AG21013 - Enhanced Primary Care Services Bundle

Concepts

• nottingham
• medical practice
• nottingham city
• primary care services bundle
• management of minor injuries service
• minor injuries service
• aim of this service
• services delivery scheme
• primary care
• enhanced primary care services bundle

Location

Nottingham:

Description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement – Midlands, and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG (referred to as the Commissioners), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express an interest to deliver an Enhanced Primary Care Services Bundle on behalf of named practices in Nottingham City. The contract is to start on 1 April 22 and is to run for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year (total maximum contract duration 3 years). The contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the NHS Standard Contract 2021. The estimated total contract value is £706,260 over the lifetime of the contract.

Total Quantity or Scope

The aim of this service is to provide primary community-based services to the registered population of those practices who are not participating in NHS Nottingham & Nottinghamshire CCG’s Enhanced Services Delivery Scheme (ESDS) and therefore by default are not commissioned to deliver these services to their registered patient population. Bundle of Services: • Ear Irrigation - to ambulant patients aged 12+ years • Treatment Room & Management of Minor Injuries Service - to provide a wound care and minor injuries service for patients requiring intervention and management of minor lacerations, partial thickness thermal burns and scalds, minor trauma to hand, limbs or feet and postoperative care for patients able to attend a clinic and a dressings service. Following assessment and simple actions, patients could often manage minor injuries themselves such as sprains, strains, minor head injuries and minor musculoskeletal injuries, small cuts/grazes, minor burns and scalds, insect and animal bites • ECG Monitoring - routine screening of ambulant patients aged 18+years • H Pylori - for patients who are under Patient Specific Directive (PSD) requiring this test • Phlebotomy (12+years) - clinic based and domiciliary service encompassing all blood sampling for investigations, monitoring and follow-up • Spirometry - to provide access to a primary care based timely spirometry service for the accurate diagnosis of COPD For 2021/22 five Nottingham City practices within St Anns, Hyson Green and Cinderhill who chose not to participate in the ESDS. The ESDS offer for 2022/24 will be made to these practices in February 2022. For those practices choosing not to participate, their registered patients will have access to services via the Enhanced Primary Care Services Bundle. To note, the provider will not be required to deliver services to the registered population of the Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Special Allocation Scheme (formally known as the Violent Patient Scheme). If your organisation wishes to express an interest, then please register against Quote/tender 47471 - AG21013 - Enhanced Primary Care Services Bundle for named practices in Nottingham City in EU Supply and complete the questionnaire no later than 10:00am on 21st December 2021. The Commissioners have also issued a service specification for interested providers to refer to which sets out the service requirements in more detail. NHS England & NHS Improvement – Midlands has delegated their commissioning authority to NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG and as a result, under delegated functions NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG will act on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement – Midlands. Additional information: Please note that this expression of interest has been designed to allow the market visibility of the proposed opportunity and support early engagement

CPV Codes

• 85121000 - Medical practice services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** If you are interested in this future procurement opportunity, then please visit AG CSU’s e-procurement system known as “EU supply” https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu and register your interest against: Quote/tender 47471 - AG21013 - Enhanced Primary Care Services Bundle for named practices in Nottingham City and complete the short questionnaire to express your interest. The deadline for responses is by 10:00am on 21st December 2021. Please note that this questionnaire is purely a market engagement exercise. Your response to this survey does not guarantee your organisation’s participation in any future procurement resultant from this exercise. If more than one compliant provider registers their interest for this opportunity and can meet the requirements set out above and in the published questionnaire and service specification, then the Commissioner may set out details for a competitive process in December 21 for this service. Future procurements resultant from this exercise will be advertised separately. Should your organisation wish to submit its bid, then it must respond to the advertisement which calls for the procurement competition separately at the time.