Tender for Physical Health Checks Service

Tender for Physical Health Checks Service – Haringey, London

1) completion of physical health check assessments; 2) follow up: delivery of or referral to NICE-recommended interventions.

United Kingdom-London: Health services

2020/S 051-122388

Social and other specific services – public contracts

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Official name: NHS Haringey CCG
Postal address: River Park House, Level 4 225 High Road
Town: London
NUTS code: UKI
Postal code: N22 8HQ
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Mr Odezi Stephen Ivuerah
E-mail: nelcsu.clinical-procurement@nhs.net
Telephone: +44 2030495843Internet address(es):Main address: https://www.haringeyccg.nhs.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.haringeyccg.nhs.uk/

I.2)Information about joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/AdvertSummary?projectId=fd4b115f-2b5e-ea11-80ff-005056b64545&projectStepId=0d4c115f-2b5e-ea11-80ff-005056b64545

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/AdvertSummary?projectId=fd4b115f-2b5e-ea11-80ff-005056b64545&projectStepId=0d4c115f-2b5e-ea11-80ff-005056b64545

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5)Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

PRJ-926 Haringey CCG SMI Physical Health Checks Service

Reference number: DN468975

II.1.2)Main CPV code

85100000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group wishes to commission high-quality support services that addresses the significant health inequalities faced by for people living with severe mental illness in the borough as a result of long-term physical health conditions.

The Primary Care SMI Service will be expected to provide a comprehensive range of physical health checks to patients on the SMI register in line with the NHSE Physical health check and follow up interventions for people with severe mental illness.

This will include amongst others:

1) completion of physical health check assessments;

2) follow up: delivery of or referral to NICE-recommended interventions;

3) follow up: personalised care planning, engagement and psycho-social support;

4) signpost and support the patient to relevant NHS screening programmes including cervical, breast and Bowel cancer.

In addition,

5) collating, recording and reporting of all service activity on the EMIS/Vision system.

This specification looks to provide focus and address the below six areas.

• ensuring clarity about the required elements of a physical health assessment for someone with an SMI.

Ensuring the provision of follow up interventions to address identified health risks such as a lack of physical exercise

• ensuring sufficient capacity in primary care to develop and deliver personalised support plans and provide navigation to ensure that people have access to the right resources and services;

• clarifying roles and responsibilities across primary and secondary care teams in relation to the physical health of people with SMI;

• improving communications and collaboration between primary and secondary care;

• developing confidence and competence within the primary care workforce to deliver good physical healthcare for people with SMI.

The financial envelope available for this work is within the range of GBP 230 000-GBP 259 128 per annum. The indicative budget for the total duration of the contract (initial term of 2 years plus the potential extension period of 2 years) is within the range of GBP 920 000-GBP 1 036 512.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKI

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The service would provide and facilitate strong clinical leadership to champion physical healthcare of people with SMI and embed a proactive culture of addressing the needs of this population group amongst generalist and physical health services. This will include

• completion of physical health check assessments;

• follow up: delivery of or referral to NICE-recommended interventions through community, acute and mental health services in collaboration with the GP;

• follow up: personalised care planning, engagement and psycho-social support including referral to the Haringey Mind Well-being Network and other services as required by the patient.

The service will

• deliver comprehensive cardio-metabolic health checks to no less than 60 % of the SMI population in Haringey in line with the national expectation;

• deliver additional testing, e.g. spirometry, prolactin, ECG;

• check Ensure onward referral, follow ups and recalls are undertaken for those with abnormalities or requiring further investigation/treatment;

• support General Practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with SMI and Long Term Conditions;

• support patients with SMI to improve their self-management through behaviour change and motivation techniques, psycho-education and personalised care planning;

• offer personalised recovery plans using evidenced tools to support patients with self-management of lifestyle risk factors and mental health relapse factors;

• apply a multi-disciplinary approach in partnership with the GP, community and mental health services as well as the voluntary sector including but not limited to the Mind in Haringey Well-being Network, IAPT, Crisis Hub etc. to ensure that the holistic needs of the patient are addressed;

• recognise the important role carers play in supporting patients and will involve them in the process of service delivery upon securing the consent of the patient.

The provider will be expected to operate as a borough-wide service with presence across the localities or Primary care Networks (PCN).

It will also play a significant role in improving mental health care within primary care networks through working in a purposefully holistic way to address multiple health and well-being risk factors

The provider will ensure that they advertise this service to their patients. Services need to be accessible, appropriate and sensitive to the needs of all service users.

No-one should be excluded or experience difficulty in accessing and effectively using the service due to their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion and/or age.

Interested parties are invited to submit tenders by 14.00 on 30 March 2020. You must register on our e-tendering portal (https://procontract.due-north.com). Once registered and logged in, you can access the tender documents attached to the Pro contract Advert. Further instructions on how to access the project are at https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/Opportunities1.html.

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 1 036 512.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 48

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.4)Objective rules and criteria for participation

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Form of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about framework agreement

IV.1.10)Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:

IV.1.11)Main features of the award procedure:

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate / Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date: 30/03/2020

Local time: 14:00

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

09/03/2020