Continuing Healthcare Service for Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups, Market Engagement

NHS Erewash Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group seek to jointly commission a Continuing Healthcare Service.

The Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have an indicative budget of £3.6 million per annum.

CCGs have a statutory duty to meet the requirements of the Health and Social Care Act (2012) including the provision of NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care. This is undertaken by assessing, reviewing and case managing patients who are their responsibility where they have been identified as likely to be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, or a joint funded package of care or are placed in a nursing home and are eligible for receipt of Funded Nursing Care.

The CCGs within Derbyshire are working on a ’Derbyshire wide footprint’ for the commissioning of a Continuing Healthcare Service, however each individual CCG remains statutorily accountable for the provision of all elements of NHS Continuing Healthcare for its registered population.

The CCGs have taken the opportunity to review the current service specification and model with a view to making service improvements and recognise how important it is that stakeholders are informed and engaged in respect of this service.

The aim is to create a seamless health and social care service, which is patient focused, promotes independence, is delivered as close to home as possible, and to achieve a focus upon ‘place-based systems of care’ working in collaboration and partnership across organisations.

Derbyshire CCGs are therefore seeking to engage with suitably qualified service providers on the development of this service.

The CCGs have made available the draft service specification. There is an opportunity for service providers to articulate how they believe they can add value, support the development of the specification and outcomes to the current service, and to what extent can enable more effective integration with other parts of the system.

To support the engagement process Derbyshire CCGs plan to hold a ‘Market Engagement Event’ in the morning of Monday 4th July 2016 at: Babington Hospital, Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1WH. Please note places will be restricted to 2 persons per provider.

The purpose of the event will be to discuss at a high level the CCGs strategy and to use the knowledge of the market to help inform elements of the service specification. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared.

Additional information: To obtain further information regarding this project please register your interest on the Bravo Solution e-tendering website and download the project documents including the draft service specification. https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk

Click on ‘Register here’ at the bottom of the screen and then follow the on screen instructions.

If you wish to participate in the market engagement, please complete and submit your completed expression of interest form and any written feedback on the draft service specification by 5pm on Wednesday 29th June 2016.

Please note that any questions regarding this project must be sent via the messaging facility on the Bravo Solution e-tendering website.

Please Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by you prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for your own commercial judgment. The CCGs reserve the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the CCGs and/or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by the provider and company, agent, subsidiary or organisation may have contributed to any information submitted to this notice.

Attain is conducting this market engagement exercise as agent for and on behalf of NHS Erewash CCG, NHS Hardwick CCG, NHS North Derbyshire CCG and NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG, and will be the main point of contact. Under no circumstances should Providers approach the CCGs.

A user guide is attached for reference.