Request for Information: Rapid Intervention Service for West Essex

NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group are currently reviewing their future commissioning and procurement options for their Rapid Intervention Service and is seeking to understand the potential level of interest in the opportunity. The Rapid Intervention Service will support primary care with rapid diagnostic and clinical intervention to prevent hospital admissions for patients who:

• Do not require an acute admission / hospital care
• Require immediate nursing / therapy / personal care input to stabilise them in their own home (which may be a care home)
• Has the potential for improvement and is considered able to benefit
• Have a non-life-threatening condition who would have been conveyed to PAH and / or admitted to hospital
• To provide assessment of minor illness and minor injury
• To respond to acute exacerbation of chronic conditions with GP support (or substituting clinician where this is required) so that the patient has access to necessary diagnostic services

The outcome of the service will be to prevent unnecessary A&E attendance and hospital admissions with the delivery of safe and appropriate urgent care in the community. The service also aims to decrease unnecessary emergency ambulance conveyances.

Full details on how to take part in the RfI and the services required can be found via the Attain e-procurement portal, link is https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

If the market testing identifies more than one interested capable supplier a procurement process will be undertaken to award the new contract. Any supplier which does not respond to this RFI within the stipulated timescales will exclude themselves from the bidding process for this project. Please respond by the e-procurement portal, by the return date. The Contracting Authority will only invite those suppliers who have responded to the RFI to compete in the tender process.

The CCG shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by respondents to this RFI in preparing and/or submitting such responses.

Additional information:

Full details on how to take part in the RfI and the services required can be found via the Attain e-procurement portal, link is https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html