Community and Domiciliary Based Phlebotomy Service

The Community and Domiciliary Phlebotomy Service aims to be delivered via a prime contractor model with appropriate sub-contracting arrangements in place, to address the needs of patients and provide access to services in a timely manner thus avoiding appointments at the local hospital.

As such the service will be responsive in offering a routine and urgent Community and Domiciliary Based Phlebotomy Service via direct access (on the day) and priority for bookable appointments should be given to urgent requests, fasting or patients with special needs. The service will be required to provide blood specimen obtained with no harm to the patient and phlebotomists, which will include valid results from clinical laboratory testing for patients.

Domiciliary referrals will be responded to within 2 days. Where the referral is urgent the phlebotomist shall attend to the patient within 4 days and for routine referrals within 2-3 weeks.

The provider will be required to deliver a transport schedule of a minimum of one organised blood pick-up at each provider location, to be delivered to Barts Health Pathology Department during Monday to Friday (and Saturday if provided)

The provider will work alongside the local acute trust to develop protocols for patients that can be effectively managed in the community. Phlebotomy is a speciality identified by the National Health Service (NHS) as being suitable for the relocation of a large proportion of work from secondary to primary care. “Liberating the NHS: ‘Greater choice and control’” signalled the commitment to provide greater choice for patients and closer to home within the local community.

The CCG recognises the need to commission a Community and Domiciliary Based Phlebotomy Service, in alignment with delivery of health services closer to patients’ homes and releasing capacity from secondary care, to focus on urgent and acute care.

The new Community and Domiciliary Phlebotomy Service will support the CCG to shift activity from an acute setting to the community.

The contract will be managed via a cost and volume, payment by results (PBR) payment mechanism. The envisaged contract term is for 3 years with a possible 2 year extension.

Additional information: The contract will be for duration of 3 years with an option to extend it for 2 years. The Highest value stated includes the possible 2 year extension.

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

There will be a bidder event on Friday 26th August at 10am at Kirkdale House, Kirkdale Road, London, E11 1HP. Interested parties should confirm their attendance via the Pro contract messaging page stating names and titles of those who wish to attend.

Expressions of interests will be completed on submission of the Tender. The deadline for submitting a completed Tender is at 12pm on 19th September 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 in week commencing 31st October 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.