NHS Bassetlaw CCG : Community Audiology Service Prior Infomation Notice

NHS Bassetlaw CCG is exploring the potential of transferring audiology activity from secondary care to the community. The aim of this exercise is to determine the level of appetite in providing such a service and what the potential service will look like and cost. The aim of the community audiology service is to provide a comprehensive patient-centred community adult hearing service for hearing loss in line with national guidance and local requirements. The vision is that people with hearing problems will receive high quality, efficient services delivered closer to home, with short waiting times and high responsiveness to the needs of local communities, free at the point of access.

The purpose of this PIN is to identify any organisations interested in providing this Service to engage with the CCG. The CCG would like potential providers to express an interest by submitting a written overview of the Service they can provide which meets the objectives outlined in the briefing.

To access the procurement documentation, please go to www.nhssourcing.co.uk If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to register by clicking on "Register Here". Once you have logged into the website, click on the link "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" in the Supplier Area box. This PIN will be listed here reference 'PQQ: pqq_29485 - NHS Bassetlaw CCG : Community Audiology Service (PIN not PQQ)' Click on the PQQ Title, and then on the green button "Express Interest". By doing this, you will have invited yourself to participate in the PIN. This enables you to download any Buyer Attachments, send and receive Messages with the NHS South Yorkshire Procurement Service, and respond to the PIN.

Additional information: The purpose of this PIN is to identify any organisations interested in providing this Service to engage with the CCG. The CCG would like potential providers to express an interest by submitting a written overview of the Service they can provide which meets the objectives outlined in this briefing. The CCG are not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in this PIN or, for any future tendering activity. Those potentially interested in providing a community audiology service are asked to outline, in no more than 3000 word how they would potentially deliver such a service for the population of Bassetlaw CCG. Included in the response should be: 1. Cost 2. Venue of delivering the service 3. Time taken for assessment 4. Time taken for Aid fitting 5. Pathway 6. Time taken for repair 7. Time for follow up appointments 8. Approach to 1 stop shop Please send your submission through the NHS Sourcing portal by the deadline of noon on the 18th April 2019. The information you provide to NHS Bassetlaw CCG will be to assess interest in the market. Dependent upon the response to this PIN the authority will determine if this requirement will form the basis of a competitive procurement process. If a competitive procurement is to take place the authority will inform those organisations who have registered an interest as described above with more information. The information to be provided by BCCG will include, but not be limited to the type of procurement process, the timescales, and the evaluation criteria for any future procurement process. Contract: BCCG is seeking to appoint a provider for this service; the envisaged start day is to be in Q2 2019. The potential contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years, subject to agreement by both parties. The contract mechanism will be in the form of block contract with agreed activity levels and aligned KPIs There is an anticipated contract value of £1.8m per annum.