Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group
Sackville House, Brooks Close
Lewes
BN7 2FZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastsussexccg.nhs.uk
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Universal Healthcare Innovation and Change Labs support NHS/SOEPS/22.847 PINCC
Reference number
NHS/SOEPS/22.847 PINCC
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice is to inform the market of the intention to directly award a 12-month contract to London South Bank University for the provision of a Universal Healthcare Innovation and Change Labs support Service for NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group ('the CCG') from 1 June 2022 .
If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of this PIN further, please do this by sending a portal message via the Intend e-Tendering portal in the first instance.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00pm (midday) on Thursday 28th April.
If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority shall enter into a contract with the provider, relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice.
Please note a portal message is the only accepted method of expressing an interest (correspondence received by any other route will not be responded to).
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £468,400
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Main site or place of performance
Sussex (Hastings) and West Yorkshire, (Bradford)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is to inform the market of the intention to directly award a 12-month contract to London South Bank University for the provision of a Universal Healthcare Innovation and Change Labs support Service for NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group ('the CCG') from 1 June 2022 .
On 11 February 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care published the White Paper Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all, which sets out legislative proposals for a health and care Bill. The White Paper intrinsically recognises the requirement for adoption of a population health approach aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of local populations and reducing health inequalities. The CQC will be responsible for assessing ICS's progress .
The national Universal Healthcare Network consists of a membership of senior NHS Leaders, Community and Think Leaders from across the country. It mobilised in September 2021 to house attention to a specific issue, (Universal Healthcare) and potential approach to address it, which was not deemed to be taking place anywhere else. This is evidenced by the relationship established with the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme, which has committed to be part of the oversight infrastructure for the work.
The Universal Healthcare Network is unique in the range of expertise it brings together which resulted in three clear provocations on Universal Healthcare which are not being addressed by the mainstream inequalities agenda, or the NHSE Core20Plus Collaborative or High Impact Improvement Network. The proposed Innovation and Change Labs and Inquiry work are being presented at the High Impact Improvement Network and the Core20Plus Collaborative as it is deemed to complement the national programme but is distinctly different (and unique) from any other initiative being undertaken or proposed at this time.
Specialist expertise is required from London South Bank University as a member of National Universal Healthcare Network and which owns the Intellectual Property (Universal Healthcare Innovation and Change Labs) to seek to address this issue. In discussion with the National Universal Healthcare Network, LSBU developed a comprehensive proposal on how participating ICS', (West Yorkshire, Bradford) and (Sussex, Hastings) could be supported to implement a methodology and approach to designing services in a different way which would secure universal healthcare and reduce inequalities.
The CEOs of West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and Sussex Health and Care Partnership consider this proposal as a lever, (amongst others) to achieving progress against this ambition at pace.
London South Bank University would provide support on implementing an approach and methodology, (Universal Healthcare Innovation and Change Labs), which is the Intellectual Property of the University.
This will involve a process of 'data mining', designing and rapidly testing innovations with local communities (prototyping), catalysing culture change through by learning together across the Community of Practices established for this work, (West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and Sussex Health and Care Partnership) and 'checking and challenging' the dominant narrative that shapes the context for the NHS's work on Universal Healthcare by bringing the learning from the Communities of Practices into a national context, (Universal Healthcare Network) and NHSE/I to inform policy and practice.
The 'check and challenge' process will also ensure that prototyped initiatives are worked up into business cases to be presented to the Integrated Care Board for decisions on what will continue to be sustained and embedded.
The rationale of the Commissioning Authority for this action is therefore because:
• Specialist expertise is required from London South Bank University as a member of National Universal Healthcare Network to seek to address this issue.
• This proposal would be a lever to achieving progress against adoption of a population health approach aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of local populations and reducing health inequalities at pace.
• The work is deemed to complement the national Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme but is distinctly different (and unique) from any other initiative being undertaken or proposed at this time.
• To seek alternative suppliers would be a duplication of effort.
If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of this PIN further, please do this by sending a portal message via the Intend e-Tendering portal in the first instance.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00pm (midday) on Thursday 28th April.
If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority shall enter into a contract with the provider, relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice.
Please note a portal message is the only accepted method of expressing an interest (correspondence received by any other route will not be responded to).
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £468,400
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
12
two.2.14) Additional information
Please note: NHS England and Improvement have announced that the Sussex Health and Care Partnership, which is made up of all health and care organisations across East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, has successfully met the criteria to become an Integrated Care System (ICS). An ICS is a way of working across health and care organisations that allows them to work closer together, to take collective responsibility of the health and wellbeing of populations across large areas.
It is not anticipated that the statutory responsibility or accountability of the individual health and care organisations working as an ICS will be affected, save for the expectation that CCG organisations will be abolished and functions transferred to the ICS. As a result of these intended healthcare reforms, the Contracting Authority currently NHS East Sussex CCG may change during the life of the contract.
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
Originally published as:
Date
25 April 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Changed to:
Date
28 April 2022
See the change notice.
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
26 April 2022
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS South of England Procurement
Sackville House, Brooks Close
Lewes
BN7 2FZ
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Refer to South of England Procurement Services via the portal to trigger the review process.