AQP Community ENT Service

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Commissioners within NHS Crawley CCG and NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG wish to commission an AQP Community ENT Service to manage conditions that do not require specialist intervention at secondary care level. This Service will enable improved patient flow through ENT services with the overall aim of the Service will be to:

The Provision of a Community ENT Service is a contract for a period of 3 years, commencing on the 1st April 2016, with the option to extend.

In 2014-15, overall annual value for the contract was £500,000. It should be noted that under the Any Qualified Provider model, there will be no guarantees of volume or payment in the contracts awarded. The window opens on 18th August 2015.

A provider information event will take place on 6-8pm, Thursday 10th September 2015 at Billingshurst Community Centre, Roman Way, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9QW. To submit you details to book a place contact dianegilmour@nhs.net or enorthover@nhs.net or phone 01293 600300 ext 3951.

The offer documentation comprises of the following:

Document 1 AQP Qualification Information Document 2 AQP Application form Document 3 Service Specification Document 4 Payment schedule

In securing services from Providers, the authority needs assurance of competence, quality and safety standards, just as it would for services secured under a formal tender process.

Any provider will be eligible to join a list of qualified providers subject to demonstrating competency against the authority’s specified criteria.

Please read the qualification questionnaire and the supporting offer documents very carefully since failure to comply with the requirements contained therein (including paying particular attention to Maximum Word Limits for answers) will invalidate your submission.

All correspondence regarding this procurement should be through the e-tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning. Any correspondence received via other means may not be responded to.

The window for questions from Applicants will close at 12pm, 16th September 2015, allowing time for answers to be posted and applicants to complete and submit their applications by the reply by date of 25th September 2015.

Additional information: If qualified, your organisation will be required to accept the terms and conditions and be compliant with the NHS Standard Contract and any subsequent revisions thereof.

It should be clearly noted that certain parts of the contract e.g. Local Quality Requirements are subject to change this and every year in line with DH/Monitor Guidance. At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority will reflect these changes as it deems appropriate in this contract.

Please note that the Contracting Authority will not enter into an arrangement with any individual or organisation that does not fully accept this requirement. Please note that caveat responses will be considered as non-acceptance of this requirement.

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to change dates and times or modify any stage of the process including the introduction of additional steps or stages in order to maximise efficiencies.

The Contracting Authority looks forward to receiving your submission.

This procurement is being advertised on the following websites:

www.gov.uk/contracts-finder , www.crawleyccg.nhs.uk and www.horshamandmidsussexccg.nhs.uk

An electronic procurement process is being used for this procurement.

Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the

IN-tend eTender system website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning ) to gain access to further information and obtain the tender documents to be completed and returned for consideration. All correspondence will be dealt

through this website.

Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to

obtain further documentation using the electronic process.

Completed responses must be submitted using the

process described by no later than 12:00 hours on 25th September 2015.

Suppliers Instructions of how to express interest and participate in this

Tender:

1. Register your company on the e-tendering portal (this is only required

once):

• Browse to the e-tendering Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning and click the link to register.
• Read and accept the terms and conditions and lick ‘Continue’.
• Enter your correct business and user details.
• Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete.
• You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep

this secure).

• 2.Express an Interest in the tender:
• Login to the portal with the username/password.
• Click the ‘Tenders’ link and then select ‘Current’. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier.)
• Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content.
• Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the bottom of the page.
• This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My Tenders’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
• You can now access any attachments via the relevant tabs.