Post Diagnostic Dementia Support Service - NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG

High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group is considering potential routes (including procurement) to commission this service.

The specific aim of the Post Diagnostic Dementia Support Service is to be the main point of contact and provide appropriate emotional support, practical guidance and information to meet the needs of those entering the service, as well as facilitating access to well-being interventions which promote independence and quality of life. The service will be both for the person diagnosed with dementia and their family carer/supporter.

The service will work in partnership with a wide range of organisation’s including General Practitioners as part of an integrated approach. It will facilitate identifying issues leading to deterioration and will work with agencies to ensure a timely and pro-active response. It is expected that Care Coordination and Advanced Care Planning will assume a key element of the Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service.

The Commissioner wishes to engage with service providers to gain a better understanding of their views about future ways to commission this service. Providers are asked to review the information contained in the Request for Information (RFI) document and complete the questionnaire section.

Please return your completed RFI document by no later than midday on Tuesday 15th March 2016 via the Intend Portal using the correspondence function.

To obtain the RFI document, interested parties must register their details on the IN-tend eTender system website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning All correspondence will be dealt through this website.

Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to obtain further documentation using the electronic process.

Please see Additional Notes for details on accessing IN-Tend.

Additional information: Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to obtain further documentation using the electronic process.

Suppliers Instructions of how to express interest and participate: 1. Register your company on the e-tendering portal (this is only required once): – Browse to the e-tendering Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning and click the link to register. – Read and accept the terms and conditions and lick ‘Continue’. – Enter your correct business and user details. – Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete. – You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender: – Login to the portal with the username/password. – Click the ‘Tenders’ link and then select ‘Current’. – Click on the relevant Project to access the content. – Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the bottom of the page. – This will move the Project into your ‘My Tenders’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.) – You can now access any attachments via the relevant tabs. – You can now use the correspondence function to communicate or seek any clarification. – Note the deadline for return. – There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

This exercise is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for all providers to help inform commissioning intentions. This process will assist the Commissioner when considering if and how procurement is an appropriate route to commission the service. A new advertisement will be published should procurement be the chosen route in the future.