Specialised Services for Homeless Patients & Asylum Seekers and Special Allocation Scheme - Market Engagement

Concepts

• health and social work
• leicester
• nhs services
• individual draft service specifications
• primary medical services
• market interest
• the following draft service specifications
• the service specifications
• special allocation service
• asylum seekers service

Location

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Description

This is an advertisement for soft market testing to gauge market interest which will influence future commissioning and procurement direction. NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (ML CSU) are supporting the Commissioner NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) to seek expressions of interest and feedback on the following draft service specifications for: • Homeless Service • Asylum Seekers Service • Special Allocation Scheme The aim of these services is to deliver primary medical services (essential and additional) to these patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who meet the specification criteria. The main benefits and expected outcomes are: • Equity of access and quality of the services across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. • Ensuring value for money and the most efficient use of available resources across the health and social care economy. • Promoting and ensuring a positive patient experience. The role of LLR ICB is to develop a plan to meet the health needs of the population and to arrange and manage the budget for the provision of NHS services in LLR. The LLR ICB is part of the integrated care system (ICS) with partners in LLR and will deliver a health and care system that tackles inequalities in health and improves the health, wellbeing and life experiences of our local population. Please find individual draft service specifications for all three services for your feedback as part of the soft market engagement exercise and to register your expressions of interest via the e-tendering system Atamis portal. The ICB would like to seek an understanding(against the three draft service specifications) as to what the market considers a good model for the services to determine the route which the ICB would wish to consider under the Provider Selection Regime Regulations; if there is anything further that should be included within the service specifications to ensure a suitable provision for this patient population, and whether a provider can deliver these services within the indicative cost envelopes below. The proposed contract length of each of the services will be on a 10 + 5 year contract. The indicative and proposed per annum and whole life contract values are as follows: Homeless Service: £728,614.00 per annum based on 2023/2024 figures £10,929,210.00 proposed 10+5 year contract length Asylum Seekers Service: £514,030.00 per annum based on 2023/2024 figures £7,710,450.00 proposed 10+5 year contract length Special Allocation Service: £51,242.00 per annum based on 2023/2024 figures £768,630.00 proposed 10+5 year contract length The ICB would like to gather the market views on a lotted procurement approach for the three services. This market engagement is not a call for competition. The closing date is 17:00 hours on 18th March 2024 via Atamis E-Tendering system for the the submission of your input and expressions of interest.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is an advertisement for soft market testing to gauge market interest which will influence future commissioning and procurement direction for NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB) NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (ML CSU) are supporting the Commissioner NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) to seek expressions of interest and feedback on the following three draft service specifications for: … The role of LLR ICB is to develop a plan to meet the health needs of the population and to arrange and manage the budget for the provision of NHS services in LLR. The ICB is part of the integrated care system (ICS) with partners in LLR and will deliver a health and care system that tackles inequalities in health and improves the health, wellbeing and life experiences of our local population. … The closing date is 17:00 hours on 18th March 2024 via Atamis E-Tendering system to submit your input and expressions and interest.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

Other Information

The current services are being delivered across LLR geographical area as follows: Practice Profile for Homeless Service: Address Charles Berry House 45 East Bond Street Leicester LE1 4SX Practice Profile for Asylum Seekers Service: Address Charles Berry House 45 East Bond Street Leicester LE1 4SX Practice Profile for Special Allocation Scheme Address Clinics ran from: Westcotes Health Centre Fosse Road South Leicester LE3 0LP Please provide your feedback to the service specification by completing the online questionnaire on the e-tendering system Reference project number C220463 on Atamis which will inform the decision making processes the ICB which to undertake under Provider Selection Regime Regulations. The closing date for feedback and expressions of interest is 17:00 hours on 18th March 2024. It should be noted that this is not a procurement exercise at this stage and participating organisations are responsible for their own costs. To register on the Atamis portal If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. 1) Register on the portal webpage at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome registration and use of the website is free of charge). 2) Once registered, candidates must Express their Interest by: a) logging into the Atamis e-procurement portal b) selecting response to ITT_Contract reference: C220463 WHISP: 205 c) select Open Access ITT Contract reference: C220463 WHISP: 205 d) search for and access listing related to this contract and view details, e) click on Express Interest link. 3) Once you have expressed your interest, please access the My ITTs page, where you can view all the documentation (and download if required) and construct your reply in the Atamis online questionnaire, as instructed. The deadline will be detailed in the tender documentation. If you still have an issue email or phone the Atamis helpdesk Telephone or email support@atamis.co.uk and ensure you have the ITT code, the web address of the Atamis e-procurement portal, a clear description of the problem and your contact details (ensure that you leave plenty of time for issues to be resolved prior to any deadlines). All communications from Bidders (including their Bidder Members) during the period of the Procurement must be directed to MLCSU via the 'messaging' area within the ML CSU online procurement portal through Atamis. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Strictly no other forms of communication to MLCSU or the Commissioner will be accepted (including telephone calls, postal queries/submissions, faxes or email communications) during this period. The ICB are aware of their transparency obligations under the Provider Selection Regime. Please note for those providers expressing interest for these services, this does not guarantee that they will not be required to register for any future provider selection process, and they should not rely on their response to this Expressions of Interest notice as confirmation that the ICB will proceed further. Furthermore, although the ICB is conducting this market engagement exercise, it is under no obligation to take up any suggestions from providers. All details provided by the ICB are in draft format, the ICB reserves the right to change/amend any aspect of the requirement prior to any potential future procurement exercise. This notice is issued subject to Provider Selection Regime regulations. Please note that any subsequent contract emanating from this notice will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 will not apply to any future award.