Market Engagement Event – Provision of a Community Dietetics Service for NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG and NHS South Worcestershire CCG.

The service will aim to reduce malnutrition in Worcestershire through a focus of support to defined patient groups. This will be achieved by identifying those at risk of being malnourished, establishing appropriate care plans, education of patients, carers and health professionals and maintaining on-going support where appropriate. Direct support and expertise from a dietitian is to be available where this is required for particular identified patients with complex nutritional requirements including patients on PEG feeds.

The aim of the event will be to engage with potential providers for these services in order to share the commissioning intentions of the CCG, and to seek the input from providers on a number important aspects relating to the services, including the service specification. The CCG would like to assess current market appetite to provide this service and identify any barriers to successful implementation. The outcomes of the event will then determine next steps.

The CCG would welcome the attendance of any current providers of Dietetic services, any providers who may be interested in providing these services in the future and/or other stakeholders.

To book your place at this event, please complete the form online through the GEM Bravo e-tendering portal -ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk.

• i)Register on the portal at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge).
• ii)Express interest by
• a)logging-in to the ARDEN GEMCSU e-Tendering portal
• b)selecting response to advert and PQQ,
• c)select Open Access PQQ,
• d)search for and access listing related to this contract and view details
• e)click on Express Interest link
• iii)Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page where you can complete the questionnaire. Please note that this is not a PQQ, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal to communicate with interested parties.

Closing date for registration is 10th December 2015 at 12 noon. Please note that after this deadline participation cannot be guaranteed.

It should be noted that this is not a procurement exercise and participating organisations are responsible for their own costs The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ("the Regulations"). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services