Community Gynaecology Services for NHS Telford & Wrekin CCG

This Invitation to Tender provides information pertaining to the procurement for Community Gynaecology Services. The purpose of this procurement is to secure a Service Provider to deliver Community Gynaecology Services to the patients of NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG.

The Gynaecology Services shall be for the provision of a consultant led, high quality, dedicated and professional gynaecology services, centred on clinical assessment and treatment of common women's health conditions.

The service objectives are: - Provide clinical leadership, assessment and treatment within a Community Based Service. - Actively manage the demand for Gynaecology services ensuring speedy access. - Reduce the number of patient visits via a co-ordinated seamless Service User pathway. - Reduce waiting times for Service Users requiring treatment and assist in maintaining the standard of a maximum 18 week period from referral to treatment. - Improve Service User experience - Ensure Service Users are seen and treated in a safe environment most appropriate to their needs. - Work to locally agreed models of care and pathways for Gynaecological conditions.

The CCG anticpates that this contract will be awarded to one service provider or a lead provider on behalf of a consortium.

The Contract will be for a period of 4 years with the option to extend for upto a further 24 months.

The successful provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.

Additional information: If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is 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. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. 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 thewebsite is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register; (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 BravoSolution Help-desk on +448003684850 or E-mail: [email protected].

Light Touch Regime services: This procurement is for clinical 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 MOI. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.