Tier 3 Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Service

Concepts

• ent or audiologist
• stafford
• existing services
• a secondary care service
• a seamless service
• ear
• throat
• ent
• community
• nose

Location

Stoke-On-Trent:

Description

A community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) service with the overall aim of providing a timely assessment of the needs of a patient presenting with an ENT condition who would otherwise present in a secondary care service.

Total Quantity or Scope

The overall aims and objectives of this service are to: Enhance the patient pathway by effectively managing patients within the community • To triage and signpost appropriately all GP referrals entering the service • To provide a range of assessment and therapeutic interventions for patients deemed appropriate for the service • To have the capability for rapid access to imaging diagnostics where deemed appropriate (e.g. Audiology, X-Ray, MRI, Ultrasound, etc) • To provide education and information for patients and staff on their condition and how to manage • To promote self-care and self-management especially for those with long term conditions • To work in partnership with other health care professionals and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless service to patients. To work closely particularly with secondary care colleagues, providing a quality clinical governance structure between the two organisations The continuation of existing services will maintain existing capacity and reduced demand on primary and secondary care. The provider is satisfying the existing contract and is expected to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract. This contract will run from the 20/08/2024 to 30/09/2025. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1.5m. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121240 - ENT or audiologist services

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period starts the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight of 19th August 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** - details of the award decision-makers: NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board Finance and Performance Committee 06th of August 2024. - declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: The PCCD MDT and POG agreement and approval processes seek to identify any Conflicts of Interest and, if declared, these are documented and managed according to SSOT ICB policy. Persons with known or declared Conflicts of Interest would be excluded from the decision-making process. In this case, no conflicts were declared by any members of the ICB's Finance and Performance Committee. - relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria. Equal weighting and prioritisation was given to the assessment of each of the five key criteria. Basic selection criteria included a review of suitability, whether services were and would be delivered to a satisfactory standard, and checks including quality, systems intelligence, complaints and finances.