Frimley ICB Infant Social Prescribers

Concepts

• windsor
• community health
• infant social prescribers
• frimley icb infant social prescribers
• nhs frimley integrated care boards
• the infant social prescribers
• frimley icb
• social
• icb
• frimley

Location

Windsor

Description

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Frimley Integrated Care Boards (the Commissioner’s), intention to commission a pilot for the provision of Infant Social Prescribers. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services. The contract duration will be for 2 years commencing 1 April 2025The service provision will cover Bracknell Forest, North East Hampshire and Farnham, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough and Surrey Heath. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Total Quantity or Scope

Frimley ICB are seeking to commission an organisation, who has experience in recruiting and training individuals with lived experiences to become Infant Social Prescribers. The Infant Social Prescribers will improve access to early and appropriate support for parents/carers of infants under the age of 1 years with respiratory conditions. To improve health outcomes, they will be required to offer practical support and (where necessary) signposting to parents/carers residing in the local authorities of Bracknell Forest, North East Hampshire and Farnham, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough and Surrey Heath. These individuals must be recruited from Frimley's under-reached local communities. The service provider must have an excellent knowledge of the communities that they will be serving. This is a 2-year pilot project commencing 01 April 2025.The total contract value for the 2-year pilot is £175,800.00This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Frimley Integrated Care Boards (the Commissioner’s), intention to commission a pilot for the provision of Infant Social Prescribers. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services. The ICB invites interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 20 September 2024 via our e-procurement system, Atamis.

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

Other Information

This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. The ICB invites interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 20 September 2024 via our e-procurement system, Atamis.Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the ‘Health Family’ e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on ‘View our Live Opportunities’ from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. The project reference is: xxxOnce you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on ‘Register interest’ - this will take you to the log-in page. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest and respond to the market engagement questionnaire. The intention is to award a contract using the competitive process.This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) prior information notice. The 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.