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 award 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.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85141200 - Services provided by nurses

Indicators

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

Other Information

This procurement was 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.