Tender

Provision of National Lung Cancer Audit- EOI

  • HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP

F01: Prior information notice (call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-006457

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02a0aa

Published 29 March 2021, 9:08pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP

6th Floor,Dawson House, 5 Jewry Street

LONDON

EC3N2EX

Contact

Bradley Jones

Email

bradley.jones@hqip.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.hqip.org.uk/about-us/#.YGH5_69KiM8

Buyer's address

https://www.hqip.org.uk/about-us/#.YGH5_69KiM8

one.3) Communication

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

http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/hRyEm

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/hRyEm

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

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

Provision of National Lung Cancer Audit- EOI

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Please be advised that this Prior Information Notice is a Call for Competition in order that potential bidders may express an interest in tendering for this service. Following publication of this Notice, only bidders that have expressed an interest in tendering for the service will be invited to submit a bid for the service. Expressions of interest must be submitted via wax e-tendering portal:

http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/WFLub

Potential bidders are further informed that there will be an online Market Engagement Questionnaires running from 26/03/2021 - 26/04/2021. Following completion of the Market Engagement Questionnaires, all bidders who have expressed an interest would be issued with the Invitation to Tender documents, irrespective of their participation in the Market Engagement.

This notice does not represent a commitment from Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)s to award a contract.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £890,500

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an organisation that will support the delivery of the National Lung Cancer Audit Service. The service will be delivered nationally.

The aim of the procurement is to procure a quality service that provide a high quality that will stimulate improvements in care for patients with lung cancer by measuring variations in quality, experience and outcomes. The successful bidder will be required to build on the achievements of the audit to date and enhance the ability for the audit to be used for quality improvement.

It is recognised that Data is most useful locally for healthcare quality improvement when its provision to clinical teams is timely, the data is refreshed regularly and appropriate tools, support and guidance accompany the data outputs. The intent is for all of these features of the audit to be implemented and improved during the period of this contract, https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/national-lung-cancer-audit

The successful tenderer will:

a) Audit Plan: Design, pilot and implement a new audit plan which:

• prioritises measuring the most important data (a minimum dataset) and presents the lowest possible burden for collecting these data, e.g. by utilising routine data

• feeds back useful, timely and regularly updated audit data findings to promote rapid local healthcare improvement

• provides outputs co-created with patient and public involvement

b) QI Strategy: Design and deliver a Quality Improvement (QI) Strategy, which ensures that the audit itself is designed from the outset, and developed throughout, to facilitate QI as well as quality assurance (QA).

The provider may subcontract parts of the service to ensure that a comprehensive range of services is available to meet the service requirement. However, where parts of the service are subcontracted, the provider shall remain accountable to the commissioner, to ensure that a seamless service is provided as required.

This service would covered by the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. The procedure that the Commissioner will be following will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. The procurement will be advertised via Finder a Tender and Contract Finder. The Commissioner is following an Open Procurement procedure as it will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.

Organisation that wish to express an interest to the Market Engagement are required to register their interest via Wax (e-tendering) portal, by providing a response to the market engagement questionnaires and return via the portal.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £890,500

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

To be confirmed

two.2.14) Additional information

Organisation that wish to express an interest to the Market Engagement are required to register their interest via Wax (e-tendering) portal, by providing a response to the market engagement questionnaires and return via the portal.

http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/WFLub


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

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

Date

30 April 2021

Local time

12:00pm

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

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Procurement Team

Dawson House, Jewry Street

London

EC3N2EX

Email

bradley.jones@hqip.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom