New Contracts Today and from the Weekend

It has been a really busy weekend for new contract adverts in health and social care so here is my round up of the most interesting ones I have seen.

Top 3 Picks

• Middlesbrough Borough Council – Framework Contract Personal Assistance, Enablement and Support Services for People with Mental Health Needs

• Description - Middlesbrough Council aims to ensure that people with assessed needs are assured of relevant support and a responsive service, enabling them to live as independently as possible and build on their strengths and capabilities, in line with their own future wishes. The primary objective of providing personal assistance enablement and support services is to enable people with assessed needs, wherever possible, to continue living in their own home, while preserving maximum independence and quality of life. In order to do so, the Service Provider will provide support services to Service Users in line with the Service Users’ individual support plans.
• Length – 5 Years
• Value - £2.1-£3.5m
• Deadline – 4^th June for the ITT
• Link for further info - here

• Blackpool CCG – Unscheduled Primary Care (GP led open access service)

• Description - Blackpool CCG wishes to procure same day access to unscheduled primary medical care services incorporating triage, assessment and treatment of presentations at the open access walk in service and Urgent Care Centre (UCC) based in Blackpool. In addition the provider will provide the full range of services in the UCC's Primary Care Assessment Unit and DVT service providing rapid access to diagnostics and assessment to confirm diagnosis where it is likely that the patient will be discharged within a few hours. Radiology services are currently provided by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. The service will develop in future to provide a wide range of ambulatory care conditions in a primary care setting. The service will integrate with local GPs, acute and community health, social care services and Public Health and support the development of the CCG's out of hospital strategy. The provider will have full responsibility for all operational management, administrative, staffing and training requirements and all associated costs.
• Length – 5 years
• Value – Unknown at the moment
• Deadline – 9^th June for the PQQ
• Link for further info – here

• North Yorkshire County Council – Domiciliary Care Service Phase 1

• Description - The Council wishes to set up a framework agreement for the provision of a high quality, manageable and sustainable Domiciliary Care service that is focused on better outcomes for people in receipt of care providing improved quality of care services and value for money. It is anticipated that the provision of domiciliary care within North Yorkshire will be implemented in three phases. The phases relate to factors including but not limited to: area, hours and market. This procurement is in respect of Phase 1 only. The aim of Phase 1 is to appoint three providers per area for the urban areas of Harrogate, Scarborough, and Selby. The proposed Areas are based upon population centres and transport links. Organisations wishing to participate with this procurement are invited to bid for one or more or all of these Areas which will be divided into Lots as follows:
  Lot 1 - Harrogate
  Lot 2 - Scarborough
  Lot 3 - Selby
• Length – 4 years
• Value – No more than £100m
• Deadline – 6^th June for the PQQ
• Link for further info - here

Other Contracts of Interest

As there are so many contracts from the weekend, I have arranged them by region:

London

·         Enfield CCG – MSK Service (Outcomes Based) – further details here

·         Haringey and Islington CCGs – Community Gynaecology Service – further details here

South-East

·         Children and Adolescent Mental Health services (CAMHS) for the Hampshire Five CCG's – RFI to complete for an Information Event – further details here

·         Hertfordshire County Council – Adult Weight Management Service – further details here

·         Hertfordshire County Council – Mediation Services for Parents of Children with Special Education Needs – further details here

West Midlands

·         Birmingham Cross City CCG – Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Service – further details here

·         Stoke-on-Trent City Council - Learning Disability Floating Support Service – further details here

Yorkshire and Humber

·         Calderdale CCG – Medicines Waste Campaign – further details here

North-West

·         Halton CCG Community – Anti-Coagulation Service – further details here

Scotland

·         West Lothian Council - Housing Support to Young People who are Homeless and at Risk of Homelessness or Previous Homelessness – further details here

·         West Lothian Council - Mental Health and Substance Misuse.
Housing Support Service to be provided to Individuals with Mental Health
or Substance Misuse issues – further details here

·         Falkirk Council - Provision of Care at Home Services – further details here

Nationwide / Other

·         Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership – National Bowel Cancer Audit – further details here

·         Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership – National Lung Cancer Audit – further details here

·         Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership – National and Neck Cancer Audit – further details here