Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
160 TOOLEY STREET
LONDON
SE1 2TZ
Contact
Joyel Shaju
Telephone
+44 7407870773
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
NHS Organisation Data Service
72Q
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.selondonics.org/icb/
Buyer's address
https://www.selondonics.org/icb/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
Community Dermatology Service Lewisham
Reference number
PRJ2068
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85121282 - Dermatology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Community Dermatology Service will play a key role in supporting Lewisham borough in delivering its strategy to optimise the value of referrals and improve patient experience and outcomes. The service will manage a broad range of dermatological conditions and support the development of sustainable care pathways, which are cost-effective, responsive to local need, clearly articulated between clinical partners and underpinned by a combination of effective referral optimisation and robust educational support. The Community Service will also play a pivotal role in strengthening the dermatology offering across Lewisham, by providing a link between primary and secondary care, building capacity and expertise within the community and diverting less complex activity away from the acute trusts, thereby improving access to secondary care for those patients requiring consultant- led treatment.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,749,740
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a competitive procurement process under Provider Selection Regime 2023.
The Community Dermatology Service will play a key role in supporting Lewisham borough in delivering its strategy to optimise the value of referrals and improve patient experience and outcomes. The service will manage a broad range of dermatological conditions and support the development of sustainable care pathways, which are cost-effective, responsive to local need, clearly articulated between clinical partners and underpinned by a combination of effective referral optimisation and robust educational support. The Community Service will also play a pivotal role in strengthening the dermatology offering across Lewisham, by providing a link between primary and secondary care, building capacity and expertise within the community and diverting less complex activity away from the acute trusts, thereby improving access to secondary care for those patients requiring consultant- led treatment.
Service Description
The Community Dermatology Service will be available to all patients registered with GP practices within Lewisham.
A) A single point of referral and triage for non-urgent dermatology referrals.
It is the system intention that there will be a RAS (Referral Assessment Service) in place at Lewisham and Greenwich Trust for all non-urgent dermatology referrals, this will ensure that each patient is directed to the most appropriate setting. Referrals sent to the RAS will be clinically triaged by the community provider and will be sub-contracted by LGT to provide this service. The RAS does not form part of this service specification or contract value. The RAS will offer additional referral management by actively encouraging high quality of information from referring GPs (including attaching photos), adhering to the SEL Treatment Access Policy and providing feedback to the referrer on the quality, suitability and destination of the referral. The RAS will actively mitigate against the lowering of referral thresholds in cases where the GP could reasonably be expected to manage the patient's condition in primary care. All referrals into the RAS will be triaged within two working days.
The RAS will collect triage activity data to a level that enables local demand and educational needs to be identified and will actively seek to feed this information into ongoing educational programmes and the development of the service.
B) Diagnostic support, advice and guidance.
The service will offer a specialist Advice and Guidance service for GPs within the community. The provision of management plans will be an important part of the wider educational role of the service, aiming to build confidence and capacity within primary care.
The service will work with the wider system to develop resources that support GPs to make an accurate diagnosis and implement a first line management plan for appropriate conditions. These resources will include clinical guidance/checklists, accessible signposting to existing resources such as the Primary Care Dermatology Society and a directory of local educational opportunities (see section below for more detail on education). The service will work with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and wider Integrated Care System (ICS) to ensure that use of these resources becomes embedded within the referral optimisation process.
The service will provide learning opportunities for healthcare professionals with sit in clinics being arranged. The service is to be considered as much a peer support service as a direct patient interfacing service. Feedback will be regularly collated from referrers and patients and gathered to optimise performance and outcomes.
C) Management support and/ or treatment for a broad range of dermatological conditions.
The service will provide consultation and treatment, delivered in primary/community care settings across Lewisham for dermatology patients whose treatment is outside the scope of what can be offered in primary care and who would otherwise have been referred to hospital. The provider will use a flexible approach to providing appointment capacity so that this sufficiently matches the demand for this service and supports patient choice. Depending on the level of demand, commissioners anticipate dedicated clinics in at least two premises within the ICB area that provide good accessibility for patients and facilitate patient choice. At this time it is recommended that the 2 sites will be The Waldron Health Centre and Rushey Green practice and both sites are currently being used by the current provider to deliver community dermatology clinics.
Contract value
Total indicative contract value per annum - £349,948
Total indicative contract value full term - £1,749,740
Contract Duration
The contract will have an initial term of 3 years (36 months), followed by an optional extension of 2 years (24 months) If all available extension is taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 5 years (60 months).
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Please note that any submission of bids by any other means will not be considered.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,749,740
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The contract will have an initial term of 3 years (36 months), followed by an optional extension of 2 years (24 months) If all available extension is taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 5 years (60 months).
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract will have an initial term of 3 years (36 months), followed by an optional extension of 2 years (24 months). If all available extension is taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 5 years (60 months).
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
20 September 2024
Local time
2:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
23 September 2024
Local time
10:00am
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice . The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For avoidance of doubt the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The Procurement is being managed by the NHS London Commercial Hub (NHS LCH) hosted by NEL ICB, on behalf of the Authority, in connection with a competitive Invitation to Tender (ITT) exercise that is being conducted via a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
160 TOOLEY STREET
LONDON
SE1 2TZ
Country
United Kingdom