Provision of integrated Community Urgent Care Services for the areas of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering. Early Engagement Event for Potential Providers.

Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering Clinical Commissioning Group (BHR CCGs) have stated their intention to commission a new model of urgent care services for the BHR area. This decision was reached after a formal public consultation. To help people access the right care, right place, first time and to simplify the urgent care pathway, local urgent care will have just two points of access and a consistent name for services: (1) Bookable services accessed through NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Service (NHS 111 CAS); (2) Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs)

Services will be delivered from 12 sites in total including 4 UTCs (two co-located hospital sites and two based in the community) - accessed to patients via both walk in or bookable via the NHS 111 CAS. A further 8 locations will support bookable appointments accessed via NHS 111 CAS.

The NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Service has already been commissioned. Therefore, the focus of the forthcoming procurement will be to contract for the provision of urgent care services at the four UTC sites and the further 8 non-UTC bookable appointment sites. All 12 sites will need to be fully integrated with the NHS 111 CAS, whilst the 4 UTCs will need to additionally manage patients who present without an appointment. It is expected that all 12 sites will be fully operational under the new model of care by the end of June 2020. Based upon 2018/19 pricing, the current indicative contract value for all 12 sites is expected to be circa £10-14m per annum.

The CCGs are continuing to develop and test its draft model of care requirements The CCGs wishes to invite potentially interested providers of urgent care services to help test aspects of the new service requirements and potential commercial options. The CCGs intend to hold an Early Market Engagement between 14:30-17:00 hours, Tuesday 2nd April 2019. The event will be held at City Gates Church, 25 -29 Clements Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1BH.

Please note all attendees must pre-register to access the building for the events. If you wish to participate, please submit a completed registration form by 12:00 hours Friday 29 March 2019 via the tender portal. The form can be accessed via the tender portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=47531d83-fe39-e911-80f2-005056b64545 . Interested parties must register an account on the portal and, once registered and logged in, you must express an interest in the project to access the Registration Form. Further instructions on how to access the project can be found at the following link: https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/Opportunities1.html . Once in the project screen the form can be accessed, completed and submitted via the messaging facility.

More information about the consultation process and report approved by the CCGs Joint Committee can be found via the CCGs website: http://www.redbridgeccg.nhs.uk/Our-work/community-urgent-care-consultation.htm

Additional information: Please note - BHR CCGs are issuing this notice as a request for information only. This notice does not represent an invitation to tender, nor is it a request for formal expressions of interest. The Market Engagement Event and any associated documentation issued by the CCGs do not form any part of an invitation to tender.

Any organisation or individual attending the Engagement Event is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential commissioning process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. Any information provided by BHR CCGs about the requirement and procurement process to be followed is indicative only, and subject to change/confirmation.

Potential responders will not be prejudiced in any future procurement processes by either responding or not responding to this soft market engagement exercise.

NEL CSU is managing this Early Engagement process on behalf of NHS Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who is leading the commissioning process on behalf of itself and NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG and NHS Havering CCG (BHR CCGs).