Children’s and Adults Community Healthcare Services in Surrey

Surrey CCGs and Surrey County Council combined intend to undertake a restricted procurement process for the provision of adult community services and some children’s community services. It is anticipated that the following portfolio of community services will be tendered: •Community hospitals •Rapid Response – Discharge Facilitation and Admission Avoidance •Community nursing •Community continence service •Intermediate care services •Community podiatry •Speech and language therapy •Community specialist nursing including but not limited to neuro rehab, cardiac, respiratory, diabetic, epilepsy, lymphoedema •Wheelchairs •School nursing for 5 to 19 year olds •Children's community nursing service •NHS funded children's continuing care •Community paediatric occupational therapy •Paediatric physiotherapy •Paediatric audiology •Paediatric diabetes nursing service •Paediatric epilepsy nursing (PENS) •Paediatric speech and language therapy •Special school nursing •Youth counselling service •Health visiting for 0 to 5 year olds •Immunisations for 0 to 19 year olds •Developmental paediatrician service •Health assessment service •HPV immunisation programme •Meningitis C Immunisation Programme The scope of some of these services will be Surrey-wide; including potentially outside of the boundaries of the Surrey CCGs. Some service specifications will also have local variations. The contract let will be the standard national NHS community contract, the term of the contract will be at least five years. A key requirement will be the ability to partner with a wide range of organisations including general practices, voluntary and private sector providers and statutory organisations to successfully integrate care pathways between primary, secondary and community services. Provider(s) will be expected to work across the health and social care economy to deliver high quality and value for money services ensuring a seamless patient pathway. The provider(s) will be expected to move to a model of service delivery which is outcome-based, with a performance management framework referencing KPIs and benefits taken from across the integrated health and social care spectrum. In doing so, the provider(s) must have in place suitable arrangements with the supply chain of other providers/partners (where necessary) and agreements to work collaboratively with other organisations. The CCGs and Surrey County Council are determining the procurement and contracting model to be used. For example, it may be preferable for provider(s) to hold separate contracts with each commissioning partner, to have a contract to deliver specific services across CCGs or to have a single contract across all commissioning partners. Other options are available. Feedback from potential bidders and interested parties about possible strengths and weaknesses of different models would be welcomed.

Additional information: Information and networking event

An information and networking event for potential bidders and other interested parties is being held from 10am to 12pm on 25th September 2015 at HG Wells Conference and Events Centre, Church Street East, Woking, GU21 6HJ.

Potential bidders and other interested parties wishing to attend should register by Tuesday 22nd September 2015, by emailing: [email protected] with the following details: • Name of attendee(s) • Job title of attendee(s) • Organisation details, including address and contact details. Please ensure that the title of the email contains the reference “Community services procurement September event”. The CCGs and Surrey County Council reserve the right to limit the number of attendees per organisation or to request that some who express an interest attend an alternative event. This is dependent on numbers. A further event will take place in the final quarter of 2015.

The indicative timescale for the procurement process is: •Information and networking event(s) for potential bidders and interested parties in September-November 2015. •Issuing of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) in January 2016 •Shortlisting of bidders based on PQQ evaluation in March 2016 •ITT issue in April 2016 •Notification of award of contract in August 2016 •Mobilisation and transition arrangements from September 2016 onwards •Commencement of services on 1 April 2017

All information is subject to amendment.