F12954 IOW Request for Information Wound Care & Catheter Services

NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group ('the CCG') expects to commence a procurement process in December 2019, for staff sponsorships plus, the provision of wound care supply (Lot A) and catheter prescription fulfilment (Lot B) services, both commencing April 2020.

Main Aims and objectives of both services are:

• Reduced costs for prescribing through formulary development and adherence; • Clinically appropriate prescribing and reduced waste through regular reviews; • Reduced activity within secondary care environment; • Increased support to patients within acute episode of care; • Access to quality monitoring data to ensure service is delivering objectives.

LOT A Specifics

The aim of this service is to provide an efficient and cost effective supply of Dressings direct to authorised End Users with the geographical areas covered by the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) through: • Sponsorship of Tissue Viability Nurses for the community; • Delivery of wound care within the community; • Support primary care to manage acute and complex wound care.

LOT B Specifics

• Sponsorship of a Continence Nurse for the community; • Efficiencies via electronic repeat prescription management; • Adherence to the formulary; • support for formulary review/development to support the use of the more cost-effective catheter products.

The CCG is seeking to engage with suppliers to inform their Tender development for the above service, by asking interested parties to complete a Request for Information Form (RFI) to feed back on the current indicative draft specifications. This Notice and any subsequent dialogue with suppliers are without prejudice to any subsequent procurement and does not constitute an expression of interest at this time.

How to Take Part

The Contracting Authority is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this Procurement and to communicate with potential Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued and all communications with the Contracting Authority will be conducted electronically via the Portal.

Interested parties should access the portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning; suppliers using the portal for the first time must register to receive a password for their initial login. If you have not accessed the Portal before, InTend registration is quick and free - follow the instructions on the front page of the InTend website (supplier side). To complete an RFI, please search for the Tender reference F12954_RFI in the portal "Current Tenders", click 'View Details' and then on the next page, click 'Express an Interest' button at the bottom to access the RFI document. Complete and return via portal message by the deadline requested. Queries on the RFI process should be sent via the portal messaging system. However, should participants have any problems using the Portal, they should contact [email protected] .