EOI: Initial Health Services for AsylumSeekers - Large site North of Lincoln.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU)on behalf of NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of a potential opportunity to provide initial health services for people seeking asylum and invite all interested providers to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire.

Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM on Friday 16th June 23.

The Service will need to undertake and perform the following;

1. Patient registrations on clinical system
2. Provision of on site initial health assessment for new arrivals (non detained) N.B dedicated premise space/ areas to support the delivery of healthcare services onsite, will be provided.
3. Provision of ongoing health care needs
4. Referral to other pathways as required / appropriate
5. Collaborative working with other system partners (multi agency) -screening services, health protection, mental health etc
6. Access to services will be as indicated in the specification and will need to be appropriate to the level of need.
7. Majority of care will require to be f2fwith potential opportunities for remote access
8. Reception / admin support will be required
9. Issuing of prescriptions / dispensing

Note these requirements of service provision are subject to change.

The contract type will be APMS or similar.

Key points for consideration forinterested providers are:-

1. Must be a current provider of healthcare services.
2. Must already be CQC registered.
3. Must have available or access toworkforce capacity to provide onsiteservices.
4. Ability to mobilise quickly (forexample within 2-4 weeks)

The key desirables for the service are: -

1. Have an understanding of theadditional health needs of peopleseeking asylum.
2. Desirable use of TPP Systmone.
3. Experience of providing similar service/s i.e. detained / justice; support to other migration and resettlement programmes.

A draft specification is available in the documents area of the e-tendering portal Attamis (project code: C169316).Please note, the draft specification is subject to change as the service requirements are subject to HomeOffice direction.

The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this market engagement exercise. To express an interest and access the questionnaire go to the 'Live Opportunities' list on thee-tendering portal at the following link:https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?searchtype=Projects and register your interest.

You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C169316 EOI - Initial Health Services for Asylum Seekers - Large site North of Lincoln.