The Provision of an Anticoagulation Therapy Monitoring Service on behalf of NHS Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group

NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS HMR CCG) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced Providers to submit tenders for The Provision of an Anticoagulation Therapy Monitoring Service.

The service aims and objectives are to: • Deliver a high quality, responsive, cost effective anticoagulation therapy initiation, stabilisation and on-going monitoring service, for patients aged 18 and over, who require short-term or long-term (often lifelong) prescription of a Vitamin K antagonist (e.g. warfarin, sinthrome). • Prevent stroke or uncontrolled bleeding through effective anticoagulation control. • Deliver anticoagulation therapy prescribing and monitoring in accessible community settings i.e. close to patient’s homes, or in patients’ homes where the patient is housebound or has short-term mobility problems. • Deliver lean and clinically-evidenced treatment pathway for patients • Encouraging patients to self-manage their coagulation and treatment compliance. Providers will be expected to demonstrate engagement and involvement of the following groups in the delivery of this service: • CCG – medicines optimisation, commissioning, primary care improvement • GPs • Pharmacy • Haematology and other relevant clinical outpatient specialities.

NHS HMR CCG are looking to appoint a single Provider to provide the Anti- Coagulation Therapy Monitoring Service.

The tender process will be conducted in line with Light Touch Regime and will be similar to a one stage open procedure.

The contract duration will be for 5 years and it is intended that the new service will commence from 1st February 2017.

The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage application process akin to the Open Procedure, involving a number of stages which are further outlined within the suite of procurement documents.

The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 services.

Bidders wishing to express an interest in participating in the ITT stage should register their interest on the EU Supply Website to access the documentation.

To register on EU Supply please log on to the following website: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com and look for tender reference number 24394. The ITT documentation will be available from [date] 2016 and should be completed and submitted by the closing date of 12.00 Noon on the 30th August 2016.

For support registering on EU Supply and downloading the ITT Documentation please contact the e-Tendering help desk on 0800 840 2050 or [email protected].