Enhanced Community ENT Service - SWH

Concepts

• health services
• welwyn garden city
• non-emergency ent conditions
• enhanced community ent service - swh
• a good service
• ent
• enhanced
• community
• swh
• multi-disciplinary team assessment

Location

Hertfordshire: South and West Herts

Description

Communitas Clinics Limited provide this service which delivers an Enhanced Community Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Service for patients with non-emergency ENT conditions across all four localities in South and West Herts place. This specialist community model is provided and led from a multi-disciplinary hub, enabling specialist assessment of patients in the community and quicker access to multi-disciplinary team assessment, diagnostics, and treatments with choice of an elective care provider if an onward referral is needed. It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education.

Total Quantity or Scope

It focuses on clearly defined clinical pathways, GP support, advice and guidance and education.The contract with Communitas Clinics Limited has been in place since Feb 2019 and the cumulative value of the contract till data is £9,021,251.The new contract will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 for three years, with the option to extend for a further two years from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030To confirm as per the PSR direct award process C, the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract, delivering a good service, meeting all KPIs, with no quality concerns and good outcomes and has very good feedback from GPs and patients and are likely to satisfy the new contract, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Contract term is three years with an option to extend for further two years.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

HWE ICB Strategic Finance and Commissioning CommitteeNo conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes.The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows:• Quality and Innovation – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment.• Value – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the Health and Care Partnership Integrated Care System.• Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the Integrated Care System through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. • Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment.• Social Value – Assured – HWE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the HWE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 20/12/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.Any representations should be sent to hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.netThe business case including the recommendation to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved at the HWE ICB Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee on the 12/09/2024.There were no conflicts or potential conflicts declared.The options paper for this service was presented at the following panels and committees:• SWH HCP Finance and Committee - 22/08/2024• ICB Commissioning and Contracting Panel - 29/08/2024 (extraordinary meeting)• Financial Scrutiny Panel - 06/09/2024• HWE ICB Strategic Finance and Commissioning Committee - 12/09/2024