Provision of National Lung Cancer Audit- EOI

Concepts

• health and social work
• hqip
• provision of national lung cancer audit
• national lung cancer audit service
• lung cancer
• achievements of the audit
• audit data findings
• healthcare quality improvement partnership
• parts of the service
• aim of the procurement

Location

LONDON

Description

Please be advised that this Prior Information Notice is a Call for Competition in order that potential bidders may express an interest in tendering for this service. Following publication of this Notice, only bidders that have expressed an interest in tendering for the service will be invited to submit a bid for the service. Expressions of interest must be submitted via wax e-tendering portal: http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/WFLub Potential bidders are further informed that there will be an online Market Engagement Questionnaires running from 26/03/2021 - 26/04/2021. Following completion of the Market Engagement Questionnaires, all bidders who have expressed an interest would be issued with the Invitation to Tender documents, irrespective of their participation in the Market Engagement. This notice does not represent a commitment from Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)s to award a contract.

Total Quantity or Scope

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an organisation that will support the delivery of the National Lung Cancer Audit Service. The service will be delivered nationally. The aim of the procurement is to procure a quality service that provide a high quality that will stimulate improvements in care for patients with lung cancer by measuring variations in quality, experience and outcomes. The successful bidder will be required to build on the achievements of the audit to date and enhance the ability for the audit to be used for quality improvement. It is recognised that Data is most useful locally for healthcare quality improvement when its provision to clinical teams is timely, the data is refreshed regularly and appropriate tools, support and guidance accompany the data outputs. The intent is for all of these features of the audit to be implemented and improved during the period of this contract, https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/national-lung-cancer-audit The successful tenderer will: a) Audit Plan: Design, pilot and implement a new audit plan which: • prioritises measuring the most important data (a minimum dataset) and presents the lowest possible burden for collecting these data, e.g. by utilising routine data • feeds back useful, timely and regularly updated audit data findings to promote rapid local healthcare improvement • provides outputs co-created with patient and public involvement b) QI Strategy: Design and deliver a Quality Improvement (QI) Strategy, which ensures that the audit itself is designed from the outset, and developed throughout, to facilitate QI as well as quality assurance (QA). The provider may subcontract parts of the service to ensure that a comprehensive range of services is available to meet the service requirement. However, where parts of the service are subcontracted, the provider shall remain accountable to the commissioner, to ensure that a seamless service is provided as required. This service would covered by the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. The procedure that the Commissioner will be following will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. The procurement will be advertised via Finder a Tender and Contract Finder. The Commissioner is following an Open Procurement procedure as it will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Organisation that wish to express an interest to the Market Engagement are required to register their interest via Wax (e-tendering) portal, by providing a response to the market engagement questionnaires and return via the portal.

Renewal Options

To be confirmed

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

Organisation that wish to express an interest to the Market Engagement are required to register their interest via Wax (e-tendering) portal, by providing a response to the market engagement questionnaires and return via the portal.