Medical Outreach Service

Concepts

• medical outreach service
• health and social work
• southampton
• provision of an inclusion services
• medical needs
• outreach teaching
• medical issues
• outreach tuition
• benefit of the services
• local authorities

Location

Description

The Council intends to tender for the provision of an Inclusion Services- Medical Outreach Service, with an anticipated start date of 1st September 2021, for a period of up to 3 years. Local Authorities have the statutory duty to arrange full (or part time when appropriate to needs) education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would otherwise not receive suitable education. The Service Provider will provide outreach tuition for between 16 and 24 Southampton pupils who are unable to attend their usual school due to medical needs. The focus will be upon reintegration to mainstream school following the Southampton City Council admissions process. Pupils receiving the benefit of the Services do so for a range of reasons; not all have been accommodated as in patients within a hospital setting. Many have experienced, or are currently experiencing, challenging personal circumstances either through short, acute periods of illness or longer term, chronic conditions. Outreach teaching is a key part of the support landscape for pupils who face such challenges, as it can provide specialist intervention and programmes to boost self-esteem, as well as enabling pupils to address more complex medical issues.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to notify the market of the intention to procure and to gauge interest in the Service from within the local market. Any Organisations who may be interested in participating in this procurement should ensure they are signed up to the Council's e-portal service, https://supplysouthampton.esourcingportal.com/. Any Organisations wishing to know more about the Opportunity should email procurement@southampton.gov.uk to register their interest- pending interest from a sufficient number of Organisations, the Council may provide further information via an online market engagement event.