicines inefficiency. • Support for residents and care home staff as part of the transfer of care process including timely identification of residents requiring medicines optimisation support when moving between health and social care providers and sectors. In addition, MOCH teams will be expected to provide strategic leadership to their MDT, place and wider EHCH Programme Board including: • Advising on the processes for safe transfer of care around medicines use when residents are moving between sectors. • Supporting care homes to identify and improve their medicines optimisation processes, systems, and training needs for care home staff. • Supporting pharmacy workforce development - including the provision of Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician trainee rotations for the specialism. • In collaboration with system partners lead innovation for the development and implementation of effective MOCH initiatives across Sussex. Additional information: The successful Bidder will offer a MOCH service to the residents of care homes that are within the boundaries of the Brighton & Hove, West Sussex or East Sussex places. Bidders can submit bids to offer services in one, two or all three places. In summary the service aims to proactively support people living in Care Homes to achieve better healthcare outcomes through optimal handling and use of medicines. The scope of the MOCH service has been developed by the Contracting Authorities and is defined fully in the service specifications that form part of the tender documents for this procurement. Please note: NHS England and Improvement have announced that the Sussex Health and Care Partnership, which is made up of all health and care organisations across East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, has successfully met the criteria to become an Integrated Care System (ICS). An ICS is a way of working across health and care organisations that allows them to work closer together, to take collective responsibility of the health and wellbeing of populations across large areas. It is not anticipated that the statutory responsibility or accountability of the individual health and care organisations working as an ICS will be affected, save for the expectation that CCG organisations will be abolished and functions transferred to the ICS. As a result of these intended healthcare reforms, the Contracting Authority, currently, NHS East Sussex CCG, NHS West Sussex CCG, NHS Brighton & Hove CCG, will change on 1st July, 2022 to NHS Sussex.

Providers/suppliers are invited to submit a bid for the supply and delivery of a series of Brighton and Hove (B&H) Primary Care Network (PCN) based mental wellbeing courses and workshops. Funding will be provided to develop and provide a range of full course, short courses, and individual workshops to each of the six PCNs within B&H. Courses and workshops provided will be based on each PCNs local population and health inequality needs. Standard courses or workshops should be offered on the following topics: • Managing overwhelming emotions • Living with suicidal thoughts • Managing anxiety • Five ways to wellbeing Anticipated contract start date = 03 October, 2022 Anticipated contract end date = 02 October, 2023 To allow greater flexibility of delivery should this be required, a time-based extension of 6 months will be allowed for which no additional funding will be payable. This is the maximum term for completion of the services. Bids submitted above the Maximum Financial Envelope will be excluded. The total financial envelope for the maximum 18 months is £114,000. Closing date and time for invitation to tender responses: 5pm on Friday 19th August, 2022. Tender documents are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home Aims: • Deliver a comprehensive offer of mental wellbeing courses to Brighton and Hove based PCNs which will provide additional capacity for primary care to meet the mental health needs of their local population • Offer a range of full courses, short courses, and individual workshops • Course offers and content that can flexibility meet the need of each PCN based on their population health and health inequality needs Objectives: • Increased service user insight and understanding of mental health • Provide service users with practical self-management tools • Support service users to development a personal action plan • Support service users to develop peer support relationships • Support service users to connect with the local community and wider support offers • Empower service users to access support from appropriate services in the future when the need arises • Reduced number of repeat contacts with primary care for mental health related needs • Improve the mental wellbeing of service users who complete the course • Improve servicer users' satisfaction with the support they receive in relation to their mental health This Invitation to Bid is open to any NHS organisation, Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE), or Small Medium Enterprise (SME). Bidders must provide the quotation requested in this document and reply to those questions required. Additional information: Requirements • Full courses may run for approx. 8 weeks, and short courses may run for approx. 4 weeks with sessions lasting a maximum of 2 hours. Workshops may be one off half or full day sessions. • Drinks / refreshments should be made available at each course. • Full / short courses should accommodate between 12-16 service users and individual workshops between 6-12 service users. • Courses should be adapted according to the needs of each PCN. The content and focus of specific courses and workshops will need to be agreed with each individual PCN in advance. • Courses will be delivered by both an appropriately qualified mental health professional (where the course content requires it this will include a member of staff with a clinical professional registration) and an expert by experience (someone with lived experience of mental health needs). • Delivery of the courses and workshops will be at a PCN / neighbourhood level. Where PCN estates do not support the delivery of courses or workshops in-house, alternative local venues and community spaces should be identified to support the delivery at neighbourhood level. Course / workshop venues must be accessible for all service users. A proportion of course / workshop sessions may be delivered virtually, however, the preference will be for face-to-face sessions or hybrid arrangements.

Providers/suppliers are invited to submit a bid for the supply and delivery of a series of Brighton and Hove (B&H) Primary Care Network (PCN) based mental wellbeing courses and workshops. Funding will be provided to develop and provide a range of full course, short courses, and individual workshops to each of the six PCNs within B&H. Courses and workshops provided will be based on each PCNs local population and health inequality needs. Standard courses or workshops should be offered on the following topics: • Managing overwhelming emotions • Living with suicidal thoughts • Managing anxiety • Five ways to wellbeing Anticipated contract start date = 03 October, 2022 Anticipated contract end date = 02 October, 2023 To allow greater flexibility of delivery should this be required, a time-based extension of 6 months will be allowed for which no additional funding will be payable. This is the maximum term for completion of the services. Bids submitted above the Maximum Financial Envelope will be excluded. The total financial envelope for the maximum 18 months is £114,000. Closing date and time for invitation to tender responses: 5pm on Friday 19th August, 2022. Tender documents are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home Aims: • Deliver a comprehensive offer of mental wellbeing courses to Brighton and Hove based PCNs which will provide additional capacity for primary care to meet the mental health needs of their local population • Offer a range of full courses, short courses, and individual workshops • Course offers and content that can flexibility meet the need of each PCN based on their population health and health inequality needs Objectives: • Increased service user insight and understanding of mental health • Provide service users with practical self-management tools • Support service users to development a personal action plan • Support service users to develop peer support relationships • Support service users to connect with the local community and wider support offers • Empower service users to access support from appropriate services in the future when the need arises • Reduced number of repeat contacts with primary care for mental health related needs • Improve the mental wellbeing of service users who complete the course • Improve servicer users' satisfaction with the support they receive in relation to their mental health This Invitation to Bid is open to any NHS organisation, Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE), or Small Medium Enterprise (SME). Bidders must provide the quotation requested in this document and reply to those questions required. • Full courses may run for approx. 8 weeks, and short courses may run for approx. 4 weeks with sessions lasting a maximum of 2 hours. Workshops may be one off half or full day sessions. • Drinks / refreshments should be made available at each course. • Full / short courses should accommodate between 12-16 service users and individual workshops between 6-12 service users. • Courses should be adapted according to the needs of each PCN. The content and focus of specific courses and workshops will need to be agreed with each individual PCN in advance. • Courses will be delivered by both an appropriately qualified mental health professional (where the course content requires it this will include a member of staff with a clinical professional registration) and an expert by experience (someone with lived experience of mental health needs). • Delivery of the courses and workshops will be at a PCN / neighbourhood level. Where PCN estates do not support the delivery of courses or workshops in-house, alternative local venues and community spaces should be identified to support the delivery at neighbourhood level. Course / workshop venues must be accessible for all service users. A proportion of course / workshop sessions may be delivered virtually, however, the preference will be for face-to-face sessions or hybrid arrangements.

Young People's Digital Mental Health Counselling Service and Face to Face Community Counselling Services for NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (including North East Hants and Farnham part of NHS Frimley ICB) The service has been divided into Lots: Lot 1 - Face to face counselling for the geography of Hampshire (including North East Hants and Farnham) Lot 2 - Face to face counselling for the geography of Southampton City Lot 3 - Face to face counselling for the geography of Isle of Wight Lot 4 - Face to face counselling for the geography of Portsmouth Lot 5 - Digital counselling for Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB wide (including North East Hants and Farnham) Tenders may be submitted for one or several lots. Bidders must be prepared to accept a single lot award. Bidders are not permitted to specify that they will only accept multiple lots. Value stated above is for all Lots for maximum possible period 6years (ie.4+2years) Deadline for submission of bids is Monday 12the September 2022 at 12:00 noon. For further information please see https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home

Evidence Based Family Support Service for NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board and NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board for the North East Hampshire part. Service to start 1st April 2023 for 3 + 2years. Value stated includes option extension period. Full details can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home Deadline to respond is 12:00 noon 26th September 2022 Additional information: Full details can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home Deadline to respond is 12:00 noon 26th September 2022

NHS Sussex ICB intend to award a contract to Arch CIC following engagement with providers. The current contract with Arch CIC is due to expire on 31st March 2023. This justification relating to the direct award of this 84-month contract will cover security and stability of provision for a service in a market with limited provider interest. The current contract was awarded by NHS Brighton and Hove CCG (now NHS Sussex ICB) following the publication of a Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Call for Competition on 023488-2021 (Ref number). This interim arrangement was put in place to enable service continuity whilst the CCG took time to build a better understanding of the potential market interest in providing the service in the longer term. Subsequent to the publication of this PIN an RFI was issued to seek interest, with the incumbent being the only provider to respond. In order for Sussex ICB to deliver against this agenda, the ICB intends to direct award (effectively extending the existing contract) to Arch CIC. The rationale and evidence to support this decision is contained in the section below. The extension will be for a period of 84 months from 1st April 2023. The direct award will satisfy secure high quality, safe, effective, and efficient provision of a difficult to procure service with limited market interest. The stability of the service via a longer-term award will enable greater engagement from the provider in partnership discussions for the strategic development of the service and interactions with other related services. For those willing to express an interest must do so before 3rd October, 2022 at Noon. To complete an expression of interest, please apply at the following portal link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning

The Contracting Authority requires a supplier that will manufacture and supply procedure packs for six Dialysis Units across Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. The supplier must provide a service to effectively manage pack changes and product substitutions with minimal disruption to the Trusts.