NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG – Support Service for Personal Health / Wheelchair Budgets

Concepts

• southport
• finance services
• support service for personal health
• bootle
• support service
• nhs southport & formby
• nhs southport
• nhs midlands
• lancashire commissioning support unit
• formby ccg

Location

Sefton:

Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are working on behalf of Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who wish to make a call for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for a Support Service for Personal Health / Wheelchair Budgets. The CCGs are looking for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) who are able to provide a support service for individuals who require support with Direct Payment Personal Health Budgets; Third Party Personal Health Budgets or Third Party Personal Wheelchair Budgets. The potential contract will be valued at approximately £160,000 per year; and the contract duration will be for 3 years with the potential to extend for a further 1 x 2-year period.

Total Quantity or Scope

The support service will undertake support to individuals for Direct Payment Personal Health Budgets (PHBs). Individuals are expected to buy and manage health services themselves and hold audit trails of their spend. The support service will undertake to support individuals or their carers to manage the Direct Payments and keep an audit trail of these payments. The support service will also undertake support to individuals for Third Party Personal Health Budgets (PHBs). This is where the organisation will hold the money on behalf of the induvial and pay for and arranges the care and support as agreed in a care plan. Third Party Wheelchair Budgets operate in a similar manner where the organisation assists the individual to purchase mobility equipment from outside of the NHS. The CCGs are looking to gain Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from providers who could be interested in delivering a Support Service for Personal Health / Wheelchair Budgets to patients in the 2 CCG areas. Any interested organisation needs to visit https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/ to complete a short questionnaire regarding delivery of the Support Service for Personal Health / Wheelchair Budgets in the CCG areas. This information will inform and assist the CCGs in forming their future intentions for these services. The deadline for submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI) is 12pm (noon) on Friday 11th June 2021. The CCGs are only seeking expressions of interest from Providers who are genuinely capable and attracted to this potential opportunity. Please only express an interest if you have the relevant authority to do so on behalf of your Provider. Additional information: The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the tender process.

CPV Codes

• 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.