AQP for Non-Scalpel Vasectomy Service (January 2016 Window) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

AQP for Non-Scalpel Vasectomy Service (January 2016 Window) for Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (LC CCG), East Leicestershire & Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELR CCG) and West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (WL CCG)

Reference: 2016/AQPNSVasectomy/PC

Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of Leicester City CCG, East Leicestershire & Rutland CCG and West Leicestershire CCG are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers for a Non-Scalpel Vasectomy Service.

The service will provide a quality and safe one or two stage, non-scalpel technique vasectomy under local anaesthetic in accordance with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist (RCOG) guidelines, in a primary care setting to all adult males who request it, are of sound mind, not acting under external duress and are registered with a General Practitioner (GP) in Leicester City CCG, East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG or West Leicestershire CCG. Providers should have local strategies in place for providing information to both clients and professionals on the choices available within the service and on access to the service.

The aims and objectives of this service are:

• To provide high quality, cost effective, local community vasectomy services • To provide services that comply with accepted best practice in line with national and local guidance, relevant accreditations processes, relevant guidelines in clinical practice and robust governance arrangements • To provide a complete holistic service user focussed care package including pre and post-operative care, information, advice and counselling • To provide an opportunity for men’s health promotion • To ensure consistent and continuous care between health professionals, effective and efficient communication • To improve access and convenience for service users • To improve service user choice

Any provider will be eligible to join a list of qualified providers subject to demonstrating competency against the authority’s specified criteria, subject to assessment. The list will be open to new entrants to the market and previous unsuccessful applicants. The successful providers will be expected to sign the standard NHS contract, accepting all terms and conditions. It should be noted that under the Any Qualified Provider model, there will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contracts awarded. This contract will be until 31st March 2017.

Providers wishing to submit an ITT to deliver this service need to log onto Arden GEM CSUs procurement portal (Bravo):- https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html at least 72 hours before the deadline for the ITT submissions of 5pm on Thursday 23rd February 2016.

Additional information: To register on the Arden & GEM Bravo portal: »From the portal Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link »Accept the terms & conditions for using the portal »Complete your organisation & personal details »Choose a memorable username and submit »You will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely (if you lose it there is a ‘Forgot my Password’ link on the portal homepage)

To Access the portal: »Login with your unique username & password »From the suppliers reserved area click ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ –this is a repository of all ITTs open to any registered supplier. »Browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select “AQP for Non-Scalpel Vasectomy (Window January 2016) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland” by clicking on it »Note the Details buttons on the left for Navigation and the Actions below »Click the ‘Express Interest’ action –this will move the ITT from the ITTs Open to All Suppliers area to your ‘My ITTs’ area –this is a reserved area for ITTs that you have either been invited to or expressed interest in.

The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ("the Regulations"). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services.