Tender

Dementia Post Diagnostic Support and Outreach

  • NHS North East London Clinical Commissioning Group

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice with call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-001798

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-030d9f

Published 21 January 2022, 9:03am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS North East London Clinical Commissioning Group

4th Floor Unex Tower 5 Station Rd

LONDON

E15 1DA

Email

amy.leigh-hughes@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - London

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://procontract.due-north.com/

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://procontract.due-north.com/

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://procontract.due-north.com/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Dementia Post Diagnostic Support and Outreach

Reference number

PRJ 1095

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Dementia Post Diagnostic Support and Outreach services.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,400,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. Research shows that there are more than 850,000 people in the UK who have Dementia with 1 in 14 being over the age of 65 and 1 in 6 over the age of 80. The number of people living with Dementia is increasing because people are living longer. It is estimated that by 2025 there will be 1 million people living with Dementia.

Dementia is one of the main causes of disability in later life. Characterised by progressive memory loss, behavioural and personality changes, impaired reasoning and ability to care for oneself, it progresses over time, and in the later stages of the disease people become increasingly frail, may have difficulty eating and swallowing, experience incontinence and lose communication skills such as speech and become increasingly dependent on others.

Following diagnosis, all people with dementia should have access to a dementia adviser who can act as a point of contact for information and signposting to other services. The focus of work would be to help people with dementia to navigate the health and social care system.

The service will offer post diagnostic support to all people who have been diagnosed with Dementia. This will include signposting to services, advance care planning, legal advice and advocating on their behalf. There will be a general focus on admission avoidance for all residents diagnosed with Dementia. Risk assessment of all people living with Dementia in the borough and providing support in line with the risks identified as well as referring them on appropriately to other services. Also to provide a link to GPs to encourage them to identify patients who may have dementia and provide them with ongoing support.

The contract duration for the service is 5 years with the option to extend for 2 years, (5+2). The total value for the duration of the contract is £1,400,000. Breakdown of the total value: Annual value is £200,000, (7 years at £200,000).

Interested organisation must express an interest via Pro-contract e-tendering portal. Bidders needs to register on Pro-contract if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link.

https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

Once registered, you can express an interest in this project and submit the EOI form by clicking the following link to this specific project:

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8844f69f-007a-ec11-8110-005056b64545

Please note: The EOI form must be submitted to complete an expression of interest. Any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered.

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

Duration in months

84

two.2.14) Additional information

In line with the Health and Care Bill it is envisaged that CCGs will be abolished and replaced by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Any reference to CCGs as Contracting Authorities in this procurement should be interpreted as referring to the ICBs that will take their place in due course.

Please note that the contract(s) will be awarded without further publication. Interested organisations must express their interest as instructed in this PIN notice if they wish to take part in this procurement process.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date

11 February 2022

Local time

5:00pm

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

English

four.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures

1 April 2022


Section six. Complementary information

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic payment will be used