Sussex 111 Service - NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Service, Home Visiting Service and Out of Hours Service for Sussex

The seven* Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), acting together under a Collaborative Commissioning Agreement, wish to procure a Service Provider for the NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Service, Home Visiting and Out of Hours Service for Sussex (See Note 1). Each year the NHS provides around 110 million urgent same day patient contacts, with around 85 million of these being urgent GP appointments and the remaining being though A&E or minor injury clinics. In Sussex the NHS 111 service takes around 363,000 calls a year, with 75% being taken out of hours (6.30pm-8am). Within the existing Kent, Medway Surrey and Sussex contract around 43% of the total calls taken are for Sussex. The Commissioners have agreed to offer the contract as a 5 year initial term with a single option to extend forup to a further two years (5 +2 = 7 years maximum duration) at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. The Commissioners will take the view to extend to the full seven years as soon as it is appropriate but with the first consideration at 18 months and thereafter at regular intervals. The vision for a more integrated urgent care system across Sussex will improve patient care and choice, as well as, streamlining and improving services for staff working in both primary and urgent care. The new NHS 111, Clinical Assessment Service and Out of Hours Service will be vital in the journey to integrate urgent care across Sussex. The Commissioners have set a maximum total financial envelope of £72.72m for the seven year maximum duration of the contract. The new service will need to be in place by 1st April 2019, and the Commissioners expect to complete the procurement process and award the contract during August 2018. The deadline for submission of completed bids is Thursday 29th March 2018 at 12:00pm (midday). * The Seven Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are: NHS Coastal West Sussex (Acting as the Lead Commissioner) NHS Brighton and Hove NHS Crawley NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford NHS Hastings and Rother NHS High Weald Lewes Havens NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex

Note 1: Home Visiting and Out of Hours service provision for NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG is outside the scope of this procurement: the CCG is commissioning this separately. The NHS standard contract will be used, as amended at the time of contract award i.e. currently 2017-19 contract, amended by National Variation effective from 1 Feb 2018 and therefore Providers will be expected to meet all standards therein. The successful Provider shall use, when applicable, the NHS Standard Sub-Contract for the Provision of Clinical Services, as recommended by NHS England and the Department of Health, as amended at the time of contract award i.e. currently 2017-19 contract, amended by National Variation effective from 1 Feb 2018: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/template-sub-contract-for-the-provision-of-clinical-services-for-use-with-nhs-standard-contract-full-length-2017-18-and-2018-19/

Additional information: The tender documents will be available with free, unrestricted access at the e-tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning after 10am on Monday 12th February 2018. All correspondence relating to this procurement should be raised via the portal and no other correspondence will be responded to. Late submissions will not be accepted. The e-portal system will shutdown at 12:00pm and any bids submitted to the system after this time will not be accepted. Therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time. The Services to which this ITT relates fall within Chapter 3, Section 7, Particular Procurement Regimes to thePublic Contracts Regulations 2015 and Part H of the Annex V to the Public Contracts Directive (also known as'light touch regime' formerly Part B services). Neither the publication of the above advertisements, the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage nor the use of the term 'Pre-Qualification Questionnaire' nor any other indication(including any statement in this ITT) shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Chapter 3, Section 7, Particular Procurement Regimes. This advertisement and the instructions for registering on the procurement portal are also available at https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/ . Should Candidate Providers have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the In-tend dedicated Supplier Helpdesk by calling 0845 557 8079 Monday to Friday (9am to 6pm) or email [email protected].