NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG - Home Oxygen Service - Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR)

Concepts

• nhs midlands
• nhs southport
• bootle
• nurses
• lancashire commissioning support unit
• mlcsu
• nhs southport & formby clinical commissioning group
• nhs south sefton clinical commissioning group
• nhs south sefton ccg
• home oxygen assessment and review service

Location

Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working with NHS Southport & Formby Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group to procure a contract for a Home Oxygen Service - Assessment & Referral (HOS-AR) for patients living in the CCG area. The aim of the Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service (HOS-AR) is to ensure that home oxygen is appropriately prescribed to those people who clinically need it. The provider will be required to deliver assessment and follow-up appointments in either a clinic environment or in the patient's home, where appropriate. The service will clinically manage all adult patients where a potential need for home oxygen has been identified or a prescription for home oxygen has been initiated. NICE guidance recommends that a specialised assessment needs to take place to enable the oxygen requirements of the patient is individually met. There will be an initial contract period of 4 years commencing on 1st April 2022. There will be the option to extend for a further 2-year period from 1st April 2026. The contract value is set at £1,800,000 over the entire 6-year contract period.

CPV Codes

• 85141200 - Services provided by nurses

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Potential suppliers should be aware that clarifications to the Selection Questionnaire documents should be submitted by 12pm on Thursday 7th October 2021 and Tender responses should be submitted before 12pm on Friday 15th October 2021. Submission of the Selection Questionnaire and procurement specific information: this exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal). Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). For technical support in submitting your Selection Questionnaire or tender submission, contact the Bravo Solution Help Desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk This procurement is for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations') http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement. 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. Further details will be made available via documentation and information.