Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
King Edward VII Hospital St Leonards Road
Windsor
SL4 3DP
Contact
Lisa Chivers
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ11 - Berkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.frimley.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.frimley.icb.nhs.uk/
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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
East Berkshire Children and Young People Therapy Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
East Berkshire children and young people therapy services for East Berkshire - Prior Information Notice
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) is looking to commission a children and young people’s therapy service across the East Berkshire patch.
Frimley ICB is acting as lead commissioner with other commissioners, as a "Partnership”, with the following 3 organisations:
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) Local Authority
• Bracknell Forest Local Authority
• Slough Local Authority
The East Berkshire Children and Young People Therapy Services brings together the health and local authority provision across the therapy services of Speech and Language, Occupational and Physiotherapy.
This is a market engagement exercise. The Partnership is seeking the views of healthcare providers for this service using a market engagement questionnaire. A Draft Specification and Draft Finance Information are available on the Atamis portal, with a questionnaire for interested potential bidders to complete, aimed at obtaining the views of prospective healthcare providers.
This process is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £27,379,611
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ11 - Berkshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a market engagement exercise. The Partnership is seeking the views of healthcare providers for this service using a market engagement questionnaire. A Draft Specification and Draft Finance Information are available on the Atamis portal, with a questionnaire for interested potential bidders to complete, and asks some questions aimed at obtaining the views of prospective healthcare providers.
The East Berkshire Children and Young People therapy services brings together the health and local authority provision across the therapy services of Speech and Language, Occupational and Physiotherapy.
The fundamental aims of integrating the commissioning of children's therapy services and equipment is to remove duplication and inefficiencies, promote equality of access and increase value for money, with the resulting service improvements for children, young people, parents and carers.
The East Berkshire Children and Young People Therapy Services will ensure that all children and young people known to the service achieve their best possible developmental potential, physical and emotional health, and well-being both in childhood and through transition into adulthood.
The Service is an innovative therapy Service offering simple entry, strong, universal help, and high impact interventions, offered in coproduction with families and others. It is a community-based Service for children with short-, medium- and longer-term developmental needs in speech, language and communication, feeding, mobility, movement, sensory processing, and independent function. The Service is provided by Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and skilled assistants. The overarching aim is to maximise each child’s developmental potential, and secure independence, in a way that makes sense for the family.
The Service works closely in partnership with families, young people and others to:
• Maximise children’s opportunities for integration into education and society.
• Enjoy and achieve success.
• Reach their potential.
• Make a positive contribution to society.
The aim is to minimise dependence on therapists by giving families and staff the skills and confidence to ‘self-manage’.
For children with multiple, long-term conditions, the longer-term aim is to reduce admissions into hospital through:
• The early identification of potential risks or changes in condition.
The envisaged contract period will be 5 years, with the option for the Partnership to extend for up to a further 2 years. The new contract will go live April 2025, with a 3-month prior mobilisation period to ensure implementation of critical services. There is a further 1-year mobilisation from contract award to deliver new elements of the services, as outlined in the Draft Specification.
The value of the contract is estimated to be £3,911,373.00 per annum. (£27,379,611 over the full 7-year lifetime of the contract). Please see detail in the Draft Finance Information, available on the Atamis portal.
It is the Partnership’s intention to shape their procurement process based on the responses to this PIN. The Partnership would therefore request potential bidders to complete and submit a response to the questionnaire. The Partnership is open to hearing from providers who genuinely believe they would be in a position to provide this service and offer best value to the ICB. If this is the case, please complete the market engagement questionnaire and submit it via the Atamis portal by 12 noon 23 July 2024.
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (Project C288513) and the Market Engagement will require the completion of an online questionnaire.
This process is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
two.2.14) Additional information
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Project C288513
The services are deemed to be subject of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This is therefore a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this notice.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 August 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Commissioner or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Commissioner will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the ‘Health Family’ e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on ‘View our Live Opportunities’ from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on ‘Register interest’ - this will take you to the log-in page.
If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest / market engagement questionnaire.