Islington Clinical Commissioning Group - Community Anticoagulation Service

The overall aim of this service is to improve patient access to initiation of anticoagulation therapies and provide monitoring of warfarin across various clinic sites, and in patients’ homes (for housebound patients). This will ensure services are provided a close to patients’ homes, is a convenient service for patients, with increased local capacity to meet the demand for treatment with anticoagulants.

The intention is to provide a comprehensive, community based service for patients needing anticoagulation. The service must be delivered to all appropriate patients registered with GP Practices in Islington and ensure equitable access and quality of service to the entire population group.

Service locations will need to be agreed with the CCG using existing assets to good effect, should minimise travel for patients and maximise access through public transport links.

The service must embrace a person-centred approach to the care of patients and must work as a partner alongside all other health and social care professionals involved in the patient’s care so that patients experience co-ordinated, seamless and integrated services.

The CCG wishes to encourage innovation on the part of the service provider in terms of the service model. The CCG wishes to commission a single delivery model that provides value for money to deliver the comprehensive service. It is anticipated that the service could be provided via different levels of service provision within a single delivery model.

Additional information: The contract will be for duration of three years without the an option to extend further beyond this date.

The CCG is following an Open Procedure procurement process to procure this service. Interested organisations must express their interest by registering on Pro-contract: https://www.supplying2nhs.com. Expressions of interests will be completed on submission of the Tender.

The deadline for submitting a completed Tender is at 12pm on 04/03/2016 Responses received after the deadline will not be considered.

Submission of the tenders will be via the Pro-Contract e-tendering system https://www.supplying2nhs.com.

Suppliers register, login, complete the tender response documentation electronically and submit them via the Pro-contract e-tendering portal.

Tenders received after the deadline may not be considered. It is anticipated that bidders will be invited to attend an interview/ presentation on Friday 4th May 2016.

Please note that any communication from NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this tender will be via Pro-contract discussion board. Bidders must use Pro-contract discussion board for their communications with NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this procurement.