Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Wheelchair Services

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs are looking to procure a wheelchair service to which aims to provide high quality assessments and provision of wheelchair equipment, postural management, pressure relief cushioning to children and adults and a maintenance service within the following clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire: • Cannock Chase CCG • Stafford & Surrounds CCG • South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG • East Staffs CCG • North Staffordshire CCG • Stoke on Trent CCG

The service will provide assessments, maintenance and repairs as required and associated education delivered at home, within clinical settings or within venues agreed by the service users.

The key objectives of this service are: • High patient, carer and referrer satisfaction • The patient will be provided with the necessary and appropriate equipment to meet their clinical needs, in line with the service specification • Referral to assessment (urgent) - 2 weeks • Receipt of referral to assessment (standard) - 6 weeks • Deliver the service within the 18 week referral to treatment standard pathway • Prevent hospital admission and facilitate early discharge • Maximise or maintain function, independence and quality of life of all patients • All assessed provision is recorded and accessible for audit as required • Provision of patient/carer education • Maintenance and repair service

Further information about the Staffordshire wheelchair services procurement will be available within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) which will set out the scope and objectives of the procurement together with details of how to complete the invitation to tender documents (ITT). The opportunity will be published via the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo e-tendering solution.

Contract length: The contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend by up to a further 24 months.

The CCGs have set a financial envelope for a maximum block annual contract value of £2,455,000 per annum. Submitted bids should therefore reflect annual values of up to £2,455,000. The CCGs reserve the right to reject any bids reflecting annual costs over and above this maximum financial threshold.

The Estimated Maximum Value of £12,275,000 represents the estimated maximum value for the duration of the 36 month contract period and the maximum permitted extension period of 24 months.

Additional information: Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. The NHS body entering into the contract, may change from Clinical Commissioning Groups as a result proposed changes to the structures of Clinical Commissioning Groups as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.

This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to reregister; (ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Helpdesk on +448003684850 or E-mail: [email protected].

Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the ITT. As the CCGs are relevant bodies for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.