Northern Staffordshire Community Falls Coordinator Service

On behalf of the two CCGs in Northern Staffordshire , population circa 514,000 , North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent CCGs wish to commission a Community Falls Service for the North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCG population.

The Community Falls Service will be expected to reduce individuals falls risks, improve patients' health outcomes and support people to live independently for longer.

To minimise the harm due to falls and the number of associated hospital admissions there is a requirement to focus on prevention both primary and secondary. An effective Ccommunity Falls Sservice will coordinate care and will work with a range of organisations to ensure that patients at risk of falling are identified, preventative interventions are delivered and that for those that do fall, multifactorial care plans are in place.

In order to deliver the full requirements of the service specification, potential bidders may wish to consider a Prime Provider model and interested parties will need to consider formal partnership arrangements prior to the submission of a collaborative bid.

• The contract duration will be for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 12 month period. This Tender is subject to the Light-Touch Regime as set out in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Annex A).

Additional information: If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk Candidates wishing to be considered must be registered on the portal providing additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal): i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. Ii) For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk. Once registered, candidates need to express their expression of interest by a) emailing the relevant information to Roman Klimczak (E-mail: r.klimczak@nhs.net The following information must be stated in the email: Organisation Name; Organisation Address; Telephone number; Email Address; Website Address; Organisation Type. You must submit your reply by email by the deadline stated (12.07.2017)

This advert is a repeat of the notice issued in November 2016 inviting potential Providers to an engagement event. In this notice we request those interested parties to re-confirm their interest in bidding for this service.