Provision of Insourced ENT OP Services - HUTH

Concepts

• ent or audiologist
• hull
• ent patients
• additional ent outpatient clinics
• consultant ent surgeons
• ent
• 1000 new ent referrals
• insourced ent op services - huth
• insourced ent op services - huthcontract
• huth

Location

Kingston Upon Hull: Sites of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Description

PSR Competitive Procedure for the Provision of Insourced ENT OP Services - HUTHContract for the period 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026 with option to extend for a further 3 months.Estimated contract value £500,000 for the initial 12 month term (£625,000 inc. 3mth extension option).

Total Quantity or Scope

3mth extension option).Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) plan to work in partnership with an agreed provider to facilitate provision of additional ENT outpatient clinics in support of a focussed backlog clearance programme for both adult and paediatric patients.The supplier will provide appropriate qualified and experienced staff to support new outpatient clinics in ENT. The staff required will be appropriately qualified and experienced Consultant ENT Surgeons and support staff including Audiologists, Registered Nursing staff and Healthcare Assistants.HUTH will identify a cohort of ENT patients who are currently waiting for a first outpatient appointment. The patient cohort to be seen in clinic will be triaged new un-booked out-patients awaiting their first appointment with associated diagnostic tests/Audiology tests and required treatment along with a management plan detailing any further follow-up care required.There will be an expectation to work to the national new to review ratio for patients requiring a follow-up and for ENT this is an average of 0.92 reviews per new appointment (if clinically indicated). The expectation is that rather than automatic issue of a follow up appointment, use should be made of the PIFU option should it be deemed not appropriate to discharge the patient.The clinic bookings will be made in line with agreed booking rules for new patient clinics which are:• A half day clinic (morning or afternoon) would consist of 12 new patients• An all day clinic would consist of 24 new patients• Evening clinics would consist of 12 new patientsHUTHT would request a minimum of 16 clinics per month, either as full days or evenings.The activity volumes are as follows: -- 1000 new ENT referrals (2025/26 plan - minimum)- Estimated 70% requirement for audiology and associated diagnostics- Follow-up appointments to be no more than national ratio of 1new to 0.92 follow up’s- There is an expected 10% conversion rate for elective theatre procedures, although any patients identified as requiring surgical intervention will not form part of this agreement.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121240 - ENT or audiologist services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Competitive Procedure. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.To register interest in this opportunity, please use this link to the Atamis e-procurement portal and register/log-in as a supplier: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/WelcomeWhen logged in, search for C321158 and register your interest in this opportunity. You should then be able to access the ITT documents for full details of the requirements and how to submit your bid.