Planning

Children’s Community Health Services

  • Surrey County Council
  • NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB
  • NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
  • National Health Service England (South East) (“NHSE”)

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice without call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-018894

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03de66

Published 3 July 2023, 4:18pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Surrey County Council

Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill

Reigate

RH2 8EF

Contact

Sophie Furniss

Email

sophie.furniss@surreycc.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.surreycc.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login?cid=surreycc#

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB

Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill

Reigate

RH2 8EF

Contact

Sophie Furniss

Email

sophie.furniss@surreycc.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.surreyheartlands.org

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board

King Edward VII Hospital St Leonards Road

Windsor

SL4 3DP

Contact

Sophie Furniss

Email

Sophie.furniss@surreycc.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.frimley.icb.nhs.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

National Health Service England (South East) (“NHSE”)

York House 18-22 Massetts Road, Horley

Surrey

RH6 7DE

Contact

Sophie Furniss

Email

Sophie.furniss@surreycc.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.england.nhs.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Children’s Community Health Services

Reference number

DN1523

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Surrey Heartlands ICB, Surrey County Council, Frimley ICB and NHS England are seeking to secure a model of care for children’s community health services across Surrey (and North East Hampshire as per individual service specifications). These community services focus on prevention of ill health, advising on child development and providing targeted and specialist medical, nursing, immunisation or therapy services when needed (for example because a child has a developmental delay, disability, or significant health difficulties). Safeguarding and early intervention are central to this. Commissioning organisations would like to hear from organisations who have the experience, capability and capacity to deliver the ambition laid out in this PIN notice. This is not an invitation to tender.

Following the Market Engagement Activities in April 2023, the commissioning organisations warmly invite you to take part in market engagement activities for potential and existing providers of Children’s Community Health provision to support us in defining the scope of services and to test our aspirations. Interested organisations are invited to register to attend an in person Market Engagement Event where the commissioning organisations will outline our plans for the procurement and contract for the provision of children community health services.

The Children’s Community Health Services will be commissioned via a joint NHS contract: NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB (SHICB) are the Awarding Authority for these services, on behalf of itself and Commissioners as listed below:

1. NHS Frimley ICB

2. Surrey County Council

3. NHS England

Surrey County Council will be leading the procurement process on behalf of itself, Surrey Heartlands ICB, Frimley ICB and NHS England. We will be contracting a standard NHS contract, with standard terms and conditions.

Children’s Community Health Services in Surrey comprise a wide range of community-based services that support physical and emotional health and wellbeing amongst children and young people from birth up to 19 years of age and their families and carers. These services focus on:

• preventing ill health

• promoting and supporting child development

• providing targeted and specialist medical, nursing, immunisation, and therapy services.

The purpose of this market engagement will be to:

- Share with you our vision, priorities and service model for Children’s Community Health provision in Surrey (recap following last market engagement activity)

- Summarise feedback from previous market engagement activity

- Provide information about Surrey’s population and other services aligned with this contract

- Share a summary of service specifications

- Provide an update on challenges in current delivery and discuss opportunities for different ways of working

- Outline the next steps in the recommissioning Children’s Community Health Services Programme

For this purpose, contracting authorities may for example seek or accept advice from independent experts, or from market participants. That advice may be used in the planning and conduct of the procurement process. The commissioning organisations assure all participants that the advice received will not have the effect of distorting competition, and we abide by principles of non-discrimination and transparency.

The commissioning organisations would like to invite Providers with relevant experience, capability, and capacity to deliver these services to register for the Market Engagement Event in relation to Children’s Community Health services.

To ensure a Multi-Disciplinary approach, key personnel from partner organisations such as GP’s, Primary Care and voluntary sector organisations are also welcome to attend the Market Engagement Event to explore how this service can work together with these disciplines.

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

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Following feedback from the previous Market Engagement activities the service requirements have been developed, and information gathered from this Market Engagement Event will inform key outcomes as well as the procurement process.

Our context:

SHICB are looking to hear from potential providers who share our passion and commitment and who are dedicated to providing choice, excellent services and patient care. Commissioners are committed to ensuring that the service provider(s) can deliver continuously improving and safe services for children and young people, across Surrey (and the stipulated geography). This will require a single operating model that delivers across Surrey but also wraps around the Places and communities in Surrey. It should complement, support and drive innovation and integration across the wider system, with reporting and assurance reflecting that single operating model or provision.

This model includes services:

• Community Paediatric Medical Services (Developmental Paediatricians)

• Physiotherapy

• Speech and Language Therapy

• Occupational Therapy

• Community Children's Nursing Team

• Children's Continuing healthcare Team

• Audiology

• Safeguarding Children Team

• Looked After Children Health Team

• Tongue Tie (over 10 days)

• Specialist School Nursing

• Medical Advisor for SEND

• 0-19 School Nursing and Health Visiting Service

• Parent and Infant Mental Health

• Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services - School Nursing

• School-Aged Immunisation Services

Further details of the overarching model, as well as feedback from previous Market Engagement activities can be found on:

https://www.surreyheartlands.org/surrey-childrens-community-health-services-procurement

The contract will be managed by a lead ICB on behalf of the other ICBs, NHS England and Surrey County Council (Public Health and Children’s Services), who will be associate commissioners.

two.2.14) Additional information

Market Engagement Event Registration Details:

Potential and existing providers are invited to attend an in person Market Engagement Event with key stakeholders of SCC, NHS Frimley ICB,NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB and NHS England.

Providers wishing to attend should reply via the Proactis portal under the project “RFX1000399 – NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB, NHS Frimley ICB,SCC and NHS England’s Children’s Community Health Services Market Event” by 16.00 on 14th July 2023.

The Market Engagement Event will be held on Tuesday 18th July 2023 5pm – 7pm at Guildford Harbour Hotel & Spa (3, Alexandra Terrace, Guildford, England, GU1 3DA).

Any interested organisation or consortium with the experience, capability and capacity to deliver the ambition laid out in this PIN notice may register for the Market Engagement Event. The Commissioning organisations welcome collaborations and partnerships organised within a lead provider model.

If you wish to attend, please reply via the messaging function by providing the following information.

• Name of attendee(s)

• Job title of attendee(s)

• Organisation name

• Organisation address

• Contact email address(es)

Please note that attendance will be limited to 3 attendees per organisation.

NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB and associate commissioning organisations assure all participants that the advice received will not have the effect of distorting competition, and we abide by principles of non-discrimination and transparency.

Feedback from the Market Engagement Event will be shared on our website platform https://www.surreyheartlands.org/surrey-childrens-community-health-services-procurement and where we will be able to share any other pertinent information relating to this project.

Please note: An expression of interest to attend or participate in this Market Engagement Event is no indication of a commitment to participate in the future tender process nor does it infer any special status on those Providers who do attend. An expression of interest in this market engagement will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this market engagement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the advertisement as and when it is published. Providers who do not attend this Market Engagement Event will still be able to apply for the Procurement in the future. Please note that this Market Engagement does not represent a formal stage in the procurement process and attendance will play no part in any subsequent evaluation process.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

2 October 2023