NHS Haringey CCG Primary Care Anticoagulant and Stroke Prevention Service

NHS Haringey CCG is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers for a Primary Care Anticoagulant and Stroke Prevention service. The service is being commissioned using the Any Qualified Provider process. The qualification period for the AQP accreditation is estimated to be from 1 November 2015/1 January 2016 (Start date to be confirmed) to 31 March 2018, with a potential option to extend for further 12 months. The CCG may open up additional qualification rounds during the accreditation period, should there be any geographical areas within the CCG area where further choice of provider is required; the CCG reserves the right to limit the next accreditation round if held to specific geographical areas only.

The overall aim is to provide on-going monitoring and management of anticoagulation therapy in the community for patients aged 18 and over, who are registered with a GP practice in Haringey CCG, including temporary residents, in line with National Guidance.

Aims of the Service

• To provide an excellent integrated Anticoagulant and Stroke Prevention service across primary and secondary care in which therapy is usually initiated in secondary care and maintenance of appropriate patients is managed in a primary care and home setting. With the maturation of the service it will be possible in the future for the decision to anti-coagulate a patient to be taken by the GP and the initiation and the maintenance to take place in the primary care setting.

• To provide services that are near to patients and are easily accessible

• To provide increased capacity in the community to meet the rising demand for anticoagulant monitoring

• To shift the majority of the burden of anticoagulant monitoring from Secondary Care into the community allowing the hospitals to focus on new and problematic patients

• To ensure the same high quality of service to patients whether accessed in primary or secondary care

• To ensure that maintenance of patients is properly controlled and the need for continuation of therapy is reviewed regularly and discontinued where appropriate.

• To support patients in understanding and managing their anti-coagulant treatment

Additional information: Instructions to suppliers

Period of contract: 1 November 2015/1 January 2016 (Start date to be confirmed) to 31 March 2018, with a potential option to extend for further 12 months.

The proposed Tariff for this service is included in the AQP documents as document 3: Schedule 3 – Pricing Model. Providers must confirm their acceptance of this tariff in their submissions.

Please ensure that the Qualification Information document has been read prior to filling out the online AQP Questionnaire on Pro-contract. Interested organisations wishing to participate should register as a supplier and register an interest for NHS Haringey CCG Primary Care Anticoagulant and Stroke Prevention Service on Pro-contract https://www.supplying2nhs.com in order to access the AQP tender documents and online AQP questionnaire issued on this e-tendering portal. The supplier registration process is quite straight forward and supplier guidance is available on the portal. If you are already registered as a supplier on Pro-contract, you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password to log into Pro-contract in order to register an interest and access the AQP tender documents and online AQP questionnaire issued for NHS Haringey CCG Primary Care Anticoagulant and Stroke Prevention Service.

If you require any technical support on Pro-Contract, please email [email protected] or telephone 01670 597136.

Suppliers register, login, complete the documentation electronically and submit them via the Pro-contract system.

Bidders must use Pro-contract to complete the online questionnaire and submit their responses.

Please note that any communication from NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this tender will be via Pro-contract discussion board. Bidders must use Pro-contract discussion board for their communications with NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this procurement

The deadline for submitting your offer for the AQP for NHS Haringey CCG Primary Care Anticoagulant and Stroke Prevention Service is at 12 pm (Noon) on 9 June 2015. Responses received after the deadline will not be considered.

Submission of the tenders will be via the Pro-Contract E-procurement system https://www.supplying2nhs.com

NHS Haringey CCG is to hold a Bidders Event to support the procurement.

The bidder’s event will be held on 13th May between 2.15 – 4.00pm at Haringey Council Civic Centre, Committee Room 2, High Road, Wood Green, London N22 8LE .

All parties interested in submitting a bid to provide the service are invited to attend. If you wish to attend you should submit details of your delegates who will be attending (maximum of 2) and your questions by 11th May via the Pro-contract discussion board and via [email protected], using the Bidders Event Application Form provided as part of the AQP documentation.