Expressions of Interest for Partners for the ACS and STP Development Partner Framework

NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit is looking for a co-venture partner or partners who can join forces and combine strengths to build an effective multi response to NHS England's ACS and STP Development Partner Framework.

We have secured over £100m of new business over the last couple of years (including recently in Norfolk & Waveney CSU Support - Corporate IT and GP IT services in Essex - Global Digital Exemplar NHS England Clinical Registry and our Mental Health work - Coming Home) and continue to build strong relationships throughout the system at all levels - ACS leaders, CCG and NHS Trust leadership.

In responding to the opportunities that will be presented by the new framework we are wanting to get into a serious dialogue with a partner or partners who we can work closely together with over the coming months and years, to pool experience and expertise to create a compelling Population Health Management offer to the wider health and social system.

AGCSU are seeking expressions of interest from suppliers to potentially 'Co-Bid' or form some other close working relationship with as part of our response to the ACS and STP Development Partner Framework. We are particularly looking for partners who we can work with across the following lots:

• 1 - Digitising care & operation services (inc. EPR) - however, not due for NHS England framework tender until mid-2018
• 2a - Local health and care records (strategy/implementation support
• 2b - Local health and care records (Infrastructure)
• 5 - Informatics analytics and digital tools to support system planning and evaluation
• 6 - Transformation and change support
• 7 - Patient empowerment & activation
• 8 - Demand management & capacity planning
• 9 - System assurance support

We do not underestimate the opportunity that the framework (and call-offs) will bring to work with local health economies to bring advanced capabilities to make faster improvements in the quality of care and the health. This will help the well-being of their population and help drive the required cultural shift across clinicians and managers to use data in more meaningful ways .

As a Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) we have good experience and a depth of knowledge in a number of areas but recognise that we are not a market leader in some of the advanced capabilities. Our business offer has some well-refined, implemented and working solutions, backed up by years of experience working with and supporting local clinicians and managers to reform the system. We have developed specialist knowledge in some of the more complex aspects of data management and sharing, including IG compliance. We are also increasingly branching out into more progressive capabilities as we work with partners to digitally transform our existing customer base, for example through command centres, predictive analytics and technologies to empower and connect to patients.

Additional information: By way of additional insight - NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) is one of the largest CSUs in the country. We act as a valued and trusted partner for commissioners, local authorities and providers to tackle the challenges they face in building integrated, high-quality, cost-effective services that lead to better health outcomes for patients. Our valued proposition includes:

• A broad range and depth of experience - with a team of over 1,000 staff, we provide a range of specialist expertise as well as real insights and learnings from the services we deliver to our customers
• Insight and analytical capabilities - we have one of the largest information service teams in the country, recognised nationally for our data processing capabilities. We host various data platforms on behalf of CCGs and NHS England, including the National Commissioning Data Repository (NCDR), which holds the entire countries commissioning data
• Impact and intervention - building upon the insight we have about our customers, we develop innovative and transformational solutions that address the local system needs. We have award winning transformation and procurement teams who work extensively, as trusted partners, with commissioners, local authorities and providers that enhance and develop solutions to meet the new models of care agenda and deliver better outcome for our citizens

Please register your interest on the Arden & GEM Bravo Solution e-procurement portal at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge).

Express interest by:

1. Logging-in to the Arden GEM CSU e-Tendering portal
2. Select Open Access PQQ
3. Search for PQQ 457 related to this expression of interest and view details
4. Click on Express Interest link
5. Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page

Once registered, please complete the 'Response Template' identifying the specific lots you are interested in and a brief profile of your organisation and experience and submit via the qualification envelope. The deadline for submitting a response for this market engagement exercise is 17.00pm on 8th January 2018.

Please note that this is a market engagement exercise and not a PQQ or procurement exercise. We are using this functionality within the Bravo portal to communicate and engage with interested parties. Any future opportunities regarding this service will be formally advertised via a contract notice and interested parties will be required to apply.